Priscilla A. Guild, MSPH, was a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Administration at the Sheps Center when she retired in 2008. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, while at the Sheps Center (1971-2008), she designed and implemented information systems for program management and evaluation at two community health centers, coordinated the evaluation of… Read more »

Arnold (Arnie) Kaluzny is professor emeritus of health policy and management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and senior research fellow at UNC’s Sheps Center for Health Services Research. His affiliation with the Center spans 54 years, beginning in 1967. That year, he served as co-principal investigator for one of the three… Read more »

Here you will find a complete list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from June 2021-September 2021. Te Vazquez J, Feng SN, Orr CJ, Berkowitz SA. Food Insecurity and Cardiometabolic Conditions: a Review of Recent Research. Curr Nutr Rep. 2021 Jun 21:1–12. doi: 10.1007/s13668-021-00364-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34152581. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34152581/ Miller KEM, Miller… Read more »

Stay informed with the latest updates and insights from the Sheps Center. Our newsletters provide valuable information on health services research, policy analysis, and community health initiatives. Whether you’re looking for the most recent edition or exploring our extensive archive, you’ll find a wealth of knowledge and resources.   Latest Newsletter: March 2025   Archived… Read more »

The MAHEC Needs Assessment Sheps is comprised of interdisciplinary physician and PhD level researchers, IT professionals, web application programmers, analytical programmers, experienced research staff, and students from all over campus. As COVID-19 forced research initiatives to a halt and people moved their offices to their homes, this group of talented individuals were eager to use… Read more »

              COVID-19 North Carolina Collaborative Modeling Sheps researchers are part of an independent, informal collaborative of data scientists, health services and policy researchers, and epidemiologists who are modeling the impact of COVID-19 on North Carolina.   Brief 1: Hospital Capacity and the COVID-19 Epidemic in North Carolina: Preliminary Estimates… Read more »

August 10, 2017 – Sheps Center researchers analyzed North Carolina hospital claims data related to opioid poisoning visits for state fiscal years 2012 and 2015. These analyses provide a broader view of the state’s opioid epidemic than what can be seen in mortality data. Opioid Poisoning Related Hospital Use in North Carolina Nationally, the opioid… Read more »

Maureen Swick, RN, MSN, PhD, NEA-BC has more than 30 years’ experience in health care including six years as the senior vice president and chief nurse executive for Inova, a not-for-profit health care system based in Northern Virginia that serves more than 2 million people each year. Throughout her career, she has held a variety… Read more »

The major goal of this contract is to evaluate the effect of a pediatric antipsychotic registry on metabolic screening and antipsychotic utilization in the NC Medicaid population. Joel Farley, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

The UNC-CH Sheps Center will perform two sets of activities as described below: Collaborate with NCCNC staff to create an integrated database linking three data sets maintained by the NC Department of Health and Human Services: HEARTS (state psychiatric hospital admissions), IPRS (outpatient mental health services), and Medicaid claims. Sheps Center staff will provide technical… Read more »

Prescription opioid abuse is a growing public health epidemic in the US, contributing to an estimated 15,000 deaths and more than $55 billion in societal costs per year. In response, states are increasingly managing CS abuse with Medicaid Lock in Programs (MLIP). The North Carolina (NC) Recipient Management MLIP, initiated in October of 2010, was… Read more »

Comorbid cardiometabolic health conditions are a significant burden to the health of patients with schizophrenia representing a major source of morbidity and mortality. For patients taking medications to manage schizophrenia and comorbid health conditions, poor care coordination can result in inappropriate prescribing, duplication of medication therapy, medication non-adherence, and more aggressive health service utilization for… Read more »