The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and JAMDA – The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine are proud to announce the appointment of our new JAMDA Editors-in-Chief: Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, and Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD. Dr. Sloane is the Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine at the University… Read more »
Camille McGirt, who works with Sheps Fellow Carol Golin, leads Healthy Girls Save the World (HGSW), a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve health outcomes for middle school girls through the promotion of healthy minds, bodies and relationships. HGSW has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. Read more… Read more »
George Pink from our Rural Program was recently featured on the Georgia NPR. Read the story here: http://wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/georgia-rural-hospitals-struggle-survive
Brystana Kaufman from our Rural Program won an award for her work! HPM authors win ‘Article of the Year’ award
In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have shown that blood glucose testing does not offer a significant advantage in blood sugar control or quality of life for type 2 diabetes patients who are not treated with insulin. The paper, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, details findings from a randomized trial called “The… Read more »
Dr. Laura Hanson on Improving Advanced Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
Sheps investigator Laura Hanson, MD, MPH is featured on the GeriPal podcast discussing her randomized control trial of a Goals of Care intervention for family decision makers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. You can listen to the podcast here and watch the Goals of Care decision aid here.
Study analyzes how parents of children with ADHD get online information about the condition
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 5% of the children in the United States, making it one of the most prevalent mental health disorders in the pediatric population. A group of researchers from the UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research published an analysis of online information-seeking behaviors of parents of children with ADHD in… Read more »
New UNC project to create hub for connecting rural health providers with innovative techniques to combat opioid use disorders and overdose deaths
New UNC ECHO for Medication Assisted Treatment project to research barriers and enabling factors for primary care providers to offer medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders and thereby impact opioid overdose death rates in North Carolina [CHAPEL HILL, NC] – A new research initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill will help to increase North Carolinian’s access… Read more »
Youth Views on Communication About ADHD and Medication Adherence
Child & Adolescent Health Services Program director, Betsy Sleath, PhD, RPH, and colleagues just recently published the article “Youth Views on Communication About ADHD and Medication Adherence” in Community Mental Health Journal. Other authors associated with the Child & Adolescent Health Services Program are Delesha Carpenter, PhD, MSPH, Kathleen Thomas, PhD, and Sandra Sulzer, PhD…. Read more »
Researchers from Child and Adolescent Health Services Program receive award from international conference
Sheps Center researchers, along with two adolescent participants and their parents, were part of a team recognized for their work at the European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persistence (ESPACOMP) in Lisbon, Portugal in November. The team won third place for their poster entitled, “Teen acceptance of an educational video and question prompt list… Read more »
A paper by Dr. Marisa Domino and Mental Health colleagues is in press at the premier journal, Health Services Research
Drs. Marisa Domino, Joe Morrissey, and Mona Kilany (T32 alum) have a paper in press at the premier journal, Health Services Research. The paper, entitled “Through the Looking Glass: Estimating Effects of Medical Homes for People with Severe Mental Illness,” found positive associations between medical homes and access to primary care, specialty mental health care,… Read more »
Mental Health Postdoc Faculty Mentor, Byron Powell, receives Early Career Award
Byron Powell, PhD, Assistant Professor with Health Policy and Management and core faculty member for the Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program here at Sheps, received the Early Career Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Dissemination and Implementation Science Special Interest Group at their Annual Convention in New York this past… Read more »
Video showcases community advisors’ experience in engaged research in Latino community
A recently completed PCORI-funded research project called Padres Efectivos at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in partnership with El Futuro, Inc. asked community members to provide advice on the researcher’s work in mental health care for Latino children. The advisors had the opportunity to participate in the research process, which… Read more »
Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellows and Faculty Celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week
Members of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Systems and Services Research Postdoctoral Fellowship gathered to celebrate the 7th Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week in September. The group participated in several events and activities that week that were sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the UNC Postdoctoral Association. Their participation even won them… Read more »
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Clinical Scholars Program Names First Cohort
Clinical Scholars is a national leadership program led by UNC SOM faculty members Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, and Claudia Fernandez, DrPH, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program, which recently named its first class of scholars, prepares health care providers and practitioners to expand their influence beyond the hospital or clinic to advance… Read more »
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