Author Archives: Amanda Harvey
Building Bridges in the Steel City
Preventive Medicine Residents traveled to Pittsburgh in May to attend the annual ACPM meetings. Pictured below, three of our residents, Matthew Hall, Cameron Coleman, and Emily Hanna, presented posters during the poster session. Matthew Hall also co-presented the session “Protecting the Future of Preventive Medicine: To Privilege or not to Privilege.” Program alumni were also … Read more
PrevMed hits the Capitol
Preventive Medicine Residents traveled to Raleigh for White Coat Wednesday in May. WCWs are Legislative Advocacy Days organized by the NC Medical Society. They give resident physicians the opportunity to learn about government affairs and policy decisions. Each attendee meets one-on-one with their legislative representative, takes part in committee meetings and sees the General Assembly … Read more
Preventive Medicine takes Washington!
On March 14 and 15 the Preventive Medicine Residency traveled to DC to visit federal health and public health agencies. Highlights included: 90 minutes with leadership of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS), including the Chief Medical Officer, and a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of Health, who reports to HHS Secretary Alex … Read more
PM Resident Shiara Ortiz-Pujols participates in the Zika-GND project
In the Zika-GND project, specialists from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA and from the UNAN-León Bicentennial participate, through the Infectious Diseases Research Center, CEI. The project’s objective is to understand the maternal-fetal transmission of Zika and its complications in Nicaragua. Link below. Unan Leon project website