Despite the recent recession, states increased the overall number of loan repayment programs designed to recruit health care professionals to live and practice in underserved communities, according to research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC Center for Health Equity Research Postdoctoral Fellow Announcement – January 7, 2014 deadline
The UNC Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) brings together scholars, trainees, and community members from diverse disciplines to form multidisciplinary teams with a shared commitment to health equity, innovation and translational research. The CHER’s Postdoctoral Program provides early stage investigators with unique opportunities to perform innovative research and strengthen skills in: understanding and addressing… Read more »
Dan Reuland and Michael Pignone | Invited Commentary at JAMA Internal Medicine
Dan Reuland, MD and Michael Pignone, MD, recently published an Invited Commentary at JAMA Internal Medicine. The topic of this commentary is Improving the Quality of Decision-Making Processes for Prostate Cancer Screening Progress and Challenges. The commentary discusses a clinical trial on the use of prostate cancer screening decision aids to improve health care decision-making…. Read more »
Sheryl Zimmerman and Colleagues Win Outstanding Research Paper Award
Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-term Care researchers Sheryl Zimmerman, Lauren Cohen, David Reed, and Philip Sloane were awarded the 2013 Prudential Real Estate Investors Award for Outstanding Research Paper for their article Families Matter in Long-Term Care: Results of a Group-Randomized Trial published in the 2013 issue of Seniors Housing and Care. The award… Read more »
Assisted Living Comparison Experts website featured in Carolina Woman magazine
The September issue of Carolina Woman magazine includes an article reviewing the many types of residential care and assisted living options available to consumers, and highlights Sheryl Zimmerman and Phil Sloane’s Assisted Living Comparison Experts website as one helpful resource in choosing among them. http://www.carolinawoman.com/articles.php
New study aims to improve mouth care, reduce disease in older adults
People, especially older adults, can be at risk for pneumonia when bacteria that accumulates on teeth is inhaled. A new UNC study could pinpoint just how significant an effect improved brushing and flossing could have on infection prevention in older adults.
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow Sandy Sulzer featured in ScienceNews article
Sandy Sulzer, PhD recently presented at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting and her presentation was featured in a ScienceNews article. Dr. Sulzer is a NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow here at the Sheps Center. CLICK HERE to read the article.
Dr. Dan Jonas is new director of Sheps Program on Medical Practice and Prevention
Dr. Dan Jonas is the new director of the Sheps Center Program on Medical Practice and Prevention. Dan is a general internist with a diverse range of interests in health services research, but special expertise and national leadership in the area of comparative effectiveness research (CER). Dan leads the UNC component of our Evidence-based Practice… Read more »
UNC-CH has a new Graduate Certificate in Participatory Research
Graduate Certificate in Participatory Research
New Center for Health Equity Research at UNC – CHER
Center for Health Equity Research members generate new knowledge and contribute to the science of health equity research.
Assisted Living Comparison Experts Website Launched
Assisted Living Comparison Experts provides information on all licensed adult and family care settings in North Carolina in a user-friendly format.
Jane Darter Awarded Employee Forum Peer Recognition Award for Congeniality
On May 30, 2013 Jane Darter, a member of the Sheps Center Staff, was awarded the UNC Employee Forum Peer Recognition Award for Congeniality. The award recognizes a UNC-CH staff member who improves office morale and is a pleasure to be around.
George Pink, PhD Receives NRHA Outstanding Researcher Award
The National Rural Health Association recently announced the 2013 Rural Health Award recipients. George Pink, PhD, a Sheps Center Senior Research Fellow has been awarded the Outstanding Researcher Award. “We’re proud of this year’s winners, they have each already made tremendous strides to advance rural health care, and we’re confident they will continue to help… Read more »
Project Grace Consortium receives Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award
The Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award was given to The Project GRACE Consortium, for community partnership for its work over the last eight years to eliminate health disparities in African American communities through interventions to reduce the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. “Public service within our state and externally are… Read more »
Sandra Greene appointed interim chair of Health Policy and Management
Professor of the Practice Sandra Greene, DrPH, has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr Greene is a senior research fellow and co-director of the Program on Healthcare Finance at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health… Read more »
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