Reprinted from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health A new book, published this month by Oxford University Press, calls for an increase in patient access to high-quality cancer care in the community and an improvement in community hospitals’ capacity to support research and genomically informed medicine. Managing Disruptive Change in Healthcare: Lessons from… Read more »
Sheps researchers awarded seed grant for quality improvement in lung cancer screening implementation
Daniel Reuland, MD MPH, was recently awarded a seed grant from the UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (https://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi) to address quality gaps related to implementation of lung cancer screening. Alison Brenner, PhD, who is joining the Sheps Center as a Research Scientist, helped to develop this proposal during her postdoctoral fellowship, and will serve… Read more »
UNC Receives $15M AHRQ Award to Advance Heart Health in NC Primary Care
Chapel Hill NC (May 26, 2015) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a cooperative team of health care and quality improvement experts were recently awarded a $15M federal grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to help primary care practices use the latest evidence to improve the heart… Read more »
Phil Sloane receives Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement | 2015 University Teaching Award
Phil Sloane, a Sheps Center Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Sheps Center Program on Aging, Disability and Long Term Care, recently received the Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement, a 2015 University Teaching Award. “This award, created in 1997, acknowledges a lifetime of contributions to a broad range of teaching and learning, particularly mentoring… Read more »
Holmes receives 2015 Outstanding Researcher Award from the National Rural Health Association
Originally published April 8, 2015 by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Mark Holmes, PhD, director of the Rural Health Research Program at UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and associate professor of health policy and management at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, is the 2015… Read more »
Tackling the Triple Aim in Primary Care Residencies
Dr. Katrina Donahue published the baseline data from the I3 (Impact cubed) Collaborative that seeks to improve care of patients served by primary care residency practices in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. This work was published in the February 2015 issue of Family Medicine with Ann Lefebvre from the North Carolina Area Health Education… Read more »
Statewide Study of Comprehensive Post-Stroke Treatment
$14 Million Funding Award to Support First Statewide Study of Comprehensive Post-Stroke Treatment, Based on Wake Forest Baptist Model In Collaboration with UNC- Chapel Hill and in Partnership with 51 Hospitals in the North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative Jacquie Halladay MD, MPH, Codirector of NCNC and Doyle M. “Skip” Cummings, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP of ECARE… Read more »
Patients who smoke ask to be treated with respect
What is it like to be someone who smokes in today’s increasingly smoke-free world? How can providers best interact with their patients who smoke and support their efforts to become tobacco-free? A new study by researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Family Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center represents… Read more »
Seminar on February 23 will address Medicaid policy and implementing prevention research findings
On February 23, the NRSA seminar will host two outside speakers of special interest. The seminar is open to the public and University staff and students are encouraged to attend. Both speakers will present in the DeFriese Conference Room (Room 150) at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. From 3-4pm, Genevieve Kenney… Read more »
UNC now accepting applications for Sheps Center Director
The University is seeking applications for Director of the Sheps Center. To learn more about the position, please click here to go to the UNC Human Resources listing.
Sheps Center releases 2013-2014 Annual Report
The UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research compiles an Annual Report each year to summarize research activities, products and publications. The 2013-2014 Annual Report was released on December 10. As in the past, this year’s annual report is organized into several sections. Initially, the mission of the Center is discussed, followed by a… Read more »
Paula Song awarded PCORI grant for Model of Health Delivery
Paula Song PhD, a Research Fellow at the Sheps Center and Associate Professor Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, was recently awarded a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grant of 1.9 million dollars. The project is titled Improving Care Coordination for Children with Disabilities Through an Accountable Care… Read more »
Betsy Sleath awarded PCORI grant for adolescent asthma research
Betsy Sleath, PhD, the Director of the Program on Child and Adolescent Health Services Research at the Sheps Center and Chair of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, had been awarded a 1.9 million dollar research grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The study is titled Using… Read more »
Holmes receives UNC Hettleman Prize for Outstanding Achievement
Mark Holmes, PhD, is one of four UNC-Chapel Hill faculty to receive the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. Holmes directs the Rural Health Research Program and co-directs the Healthcare Economics and Finance Program at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. He is also associate professor of… Read more »
Aging program’s Patricia Poole wins 2014 RDH Award of Distinction
Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-term Care Research Dental Hygienist, Patricia Poole, RDH, MS was awarded the 2014 Sunstar Award of Distinction on August 15th at the RDH Under One Roof conference in Chicago, IL. Ms. Poole has partnered with Drs. Sloane and Zimmerman since 2010, and joined the Aging program in 2014. More information… Read more »
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