{"id":68717,"date":"2025-02-04T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=68717"},"modified":"2025-02-04T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:23:00","slug":"faculty-and-staff-in-the-news-throughout-january-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/faculty-and-staff-in-the-news-throughout-january-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff in the News Throughout January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 125%;font-size: 16px\"><em>The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of January.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"line-height: 125%;font-size: 16px\"><strong>Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/lifestyle\/health\/unc-health-stay-healthy-holidays-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/lifestyle\/health\/unc-health-stay-healthy-holidays-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\">hared strategies for<\/a> <\/strong>staying healthy during the holidays<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 125%\"><strong>Amanda E. 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