Author Archives: samweiss
August: Virtual Care/Telehealth
August 11, 2021
It is hard to have a conversation about medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic and not discuss telehealth. Telehealth (broadly defined as the delivery of clinical and nonclinical health services using telecommunications technology) use has skyrocketed at the onset of the pandemic, with some estimates suggesting telehealth utilization in Medicare beneficiaries increasing nearly 13,000% over pre-pandemic … Read more
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected 50 doctoral students and their advisors to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences. From the UNC School of Medicine, graduate student Nancy Sey and her advisors Hyejung Won, PhD, and Joyce Besheer, PhD, were named Gilliam Fellows.
August 4, 2021