Carolina Care Excellence Awards
Congratulations to our 15 faculty members honored with this award in 2020.
Congratulations to our 15 faculty members honored with this award in 2020.
The members of the inaugural class of the FIRST (Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training) Program, Thane Campbell, MD, and Kyle Melvin, MD, will graduate this June.
Linda Myerholtz, PhD, has been elected as the next president of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). Myerholtz will serve as president-elect for the 2021-2022 term, followed by her term as president.
Margaret Helton, MD, has been named Chair of the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine.
Family Medicine researchers Adam Goldstein and Leah Ranney recently published their findings in JAMA Network Open.
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 UNC School of Medicine announced the acceptance of eight students into the sixth class of the Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training (FIRST) Program.
Ben Kaplan, MPH, recently published a paper in the Annals of Family Medicine titled “Access, Equity, and Neutral Space: Telehealth Beyond the Pandemic.”
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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.