Matthew Palmer (he/him/his) serves as a Research Assistant in the UNC Center for Health Equity Research. He earned his MPH in Health Behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in 2023. He was an Interprofessional Education and Practice Distinguished Scholar while at UNC Gillings and earned a graduate certificate in Innovation for the Public Good. Palmer has a diverse professional background ranging from the biomedical sciences to social systems knowledge to clinical work. He i … Read more

Matthew Palmer (he/him/his) serves as a Research Assistant in the UNC Center for Health Equity Research. He earned his MPH in Health Behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in 2023. He was an Interprofessional Education and Practice Distinguished Scholar while at UNC Gillings and earned a graduate certificate in Innovation for the Public Good.

Palmer has a diverse professional background ranging from the biomedical sciences to social systems knowledge to clinical work. He is most interested in reimagining existing health systems to ensure equitable access to healthcare and working to attenuate unmet social needs through advocacy, research and innovation.

His most recent work includes community-based participatory research with the Montagnard community, social/clinical research in the hospital emergency department related to unmet social needs of patients and the evaluation of barriers to enrollment in medical financial assistance programs in central and eastern North Carolina.