Author Archives: Reid Johnson
Barzin Wins Massey Award
Amir Barzin, DO, MS, Associate Professor and Medical Director of UNC Health Virtual Care Services and UNC Nurse Connect, recently won the 2022 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award along with UNC School of Medicine Carolina Together Testing Program collaborators Susan Fiscus, PhD, and Amy James Loftis. UNC’s publication The Well recently featured Dr. Barzin … Read more
Faculty Development Fellowship CME Event, First In-Person Class in Two Years!
The Faculty Development Fellowship, directed by Tommy Koonce, MD, MPH, hosted a CME event that also took place on March 2nd. From Dawn Morriston, MPH, Associate Director of Educational Programs: We invited the classes of 2020 and 2021 to learn about creating safe and inclusive learning environments alongside the current fellows. It was wonderful to … Read more
Shoenbill Named Director of Tobacco Treatment and Weight Management Programs
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, has been selected as the new Director of the UNC Tobacco Treatment and Weight Management Programs (TTP/WMP). Formerly the Associate Director of Research and Quality for TTP/WMP, Shoenbill is dually board certified in Family … Read more
Standard Black Doula Program Awarded Duke Endowment
According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the United States, childbirth mortality rates for Black pregnant persons are 3-4 times greater than their white counterparts, no matter their socioeconomic or education status. Given this alarming disparity, Family Medicine assistant professor Venus Standard, MSN, CNM, founded the Alliance for Black Doulas for Black Mamas (ABDBM), which … Read more