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Preventive Medicine takes Washington!
On March 14 and 15 the Preventive Medicine Residency tr … Read more
PM Resident Shiara Ortiz-Pujols participates in the Zika-GND project
In the Zika-GND project, specialists from the Universit … Read more
UNC School of Medicine Ranked First for Primary Care for Second Straight Year
In the annual rankings of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC School of Medicine 1st for primary care and 4th for family medicine.
Dr. Cristy Page Named School of Medicine Executive Dean
Cristy Page, MD, MPH, Chair of UNC Family Medicine, has been named Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, effective February 18, 2019. This leadership position was vacated when Dr. Wesley Burks assumed the dual role of Dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care.
Preventive Medicine at NC Public Health Leaders’ Conference
On January 24th the Preventive Medicine Residency plus PMR faculty members Marci Morgenlander and Kori Flower attended the NC Public Health Leaders Conference.
Do high e-cigarette taxes drive Indonesian vapers to smoke conventional cigarettes?
Justin Byron, PhD, MHS is the principal investigator on a grant from the Bloomberg Foundation and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control to examine whether a new 57% tax on e-cigarette liquids in Indonesia is driving vapers back to deadly conventional cigarettes.
UNC School of Medicine welcomes fourth class of FIRST Scholars
The UNC School of Medicine is pleased to announce the acceptance of the fourth class of the Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training (FIRST) Program. Medical students Alex Gregor, Lucas John, Kate Miller, and Michael Steinbacher have been accepted into this accelerated medical curriculum.
What are you doing for your heart?
Heart Health Month Heart disease is the number one caus … Read more