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Dr. Jeffrey Sonis, associate professor of Social Medicine, has been elected to the UNC School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, a national honor medical society. Dr. Sonis was nominated and elected to AOA by students in recognition of his outstanding contributions to teaching, particularly around issues of ethics,...

Dr. Giselle Corbie Smith, Professor of Social Medicine and Medicine, and Director of the Center for Health Equity Research, has been elected to a three-year term as president of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM).

Jon Oberlander. New England Journal of Medicine. Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ever since its enactment. But President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are discovering what Democrats learned long ago: health care reform is politically treacherous. Can the GOP dismantle Obamacare?

The new year is proving fruitful for Gail Henderson, PhD. The professor of Social Medicine and Director of the Center for Genomics and Society at UNC has been confirmed for a four-year term as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research, and asked to speak at...

The UNC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has announced that Gail Henderson is a recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Mentor Award in recognition of her exceptional mentoring of post-doctoral scholars. Dr. Henderson is a Professor of Social Medicine and leads the Center for Genomics & Society. Congratulations Gail!

Social Medicine is thrilled to announce that Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein has joined the Department as an assistant professor. She will also serve as a core faculty member in the UNC Center for Health Equity Research. Lauren holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and comes to Chapel Hill following post-doctoral work at Brown. Her research...

Jean Cadigan is featured in a PBS NewsHour story on the scientific promise and ethical issues associated with biobanking in Kannapolis.

Jill Fisher’s research on healthy volunteers in Phase I trials and professional “guinea-pigging” is featured on NPR Weekend Edition.

Barry Saunders is the 2016 winner of the Clinical Teaching Excellence Award for Basic Science from the UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators. This award recognizes faculty who have made significant contributions to the School of Medicine curriculum in the preclinical years. Congratulations Barry!

Mara Buchbinder and Annie Lyerly. Hastings Center Report. “It’s almost like putting salt in a wound, for this person who’s already made a very difficult decision,” suggested Meghan Patterson (an alias), a licensed obstetrician-gynecologist whom we interviewed in our qualitative study of the experiences of North Carolina abortion providers practicing under the...