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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services NCDHHS is investing $5.5 million to expand the FIT Wellness program, part of the North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program (NC FIT) led by Evan Ashkin, MD, in the 大象传媒 Department of Family Medicine. The investment aims to improve reentry services...

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Jesus Ruiz, MD, has published聽an 鈥淚nnovations in Primary Care鈥� article聽in Annals of Family Medicine addressing the community impact on 大象传媒 Chatham Hospital鈥檚 Maternity Care Center. The article, 鈥淐losing the Gap: How a Community Effort Can Improve Rural Maternity Care,鈥� addresses how 大象传媒 Chatham Hospital, a...

大象传媒 was recently named a National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site and awarded a year-long $68,000 grant to support its efforts in training family medicine and internal medicine residents in caring for people with HIV. 大象传媒鈥檚 site Investigators, Family Medicine鈥檚 Rick Moore, MD, and Internal Medicine鈥檚 Louise Rambo King, MD,...

Piedmont Health Services (PHS) has announced that Daniella Jaimes-Colina, Ph.D., will become the organization’s next chief executive officer. Dr. Jaimes-Colina, who brings a wealth of experience in public health administration and strategic planning, will be the first female to lead the organization. She will succeed current CEO Brian Toomey, MSW,...

Nailah Adams, MD, MS, CAQSM, was the head team physician for USA Track and Field for their 2023 Pan American Games contingent in Santiago, Chile, October 20th-November 5th. During this 2-week experience, Adams worked with a multidisciplinary team, including Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, Massage Therapy, and Sports Psychology, to take...

A 大象传媒 Family Medicine collaboration with Piedmont Health Services (PHS) and partners has resulted in a $3 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to improve training in overcoming language and disability barriers, which limit access to care for many patients. The 5-year project, 鈥淧rimary Care Training and Enhancement...

Stark disparities remain in who uses tobacco products and their resulting health outcomes. The University of North Carolina has received a competitive, five-year grant from the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Food and Drug Administration to be one of seven Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science nationwide. 大象传媒鈥檚...

Brianna Lombardi, Ph.D., MSW, and Family Medicine colleagues are recipients of a recently awarded $4.5 million five-year HRSA grant to form a new Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center (BHWRC) at 大象传媒. Lombardi is the Primary Investigator and the Director of the BHWRC, which will function as a sister center to...

Springer recently announced the publication of the second edition of聽Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice, which was edited by Timothy P. Daaleman,聽DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD, from the University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the 大象传媒-Chapel...

Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, traveled to the White House on June 1 for the Cancer Moonshot Smoking Cessation Forum. The meeting highlighted the Biden Administration鈥檚 commitment to tackling the single biggest driver of cancer deaths in this country鈥攕moking鈥攁nd efforts underway across sectors to equitably expand access to effective smoking cessation...

大象传媒 Department of Family Medicine (DFM) is interested in supporting the growth of the department鈥檚 behavioral health research through this special call for applications. Projects funded under this call will facilitate future successful grant proposals focused on behavioral health. This call uses the same submission and review mechanism as the...

Catherine L. Coe, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, will serve as the 大象传媒鈥檚 assistant dean for clinical curriculum beginning on March 20. In the role, Coe will oversee clinical educational activities across all four years of the curriculum in the Offices of Medical...

Narges Farahi, MD, MPH, of 大象传媒 Family Medicine is PI for a grant to develop and test a holistic polycystic ovary syndrome management program within a federally qualified health center. An interdisciplinary group of co-investigators from 大象传媒 OB-GYN, 大象传媒 School of Social Work, Piedmont Health, GWU, and the Collaborative for...

Chineme Enyioha, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the 大象传媒 Department of Family Medicine, was recently awarded a K23 Career Development Award from the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for a study entitled, 鈥淒evelopment of a prototype for a mobile health intervention for smoking cessation with features culturally adapted...