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At the Academy of Communication in Healthcare’s (ACH) 2025 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), #UNCPharmacy Regional Associate Dean Betsy Sleath was awarded the 30th Annual George L. Engel Award! This award recognizes Betsy’s outstanding research contributing to the theory, practice and teaching of effective healthcare communication and related skills. Betsy is a long-time... Read more » [...]
Congratulations to Bianca Allison, MD, MPH on being a recipient of the 2025-26 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine! Dr. Allison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and also a researcher with the Child and Adolescent Health Services Program at the Sheps Center. The Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine is amongst the most... Read more » [...]
A recent study, led by Dr. Brittany Raffa and team, highlights the unique challenges undocumented Latina mothers in North Carolina face when accessing healthcare and public benefits for themselves and their U.S.-born infants. Conducted through 20 in-depth interviews in Spanish, the research sheds light on how anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric shape these mothers’ decisions during... Read more » [...]
Dr. Bianca Allison, Child & Adolescent Health researcher, had always been passionate about improving the lives of young people. She is the lead author on a recent systematic review on the effectiveness of contraceptive decision aids for adolescents and young adults. This review, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, highlighted the temporary... Read more » [...]
Phil Hughes, PhD, research assistant professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy and researcher with the Child & Adolescent Health Services Program at the Sheps Center, published a paper in May 2024 titled Pediatric Mental Health Care and Scope-of-Practice Expansions which was featured in recent issue of AHRQ News Now as the top article... Read more » [...]