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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.
Highlighted Leaders in the Field
Other Leaders in the Field
| Alice Ammerman, DrPH | Mildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor | Department of Nutrition |
| Gustavo Angeles, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Janine Barden-O'Fallon, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Ethan Basch, MD, MSc | Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Antonia Bennett, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH | Professor | Departments of Health Policy and Management and Maternal and Child Health |
| Sian Curtis, PhD | Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| William Oscar Fleming, DrPH, MSPH | Assistant Professor and and Concentration Co-Lead - Global Health | Public Health Leadership Program |
| Leah Frerichs, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Vivian Go, PhD | Professor | Department of Health Behavior |
| Yvonne Golightly, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Epidemiology |
| Carol Golin, MD | Professor | Department of Health Behavior |
| Mark Holmes, PhD | Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Valerie Lewis, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Stephanie L. Martin, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Nutrition |
| Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD | Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Medicine | Department of Nutrition |
| Kavita Singh Ongechi, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Aunchalee Palmquist, PhD, MA, IBCLC | Assistant Professor | |
| Angela Parcesepe, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Barry M. Popkin, PhD | W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor | Department of Nutrition |
| John S. Preisser, PhD | Professor | Department of Biostatistics |
| Bahjat Qaqish, PhD | Professor | Department of Biostatistics |
| Naim Rashid, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Biostatistics |
| Kristin Reiter, PhD | Professor and Interim Department Chair | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD | Jo Anne Earp Distinguished Professor and Chair | Department of Health Behavior |
| Dana Rice, DrPH | Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Master's Degree Program | Public Health Leadership Program |
| Nora Rosenberg, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Health Behavior |
| Anna P. Schenck, PhD | Professor of the Practice | Public Health Leadership Program |
| Christopher M. Shea, PhD | Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Paula Song, PhD | Adjunct Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Ilene Speizer, PhD | Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Angela M. Stover, PhD | Associate Professor and Co-Director of NC TraCS' Implementation Science Methods Unit | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Alison Stuebe, MD | Professor and Distinguished Scholar in Infant and Young Child Feeding | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RDN, LDN, IBCLC, RLC, FAND | Assistant Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Sean Y. Sylvia, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Sarah Brill Thach, MPH | Assistant Professor | Public Health Leadership Program |
| Christine Tucker, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Maternal and Child Health |
| Katherine (Kat) Tumlinson, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Karl Umble, PhD, MPH | Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPH, EdD | Professor and Concentration Lead - Leadership in Practice | Public Health Leadership Program |
| Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD, MPH | Michael S O’Malley Distinguished Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Donglin Zeng, PhD | Adjunct Professor | Department of Biostatistics |
