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Enhanced primary care for people with mental illness could improve service use and quality

April 19, 2021
Research from the Department of Health Policy and Management suggests that a new enhanced primary care model shows promise to improve the quality of health services provided to people with serious mental illness and reduce their hospital visits.

COVID-19 creates challenges and improvements to care for youth with diabetes around the world

March 2, 2021
For pediatric diabetes clinics worldwide, the pivot to telemedicine during the pandemic has been challenging, but it has also presented opportunities for improved care, according to a new study led by Gillings School nutrition researchers.

Trainings focused on pain coping skills may also reduce depression linked with perceived discrimination among Black patients

February 16, 2021
Black patients are more likely than members of any other racial group to experience discrimination in health care settings — and discrimination has negative effects on mental health. A new study shows that over-the-phone training sessions focused on skills for coping with pain may reduce the association between discrimination experiences and depressive symptoms.


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Alice Ammerman, DrPHMildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor
Gustavo Angeles, PhDAssociate Professor
Janine Barden-O'Fallon, PhDAssistant Professor
Ethan Basch, MD, MScProfessor
Antonia Bennett, PhDProfessor
Dorothy Cilenti, DrPHProfessor
Sian Curtis, PhDProfessor
William Oscar Fleming, DrPH, MSPHAssistant Professor and and Concentration Co-Lead - Global Health
Leah Frerichs, PhDAssociate Professor
Vivian Go, PhDProfessor
Yvonne Golightly, PhDAssociate Professor
Carol Golin, MDProfessor
Mark Holmes, PhDProfessor
Valerie Lewis, PhDProfessor
Stephanie L. Martin, PhDAssistant Professor
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhDCary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Kavita Singh Ongechi, PhDProfessor
Aunchalee E. L. Palmquist, PhD, MA, IBCLCAdjunct Associate Professor
Angela Parcesepe, PhDAssociate Professor
Barry M. Popkin, PhDW. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor
John S. Preisser, PhDProfessor
Bahjat Qaqish, PhDProfessor
Naim Rashid, PhDAssociate Professor
Kristin Reiter, PhDHumana Distinguished Professor
Kurt M. Ribisl, PhDJo Anne Earp Distinguished Professor and Chair
Dana Rice, DrPHAssociate Professor and Assistant Dean of Master's Degree Program
Nora Rosenberg, PhDAssociate Professor
Anna P. Schenck, PhDProfessor Emeritus
Christopher M. Shea, PhDProfessor and Director of PhD Program
Paula Song, PhDAdjunct Professor
Ilene Speizer, PhDProfessor
Angela M. Stover, PhDAssociate Professor and Co-Director of NC TraCS' Implementation Science Methods Unit
Alison Stuebe, MDProfessor and Distinguished Scholar in Infant and Young Child Feeding
Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RDN, LDN, IBCLC, RLC, FANDAssistant Professor
Sean Y. Sylvia, PhDAssociate Professor
Sarah Brill Thach, MPHAssistant Professor
Christine Tucker, PhDAssistant Professor
Katherine (Kat) Tumlinson, PhDAssociate Professor
Karl Umble, PhD, MPHAssociate Professor
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