It has been an exciting fall here at the Center.
We’ve just celebrated our second No Limits gala, and it was a great success. More than 200 people attended our November celebration. I want to give a special thanks to Aaron Nelson, head of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and chair of the Center’s advisory board, who hosted a spirited and entertaining evening for our gala guests.
In November, we were honored to have Congressman David Price visit us at our Carr Mill offices and to tour our UNC Farm at Penny Lane.
Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, head of our UNC Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS), is preparing to move the new UNC Wake OASIS office in January to a larger space on Glenwood Ave. Wake OASIS opened earlier in the year in a suite with other Center clinics on Falstaff.
In this issue, you’ll read about Diana Perkins’ recent research that was publicized nationally. The amazing Eure Family—Shelley Eure Belk, Van Eure, and her husband Steve Thanhauser—received the Center’s Community Advocacy Award for their work with the Foundation of Hope for Research & Treatment of Mental Illness. The Dog Parade Art Exhibit fundraiser, supported by our Brushes with Life artists, is making the rounds in the Triangle.
As the holidays approach, I am grateful for the generous support of our staff, advisory board and the community.
With best wishes for the Holiday Season,
John H. Gilmore, MD
Thad and Alice Eure Distinguished Professor
Vice Chair Research Scientific Affairs