February 1, 2023
Serious eating disorder ARFID is highly heritable, according to new twin study
Cynthia Bulik, PhD, founding director of the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, is senior author of the article published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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January 31, 2023
New tiny home village in Chatham isn’t about making a profit
This article was published in the Triangle Business Journal on January 30, 2023. To read it, click on the link below.
January 30, 2023
UNC Receives NIH Grant to Improve HIV-Related Cancer Care Abroad
Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the University of North Carolina’s Division of Global Women’s Health and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will work with researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Moffitt Cancer Center develop trials to be conducted at clinical sites in Kenya, Uganda and Botswana.
January 25, 2023
Mission files lawsuit warning state could treat Pardee with favoritism
This article was published in the Asheville Citizen Times on Jan. 24, 2023. To read it, click on the link below.
January 18, 2023
New Recommendations Address Crisis of Physician Stress
The STEPPS project is led by Mara Buchbinder, professor and vice chair in the UNC Department of Social Medicine.
December 19, 2022
The Covid Pandemic’s Hidden Casualties: Pregnant Women
This article was published in The New York Times on December 8, 2022. To read it, click on the link below.
December 8, 2022
NCDHHS and UNC Health Will Partner to Repurpose R.J. Blackley Facility into Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents
UNC Health and NCDHHS aim to open this new facility as early as July 1, 2023, providing relief to families seeking specialized, inpatient behavioral health treatment for their loved ones.
December 7, 2022
Three UNC Health Hospitals Honored by Leapfrog as ‘Top Hospitals’
UNC Health Rex, Nash and Watauga Medical ranked among nation’s best for safety and quality.
December 1, 2022
Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Offers Long-term Protection Against Severe Disease
This research in an infant model was led by researchers from the UNC School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine and University of California, Davis. Kristina De Paris, PhD, professor in the UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology co-led this project.
November 29, 2022
Doctors who left Mission clinic for Pardee ‘threatened’ with non-compete legal action
This article was published in the Asheville Citizen Times on Nov. 29, 2022. To read it, click on the link below.
November 16, 2022
UNC Health Hospitals Earn Top ‘A’ Grades for Patient Safety
The Leapfrog Group assigns hospital grades to inform patients and improve safety.
November 10, 2022
Multiple Stressors Contributed to Physician Burnout During First Wave of COVID-19 in the U.S.
A new study led by Mara Buchbinder, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, concludes that interventions to reduce physician stress and burnout should target systems factors and stressors at multiple levels.