CHER News

This position has been filled. Check JOIN OUR TEAM for other CHER opportunities. The Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, seeks applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in health disparities/health equity at the Assistant to Associate Professor rank. This...

Stephanie Hoover, PhD, joined the UNC Center for Health Equity Research as the new Research Scientist. Dr. Hoover earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Utah, where she investigated social justice training for mental health service providers. Her research interests include culturally adapted interventions for Latinx youth, social justice...

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, Director of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research will speak at the 2017 Annual Research Meeting (ARM). Her session, titled “Obesity and Opioids: How Planning for, and Changing Practice Guidelines Around, Might Slow these Epidemics”, is scheduled on Tuesday, June 27 from 11:30 a.m. –...

Congratulations to CHER Postdoctoral Associate, Tiffany L. Young, PhD for winning the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University on April 25. The Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University has existed for over 30 years and is among the oldest and most accomplished gerontology programs in the...

Congratulations to CHER Postdoctoral Associate, Tiffany L. Young, PhD for being named the Social Medicine Postdoc of the Month for May 2017. Dr. Young and her research team were recently selected to participate in the Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership (CBPR) Academy, which is offered through the Detroit Urban Research Center....

The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) recently announced it’s upcoming leadership, which includes UNC CHER director Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, who will begin her three-year terms as of the annual meeting. President Elect: Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc Dr. Corbie-Smith is Professor of Social Medicine and Medicine at the School of Medicine and nationally recognized...

CHER Associate and third-year medical student, Hayley Cunningham, was recently interviewed by Southern Neighbor, a Chapel Hill based news website and publication. In order to help community flourish, Cunningham developed UNC Flourish, a program that strives to equip low-income individuals and families with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to eat well....

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Social Medicine and Medicine, has been elected as President-Elect of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Leadership Council and will serve as President from 2017-2020. SGIM is an American medical society of 3,000 physicians, focused on clinical research and studies...

We are proud to announce that Tiffany L. Young and her team have been selected to participate in the Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership(CBPR) Academy, which is offered through the Detroit Urban Research Center. About the Academy The Partnership Academy is an integrated one-year research education program, which will provide the opportunity to join...

It is our pleasure to announce that Sable Watson-Hopper has been accepted into the doctoral program in the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Sable is an alumna of the Gillings School, having earned an MPH in Health Behavior in 2014. Since graduation,...