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