Venus Standard, MSN, CNM, was recently approved to receive the C. Felix Harvey Award for her proposal titled “Perinatal Doulas for the Black Community.” The Harvey Award honors UNC faculty whose proposals best embody the humanities and/or social sciences methods or approaches that directly and positively impact constituencies outside the university. According to Standard’s proposal, … Continued
The UNC School of Medicine is pleased to announce the acceptance of the sixth class of the Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training (FIRST) Program. The FIRST Program was established in 2015 and provides participants the opportunity to complete their medical degree in three years, instead of four, and includes a conditional acceptance into an … Continued
Ben Kaplan, MPH, recently published a paper in the Annals of Family Medicine titled “Access, Equity, and Neutral Space: Telehealth Beyond the Pandemic.” In the essay, Kaplan describes what he calls his most formative experiences with telehealth: participating in UNC School of Medicine’s new “tele-hotspotting” elective and providing virtual gender-affirming care through the student-run free … Continued
We invite you to join us for 2021 The Healer’s Art Course.
Information on Respiratory Testing At this time, we are taking precautions to make sure the Family Medicine Center is safe for patients, staff and providers. Because of this, if it is determined you need a throat swab, flu test or COVID test we will arrange for you to get this at the Respiratory Diagnostic Center. … Continued
Please join Dr. Sue Slatkoff, other course faculty, and student alumni on zoom to learn about The Healer’s Art course on Monday, November 9 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM. Zoom link below: https://zoom.us/j/94422011616?pwd=U1RvY1Rwd0pyT085YnhBajF1Sy9Ldz09 The Healer’s Art course, designed by Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen MD, http://www.rishiprograms.org/healers-art/, will be offered in two formats this year, safe … Continued
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have received new funding to develop and test messaging to co-users of alcohol and tobacco products on the risk of associated cancers.
We are celebrating the department’s 50th anniversary this year! Celebrations kicked off in March with the annual Huntley Lecture and an official proclamation from Governor Cooper.
Justin Byron, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, has been awarded a K01 Career Development Grant from the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The five-year project is titled will develop and test communication campaign messages to encourage dual users of e-cigarettes and cigarettes to quit.
Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, and Laura Young, MD, PhD, of the UNC School of Medicine are co-primary researchers of a study to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on glucose monitoring in primary care patients with diabetes.
On June 26th, during the UNC Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship graduation ceremony, the newly created Harry C. Stafford Endowment for Community Service was announced. Alumni of the program surprised its Director, Harry Stafford, MD, MBA, with the endowment that honors his ongoing commitment to humanitarian service beyond clinical care.
The UNC Sheps Center’s Mouth Care Without a Battle training program shows promising results after one year, underscores need to establish new standards of care for residents with dementia.
National Nurses Week is celebrated from May 6th – May 12th, and honors nurses around the country for the incredible work they do in helping and caring for others. Here at UNC Family Medicine, we are extremely grateful for our nurses and the dedication they have for our patients and our practice. Their skill, warmth, … Continued
The UNC Family Medicine Summer Academy (FMSA) is accepting applications through June 1, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FMSA program will be offered in two virtual sessions during the summer of 2020. Session 1 will take place from July 13th – 14th, and Session 2 will be July 15th-16th. The program will host … Continued
