Family Medicine Archives

Nadja Vielot, PhD, was recently awarded a four-year K01 grant totaling over $620K by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The grant, "Developing and piloting an intervention to reduce human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination disparities in rural adolescents," aims to improve HPV vaccination rates in rural North Carolinians to reduce the drastic urban-rural disparities in HPV cancer incidence and mortality.

Leah Ranney, PhD, Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and team were rewarded a five-year, $2.9 million grant studying cannabis warnings. The award from the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will go towards research involving a legal analysis of existing cannabis warning regulations, interviews with cannabis regulators, the development of evidence-based cannabis warnings, and online experiments to implement more effective warnings that inform people about the risks associated with cannabis use.

The UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program published a study about the effectiveness of pictorial health warning labels as proven tools for communicating the dangers of tobacco product use. The study, led by Sonia Clark, MHA, a social clinical research specialist in the UNC Department of Family Medicine, sought to identify the most effective types of images to pair with newly developed cigar health warning labels.

UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) researchers performed a content analysis of all candy tobacco imitation products available for online purchase in the United States, finding that 75% of candy tobacco imitation products that had packaging design available had content that appealed to youth.

In a research letter published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, researchers Selena Kleber, Remi Philips, and corresponding author Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, examined reports of tobacco sales, sponsorships, and policies at professional golf tournaments.

Danae Smart, MD, MS, second-year family medicine resident at the UNC School of Medicine, created Healthcare Sparks to inspire the next generation to consider professions in healthcare and related fields.

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Jesus Ruiz, MD, published an article in Annals of Family Medicine addressing the community impact of UNC Chatham Hospital’s Maternity Care Center, titled “Closing the Gap: How a Community Effort Can Improve Rural Maternity Care.”

UNC-Chapel Hill 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. UNC’s site Investigators, Rick Moore, MD, and Louise Rambo King, MD, have a storied history of caring for patients with HIV.

Nailah Adams, MD, recently served as the head team physician for USA Track & Field for their 2023 Pan American Games contingent in Santiago, Chile. Adams previously was the official team physician for Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and is the director of the UNC Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship.

A UNC Family Medicine collaboration with Piedmont Health Services and partners has resulted in a $3 million HRSA grant to improve training in overcoming language and disability barriers. The 5-year project, “Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Language and Disability Access to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” is focused on building and developing curriculum and program experiences to enhance the training for medical students and residents.

Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, professor of family medicine and director of tobacco intervention programs at the UNC School of Medicine, was featured in the Triangle Business Journal.

UNC Hospitals leadership has awarded the Department of Family Medicine’s Jen Martini, MD, the Medical Staff Physician Excellence Clinician of the Year Award.

Category: Family Medicine

Vielot Receives K01 Grant to Reduce HPV Vaccination Disparities

UNC Researchers Awarded Grant to Improve Cannabis Warnings

Research Reveals Most Effective Images for Cigar Health Warning Labels

Candy Tobacco Imitation Products Availability and Marketing Linked to Children

UNC Students and Faculty Release Report on Tobacco Use at Professional Golf Courses

Smart Creates Interactive Program to Increase Access to Healthcare, STEM-Related Fields

Ruiz Highlights Community Efforts at UNC Chatham Hospital in Improving Rural Maternity Care

UNC-Chapel Hill Named National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site

Adams Served USA Track & Field as Head Team Physician at Pan American Games

Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Collaborate to Overcome Language and Disability Barriers

Goldstein, Tobacco Intervention Program Featured in TBJ

Martini Receives Medical Staff Physician Excellence Clinician of the Year Award