{"id":35599,"date":"2025-07-03T14:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=35599"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:51:03","slug":"brenda-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/people\/brenda-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Mitchell, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":35600,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[69],"class_list":["post-35599","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-faculty-emeriti-shs","odd"],"acf":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Mitchell","ud_first_name":"Brenda","ud_gallery_summary":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brenda Everett Mitchell is a recently retired Associate Professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences as well as Associate Chair of the Department of Health Sciences Office of Student Services and AHEC Operations at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As I reflect on my time at UNC as an Associate Professor and administrator, I am grateful for the opportunity to engage with so many awesome individuals. 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