{"id":2852,"date":"2017-11-28T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-fammed.sites.unc.edu\/?page_id=2852"},"modified":"2024-11-13T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:43:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Department of Family Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hidden-lg visible-md visible-sm visible-xs\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-8277\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-8277\" data-viewnumber=\"8277\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;8277&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/fammed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2852\/?wpv_view_count=8277&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/fammed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2852\/?wpv_view_count=8277\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\u00a0\n\u00a0\n<h2 id=\"bookmark\" style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"icon fa-bookmark\">Featured Article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"iso-post\">\n<ul class=\"media\">\n<li class=\"media-listitem\">\n<a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2024\/02\/21\/fit-wellness-receives-5-5-million-investment-from-ncdhhs\/\">\n<span class=\"post-featured-img\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/04\/Ashkin-horizontal-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Evan Ashkin, professor of family medicine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/04\/Ashkin-horizontal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/04\/Ashkin-horizontal-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/04\/Ashkin-horizontal-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">\n<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<div class=\"media-body\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2024\/02\/21\/fit-wellness-receives-5-5-million-investment-from-ncdhhs\/\">FIT Wellness Receives $5.5 Million Investment from NCDHHS<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Servi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2024\/02\/21\/fit-wellness-receives-5-5-million-investment-from-ncdhhs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about FIT Wellness Receives $5.5 Million Investment from NCDHHS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"news\" class=\"icon fa-newspaper-o\" style=\"text-align: center\">In the News<\/h2>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#fafafa;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\"><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2026\/04\/17\/unc-chatham-designated-baby-friendly-usa\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/04\/Chatham-Iglesias-Carpenter-MCC-2026-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/04\/Chatham-Iglesias-Carpenter-MCC-2026-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/04\/Chatham-Iglesias-Carpenter-MCC-2026-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">3 days ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">UNC Chatham Designated Baby Friendly USA<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">UNC Health Chatham Hospital has been designated a Baby\u2011Friendly hospital by Baby\u2011Friendly USA, recognizing its commitment to evidence\u2011based maternity care and support for breastfeeding patients and families. The Baby\u2011Friendly designation reflects implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, a set of practices developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF to support bonding, informed &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC Chatham Designated Baby Friendly USA\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2026\/03\/05\/faculty-lead-landmark-study-on-north-carolinas-mental-health-and-substance-use-workforce\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/03\/LombardiFraher-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/03\/LombardiFraher-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/03\/LombardiFraher-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">2 months ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Faculty Lead Landmark Study on North Carolina\u2019s Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW, and Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, served as lead investigators on a major new statewide report assessing the need, supply, and distribution of North Carolina\u2019s mental health and substance use (MH\/SU) services workforce. Released by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the report, State of North Carolina\u2019s Mental Health &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Faculty Lead Landmark Study on North Carolina\u2019s Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2026\/02\/16\/unc-chatham-researchers-publish-impactful-evaluation-of-rural-maternity-care-center\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/02\/Chatham-MCC-Leadership-2026-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/02\/Chatham-MCC-Leadership-2026-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/02\/Chatham-MCC-Leadership-2026-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">2 months ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">UNC Chatham Researchers Publish Evaluation of Successful Rural Maternity Care Center<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">A new three\u2011year evaluation led by the UNC Chatham Hospital Maternity Care Center (MCC) team shows that reopening a rural Level I maternity unit can provide safe, high\u2011quality birth outcomes, significantly reduce travel burdens for families, and offer a strong family physician and midwife\u2011led model for rural maternity care. Patient interviews also revealed high satisfaction &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC Chatham Researchers Publish Evaluation of Successful Rural Maternity Care Center\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2026\/01\/12\/unc-family-medicine-launches-primary-care-behavioral-health-collaborative-at-east-pittsboro-advancing-whole%e2%80%91person-care\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/01\/UNC-East-Pittsboro-Fuentes-AllenB-AllenN-Butler-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/01\/UNC-East-Pittsboro-Fuentes-AllenB-AllenN-Butler-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/01\/UNC-East-Pittsboro-Fuentes-AllenB-AllenN-Butler-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">3 months ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">UNC Family Medicine Launches Primary Care Behavioral Health Collaborative at East Pittsboro, Advancing Whole\u2011Person Care<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">The UNC Department of Family Medicine has launched UNC Health&#8217;s first private practice-based Primary Care Behavioral Health Collaborative, embedding critical mental health services directly into a primary care practice to improve access, reduce stigma, and intervene earlier for patients across the lifespan. The initiative, based at UNC Health Family Medicine and Pediatrics at East Pittsboro, &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC Family Medicine Launches Primary Care Behavioral Health Collaborative at East Pittsboro, Advancing Whole\u2011Person Care\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2 id=\"university\" class=\"icon fa-university\" style=\"text-align: center\">Meet our Chair<\/h2>\n<h3>Dr. Margaret Helton<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-10930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape-1024x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape-1024x337.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape-600x197.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/05\/img-uncpn-familymedicine-helton-landscape.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Margaret Helton, MD is the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege to provide our patients with excellent care in a nationally recognized department of family medicine,&#8221; says Dr. Helton. &#8220;Everything we do \u2013 from clinical innovation to teaching to research \u2013 is in the service of improving both individual and population based health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highlight-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2021\/03\/17\/margaret-helton-named-chair-of-unc-department-of-family-medicine\/\">Meet our Chair<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2 id=\"university\" class=\"icon fa-university\" style=\"text-align: center\">Featured Physician<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<h3>Dr. Taylor Pierce<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.unc.edu\/FMFeaturedPhysician\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-20183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2024\/11\/Featured-Physician-Taylor-Pierce-1-1024x922.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2024\/11\/Featured-Physician-Taylor-Pierce-1-1024x922.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2024\/11\/Featured-Physician-Taylor-Pierce-1-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2024\/11\/Featured-Physician-Taylor-Pierce-1-768x691.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2024\/11\/Featured-Physician-Taylor-Pierce-1-600x540.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2024\/11\/Featured-Physician-Taylor-Pierce-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highlight-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.unc.edu\/FMFeaturedPhysician\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Featured Physician<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79002,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-2852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-news","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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