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´óÏó´«Ã½ Horizons to receive portion of $10.1 million in grant to increase access to opioid treatment

March 12, 2020
´óÏó´«Ã½ Horizons Program is included in a group of 19 organizations across the country who will receive a total of $10.1 million in grants from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) to address opioid use disorder treatment. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Horizons will receive $428,899 for the 18-month project. Hendrée Jones, PhD,...

New research could help caregivers identify exclusive breastfeeding challenges in the first week of life

March 11, 2020
From the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Gillings School of Global Public Health More women than ever are choosing to breastfeed with widespread recognition of the benefits. Breastfeeding is recommended as the sole source of nutrition for the first six months in a child’s life, followed by continued breastfeeding with the addition of nutritious...

Incoming ´óÏó´«Ã½ OB-GYN Chair Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry named to list of 100 inspiring black scientists in America

March 11, 2020
The science blog Crosstalk has named incoming ´óÏó´«Ã½ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, to their list of 100 inspiring black scientists in America. Dr. Neal-Perry is one of three ´óÏó´«Ã½-affiliated scientists on the list. She will begin her leadership at ´óÏó´«Ã½ OB-GYN April 15, 2020,...

A message from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Midwives on CenteringPregnancy and COVID-19

March 10, 2020
A message from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Midwives on CenteringPregnancy and COVID-19 Dear Centering Pregnancy Participants ´óÏó´«Ã½ Health is closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19. Due to the group nature of the Centering Pregnancy program, we would ask that participants who are at risk for COVID-19 not attend the group as planned and...

Neeta Vora, MD, receives pilot grant to advance non-invasive prenatal genetic testing

March 1, 2020
´óÏó´«Ã½ Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH), which aims to transform patient care through evidence-based precision medicine, and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (´óÏó´«Ã½-CH) have awarded four pilot grants for project that have direct...