CHER News

January 12, 2021 (UNC SOM News) – “A new five-year “R01” $3.25 million grant announced today is the second major grant awarded to the “food is medicine” research team, led by Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH.  In July 2020, the NIH granted the group $2.9 million to study the impact of...

NC Policy Watch features Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, CHER Faculty, Op/Ed on “We must act now to prevent an epidemic in North Carolina’s prisons and jails.” We must act now to prevent an epidemic in North Carolina’s prisons and jails Learn how Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, CHER Faculty involvement with North Carolina’s...

Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and UNC CHER Associate   What does health equity mean to you? To me, health equity simply means giving individuals what they need to lead healthy and full lives. Health equity implies that we understand individuals social resources and constraints and we tailor...

The American Journal of Public Health released a special issue on “Documenting and Addressing the Health Impacts of Carceral Systems”. CHER Faculty, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein is featured as one of the guest editors for this special issue. Read the full text here or https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305475.

The purpose of this special RFA, sponsored by TraCS Integrating Special Populations Program and the Center for Health Equity Research, is to facilitate research that promotes health equity for groups who have traditionally been under-represented in health research or excluded altogether (e.g., people who live in rural areas, populations with low socioeconomic status,...

Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith, Director of UNC Center for Health Equity Research, presented at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) on March 13, 2018 for the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series. She spoke on “Valuing their Voice: Creating an Infrastructure to Support Patient-Centered and Community Engaged Research.” Please...

Congratulations to CHER Associate, and Health Policy and Management Assistant Professor, Leah Frerichs, PhD, for winning the Junior Faculty Development Award to support SEARCH project.

Congratulations to the final 2017 (traditional) Developmental Awardee of UNC Center for AIDS Research, Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein for exploring the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among injection drug users in Guilford County, NC. The one year grant will include exploring the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among injection drug users in Guilford...

This position is expired now. Please visit JOIN OUR TEAM for more CHER opportunities. The UNC Center for Health Equity Research, housed within the Department of Social Medicine, is seeking applications for the Research Assistant (RA) position. This is a full-time, permanent staff position. Position Summary The RA will work...

Gaurav Dave UNC Center for Health Equity Research Gaurav Dave, research assistant professor of medicine, replaces Wizdom Powell at the Center for Health Equity Research. Gaurav Dave, MD, DrPH, MPH, will be the new Associate Director for the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER). His long-standing collaborations with CHER faculty...