Category: PM News

Dr. Amy Amuquandoh, 2nd year co-chief resident in the UNC Preventive Medicine Residency Program, was accepted and commenced the inaugural REACH 2.0 Scholars program in July. REACH 2.0 (Recognizing and Eliminating disparities in Addiction through Culturally informed Healthcare) is an ACAAM program, funded through the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program. The program...

Hosts and Preventive Medicine Faculty and Alumni (Robert Rowe, MD, MBA, MPH, Rui Ariyapala, MD, EdM, Sara Helvey, MD, MPH, MBA, and Daniel Carnegie, MD, MBA, MPH) explore the world of medical residency through interviews with current and former residents and experts in various wellness topics, including self-care, career decisions,...

UNC Preventive Medicine Residents and Faculty attended the NC Public Health Leaders Conference March 14th and 15th. Residency Advisory Committee members and friends of the program themed: Foundations of Public Health Excellence: Charting our Course for Success.  Conference topics included Injury Prevention, Crisis and Emergency Communication, Environmental Justice, and other...

Preventive Medicine Co-Chief, Dr. Sara Helvey, MD, MBA, will be moderating a talk on “The economic and social impact of abortion restriction in the US and the effect on maternal health outcomes and mortality” at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo in Atlanta, GA, Nov 12-15. The...

Preventive Medicine Co-Chief, Daniel Carnegie has joined a rotation with the ABC News Medical Unit to bring clear and timely messages around public health to the media. Catch his recent articles here: Good Morning America: Toddler ‘formulas’ are unnecessary and lack nutritional benefits of milk, pediatrician group warns In major...

  Preventive Medicine Resident Anne Berry was presented with the Russel P. Harris Award “In recognition of excellence as a critical reader of the health literature and commitment to the integration of medicine and public health…”  This award is presented by the Gillings School of Public Health–Public Health Leadership.  Read...

LCDR Dr. Matthew Hall, 2018 graduate of UNC’s Preventive Medicine Residency, was honored as one of the Henry M Jackson Foundation’s (HJM) 2021 Heroes of Military Medicine for his front-line work in response to Sars-COV-2 as the BUMED preventive medicine and public health policy advisor as well as his numerous COVID...

    All of our residents have been heroes in the last several weeks, taking on whatever public health challenges are presented in any capacity that they can.  Dr. Cameron Coleman, current Preventive Medicine Residency co-Chief, has been on the front-lines of the COVID-19 pandemic response with Orange County Health...

While so many health care workers are understandably focused on COVID-19 at the moment, it is nice to reminded from time to time that other research and scholarship is still ongoing, and initiatives that were already in place are pushing forward in context of the current pandemic reality.  Elizabeth (Betsy)...

Tom Wroth, MD, MPH, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Community Care of North Carolina, Inc (CCNC), effective July 1, 2020.  Dr. Wroth is a 2005 Graduate of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program, and has been with CCNC in some capacity since graduation.  He was appointed Chief Medical...

Incoming and returning Preventive Medicine Residents traveled to Raleigh on July 24th to meet with various agencies with the State Health Department.  They spoke with the Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Branch, Branch Head of the Public Health Preparedness and Response Branch, State Health Director/Chief Medical Officer, Chief of...

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...

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...

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...