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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.

This article was published in the Asheville Citizen Times on Jan. 24, 2023. To read it, click on the link below.

The STEPPS project is led by Mara Buchbinder, professor and vice chair in the UNC Department of Social Medicine.

This article was published in The New York Times on December 8, 2022. To read it, click on the link below.

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.

UNC Health Rex, Nash and Watauga Medical ranked among nation’s best for safety and quality.

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.

This article was published in the Asheville Citizen Times on Nov. 29, 2022. To read it, click on the link below.

The Leapfrog Group assigns hospital grades to inform patients and improve safety.

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.

UNC Health is one of only four organizations in North Carolina, and 73 nationwide, to achieve Acute Level 9.

This article was published in The News & Observer on Nov. 2, 2022. To read the full article, click on the link below.

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