{"id":6993,"date":"2023-09-07T10:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/?p=6993"},"modified":"2023-09-07T10:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:33:16","slug":"chi-named-interim-director-of-center-for-womens-health-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2023\/09\/chi-named-interim-director-of-center-for-womens-health-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Chi Named Interim Director of Center for Women\u2019s Health Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6994\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 229px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2023\/09\/bchi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"202\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ben Chi, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/directory\/benjamin-chi-md\/\">Ben Chi, MD,<\/a> Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD \u201936, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will assume interim leadership of the Center for Women\u2019s Health Research (CWHR). Chi succeeds Wendy Brewster, MD, PhD, who <a href=\"https:\/\/unclineberger.org\/news\/in-memoriam-wendy-r-brewster-md-phd\/\">tragically passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his role, Chi will oversee all activities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cwhr\">CWHR<\/a>, a center comprised of scholars from different departments and schools working to advance our understanding of diseases, disorders and conditions affecting women.<\/p>\n<p>Chi has vast expertise in transforming women\u2019s health care on a global scale. He has been instrumental in initiating new HIV programs in Zambia, and has spearheaded two large public health initiatives funded by the US President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Chi is currently conducting research to prevent new HIV infections among pregnant and breastfeeding women, and is an internationally recognized expert in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Chi also brings significant leadership experience to this position, as he supports the research endeavors of researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in his role as vice chair for research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Chi, MD, Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD \u201936, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will assume interim leadership of the Center for Women\u2019s Health Research (CWHR). Chi succeeds Wendy Brewster, MD, PhD, who tragically passed away. In his role, Chi will oversee all activities of CWHR, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2023\/09\/chi-named-interim-director-of-center-for-womens-health-research\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chi Named Interim Director of Center for Women\u2019s Health Research\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97991,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chi Named Interim Director of Center for Women\u2019s Health Research - School of Medicine Intranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2023\/09\/chi-named-interim-director-of-center-for-womens-health-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chi Named Interim Director of Center for Women\u2019s Health Research - School of Medicine Intranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ben Chi, MD, Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD \u201936, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will assume interim leadership of the Center for Women\u2019s Health Research (CWHR). 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