{"id":9678,"date":"2025-11-20T07:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:13:53","slug":"celebrating-impact-thank-you-for-making-the-community-health-impact-awards-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2025\/11\/celebrating-impact-thank-you-for-making-the-community-health-impact-awards-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Impact: Thank You for Making the Community Health Impact Awards a Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second annual Community Health Impact Awards (CHIA) was a vibrant celebration of purpose, progress, and people. Held on Oct. 23, the event brought together teammates, faculty, staff, learners, and partners from across UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine to honor those who are transforming care and strengthening communities across North Carolina. Several members of the neurology faculty were celebrated during the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">This year\u2019s honorees reflect the heart of our mission \u2014 driving meaningful progress in patient care, education, and research to improve lives across North Carolina. Whether through hands-on clinical innovation or deep-rooted community collaboration, their work is helping to remove barriers, strengthen partnerships, and deliver lasting impact where it\u2019s needed most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">We&#8217;re proud to recognize these outstanding individuals and teams, nominated by their peers for their commitment to access and excellence in care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\">Check out the 2025 award winners below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"r_SL6Vs_y298L c_dyLVU_y298L CanvasSection CanvasSection-col CanvasSection-sm12 CanvasSection--read CanvasSection-xl6\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasSection\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"a904c658-44ab-4c73-a7f2-04d2e59f230d\" class=\"ControlZone ControlZone--clean r_DTWsp_y298L\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasControl\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone--control\">\n<div class=\"rte-webpart rte--ck5 rte--read-ck5 rte--paragraphSpacing LightMode uniformSpacingForElements rte--headingSpacing rte--list-rtl css-165\" dir=\"auto\" data-sp-feature-tag=\"Rich Text Editor\" data-sp-feature-instance-id=\"a904c658-44ab-4c73-a7f2-04d2e59f230d\">\n<div class=\"ck-content rteEmphasis root-164 css-152 fixFocusIndicator fixNestedListMarkerFirefox\" data-automation-id=\"textBox\">\n<ul class=\"customListStyle\">\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e7bdcf4babe3f1631d0a80cc334a7d083\"><strong>Ease of Access &amp; Language Innovation<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Dr. Billy Tart<\/i>\u00a0and the\u00a0<i>NC Integrated Care for Kids Family Navigators<\/i><br \/>\nFor making care easier to reach and understand for those facing language or sensory barriers.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2739a02d103664e7ea7ab68f2b79d568\"><strong>Quality Improvement for Respectful Care<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Community Health Worker Team<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Roy Green<\/i><br \/>\nFor elevating safe, respectful, high-quality care through continuous improvement.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ef82f24f1c90e434b97d0998647dca17e\"><strong>Outstanding Local Partnership<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Rex Mobile Mammography<\/i><br \/>\nFor strengthening community ties to improve health and well-being.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e3a2c6176e14bdfa4f0232eaf84ec2dc5\"><strong>Physician Leadership in Advancing Access to Care<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Dr. Nina Browner<\/i><br \/>\nFor championing equal access and reducing outcome gaps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"r_SL6Vs_y298L c_dyLVU_y298L CanvasSection CanvasSection-col CanvasSection-sm12 CanvasSection--read CanvasSection-xl6\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasSection\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"e6ea6fc4-a868-4c51-8181-62123bd788c5\" class=\"ControlZone ControlZone--clean r_DTWsp_y298L\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasControl\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone--control\">\n<div class=\"rte-webpart rte--ck5 rte--read-ck5 rte--paragraphSpacing LightMode uniformSpacingForElements rte--headingSpacing rte--list-rtl css-165\" dir=\"auto\" data-sp-feature-tag=\"Rich Text Editor\" data-sp-feature-instance-id=\"e6ea6fc4-a868-4c51-8181-62123bd788c5\">\n<div class=\"ck-content rteEmphasis root-164 css-152 fixFocusIndicator fixNestedListMarkerFirefox\" data-automation-id=\"textBox\">\n<ul class=\"customListStyle\">\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e5e16119b4d746a356d700de8f1042ed1\"><strong>Nursing Excellence in Outcome Balance<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Jennifer Loper<\/i><br \/>\nFor integrating gap-narrowing practices that improve patient experience and results.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e06bb8c9b0961fa745506b64e0326f716\"><strong>Cross-Cultural Insight<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Kim Walker<\/i><br \/>\nFor weaving diverse cultural perspectives into care delivery.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e0f49fe1d9e4a35fcb3047be590b48638\"><strong>Excellence in Leadership<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Jamie Harrison<\/i><br \/>\nFor fostering positive workplace climates and empowering high-performing teams.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4fcc9b37ff3f40591e3fae7f8d62dc01\"><strong>Rising Star in Local Engagement<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Lana Nasrallah<\/i><br \/>\nFor bringing fresh, innovative ideas to community health efforts.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e08d834557be093cded5a877368285337\"><strong>Clinic and Practice Impact<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Dr. Clio Rubinos, Dr. Thiri Lin, and Dr. Joel Callahan<\/i><br \/>\nFor applying targeted tactics to narrow outcome gaps in clinical settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unchcs.sharepoint.com\/sites\/HSCHE\/SitePages\/2025CHIAHighlights.aspx?web=1\">Learn more about the Community Health Impact Awards at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: this link leads to a UNC Health intranet site and will require login with a u-number. If you are having trouble accessing this link:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Use private mode on your browser\u00a0or access the links using the Citrix virtual desktop\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>If prompted for a login, use your u-number credentials (same as those used for Epic)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second annual Community Health Impact Awards (CHIA) was a vibrant celebration of purpose, progress, and people. Held on Oct. 23, the event brought together teammates, faculty, staff, learners, and partners from across UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine to honor those who are transforming care and strengthening communities across North Carolina. 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