Alan W.
Cross
Professor
B.A., 1966, Yale University;
M.D., 1970, Columbia University; joint appointment: Professor of Pediatrics;
Clinical Professor of Maternal and Child Health
Since joining
the UNC faculty in 1978, virtually all of my work has been interdisciplinary
and oriented towards communities. My research interests include assessing
the effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve infant health,
testing methods for improving adolescent health through school and community
interventions, improving the delivery of preventive services to low income
populations and exploring the dimensions of medical ethics in the doctor
patient relationship.
I teach
students in all four years of the medical curriculum and supervise pediatric
residents in ambulatory and in-patient settings. I serve as co-director
of the first year Medicine and Society course and of the second year Selectives
in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Through my teaching endeavors and
my efforts to improve medical education, I seek to promote an interdisciplinary,
community-oriented approach to understanding health problems and assisting
people in achieving better health. I serve on numerous committees from
my local school system, to university, state, national and international
groups.
You may contact Dr. Cross by email: across@unc.edu; by phone at: (919) 843-8273; or by post at: CB #7240, Department of Social Medicine / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240.
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