Health Policy and Management News
Three Gillings School graduate students selected as 2019 Winston Policy Scholars
June 12, 2019 Allie Atkeson, Adrienne Lloyd and Laura Ellen Powis were among the 19 recipients of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship. Atkeson and Powis are both master’s students in the maternal and child health department, and Lloyd is a master’s student in the health behavior department.
UNC researchers explore health networks’ ethical obligation to respond to hospital closures
June 12, 2019 As rural hospital closures become more common, many patients are left without sources of care, raising ethical questions about hospitals’ and clinicians’ responsibilities during and after closures.
Perspective: Legislative gridlock leaves Affordable Care Act in limbo
June 11, 2019 In a Perspective column for the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Jonathan Oberlander explores the challenges a divided government poses for the future of the Affordable Care Act.
New study explores how to implement patient-reported outcomes in routine cancer care
May 31, 2019 Dr. Angela Stover is first author of a new study that details how to better engage clinicians and patients in the implementation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
From awareness to action: The Gillings School takes on stroke
May 22, 2019 Each May — National Stroke Awareness Month — people become acutely aware of the enormous challenge that strokes pose for individual well-being and public health. At the Gillings School, researchers and students confront the challenge year-round.
CAHME awards scholarship to UNC Gillings' Kelly Page
May 17, 2019 The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education has awarded the first Judy Baar Topinka Foundation Scholarship for Health Policy to Kelly Page, a first year Master of Healthcare Administration student in the Health Policy and Management Department.
Healthier Generation names Laurie Stradley as new chief program officer
May 17, 2019 The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, one of the nation's preeminent children's health organizations, has named public health community leader Dr. Laurie Stradley to serve as its chief program officer. Stradley is a Gillings School alumna and adjunct instructor.
Gillings School’s 79th commencement celebrates the class of 2019
May 13, 2019 More than 550 students were awarded degrees at the Gillings School's Commencement ceremony, with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral graduates all well represented.
Five Gillings School faculty win major awards for teaching, mentoring, research and service
May 10, 2019 Leaders at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have announced the winners of four of the School’s most prestigious awards.
Gillings researcher authors one of three most accessed papers on implementation science
April 29, 2019 Dr. Sarah Birken is first author of an article that is currently among the three most-accessed papers in the journal Implementation Science.
