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Statutory Restrictions on Advance Care Planning and Pregnancy Honoring a person’s wishes at the end of life is widely recognized as profoundly important to humane, ethical care. To that end, efforts to help individuals make their preferences about end-of-life care known have involved advance care planning, including the completion of advance directives and identification of...

Eric Juengst, PhD, Director of the University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics, Department of Social Medicine NY Times interview.                

Tonia Poteat, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine, is featured in an immersive video produced by TheBodyPRO.com. click to enlarge Tonia Poteat, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Social medicine, is featured in an immersive video produced by TheBodyPRO.com, which says she “transformed HIV and LGBTQ health care” and...

For two years, a group of world-class scientists pitched their idea for a hot new biotech company to investors: a start-up focused on a promising therapy for preeclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication that can become life-threatening. It was cutting-edge science, backed by a Nobel laureate, a Harvard kidney specialist, a leading...

Eric Juengst will serve as a visiting professor at the University of Antwerp’s Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine from March 1- March 30, 2019, to collaborate with Professor Annelies Van Rie on a study of the ethical implications of phylogenetic tracking for tuberculosis.

Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, was awarded a multi-site five year R01 to establish the Southern Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cohort among parolees in NC, KY, and FL. The estimated HIV prevalence among criminal justice (CJ) involved individuals is three times higher than the general population. Parolees on post-release supervision after release experience multi-level...

Tonia Poteat, PhD awarded NIH Grant to Study Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Gender Minority Stress to HIV Comorbidities. Project Summary/Abstract Despite a high prevalence of HIV among gender minority women, very little is known about HIV comorbid conditions in this population. Understanding the mechanisms of underlying HIV-related comorbidities in this health disparity...

Public policies play a crucial role in shaping how immigrants adapt to life in the United States. Federal, state, and local laws and administrative practices impact immigrants’ access to education, health insurance and medical care, cash assistance, food assistance, and other vital services. Additionally, immigration enforcement activities have substantial effects on immigrants’...

Medical schools are making headway in meeting the demands of students who want a greater understanding of how health-care policy will affect their patients and practices. Jonathan Oberlander, chair of the Department of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill interview Bloomberg Law 2019.   https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/beyond-cadavers-med-students-learn-to-dissect-health-policy

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, Kenan Distinguished Professor in the departments of social medicine and medicine in the UNC School of Medicine and director of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for her scholarly work on the practical and ethical issues...