{"id":9778,"date":"2023-10-30T12:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?p=9778"},"modified":"2023-10-30T12:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:21:18","slug":"welcome-to-kathryn-pier-the-new-ihqi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/2023\/10\/welcome-to-kathryn-pier-the-new-ihqi-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Kathryn Pier the new IHQI Director!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ui-provider ee bkq bkr bks bkt bku bkv bkw bkx bky bkz bla blb blc bld ble blf blg blh bli blj blk bll blm bln blo blp blq blr bls blt blu blv blw blx\" dir=\"ltr\">Kathryn Pier earned a master\u2019s degree in health administration from Queens University of Charlotte and a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from East Carolina University.\u00a0 Kathryn is a certified professional in health system quality, certified six sigma green belt from NC State University and a trained UNC Kaizen 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