August 4, 2023
A new study published by UNC Family Medicine’s Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and colleagues looked at the impact of different types of warning signs for large and premium cigars sold individually at the point of sale. The team’s newly developed graphic and text warnings were more effective than the FDA’s proposed text-only warnings and could potentially increase the effectiveness of warning signs for large and premium cigars.
July 12, 2023
The project will focus on workflows to increase the timeliness and comprehensiveness of postpartum care, a virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service including e-consult and telehealth capability for women with high-risk conditions served at rural community health centers, and support for community doula training and the development of a community doula collaborative in rural Chatham County.
July 11, 2023
Springer recently released "Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice," edited by UNC Family Medicine's Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and other national and international experts wrote the textbook.
July 10, 2023
The Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation program (TPEP) in the UNC School of Medicine has been awarded a two-year, $887,431 contract from Juul Settlement funds received by the NC Department of Health and Human Services to better understand electronic cigarette use among our youth and young adults.
June 7, 2023
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’s commitment to tackling the single biggest driver of cancer deaths in this country—smoking—and efforts underway across sectors to equitably expand access to effective smoking cessation support.
May 18, 2023
Mental health disorders, specifically depression, and anxiety, are among the top five chronic conditions contributing to overall healthcare costs in the United States and rank first in global disease burden in terms of years lived with a disability1. Individuals with mental illness have higher rates of chronic disease including cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes, and cancer, …
April 10, 2023
UNC School of Medicine’s Alex K. Gertner, MD, PhD, and Beat D. Steiner, MD, MPH, led a study on a new “enhanced primary care” model which resulted in lower blood pressure and hemoglobin A1c and increased screening for people with severe mental illness.
March 30, 2023
Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, has been named the new director of the UNC Clinical Informatics Fellowship.
March 29, 2023
Leah Ranney, PhD, MA, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, and Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, professor and director of Departmental Advancement at the UNC Department of Family Medicine, led a first-in-kind study showing how tobacco warnings can improve considerably to follow proposed WHO FCTC guidelines.
February 2, 2023
Narges Farahi, MD, MPH, of UNC 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 UNC OB-GYN, UNC School of Social Work, Piedmont Health, GWU and the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health are co-PIs.
January 25, 2023
Rural hospitals and healthcare facilities face amplified financial challenges amid persisting workforce shortages, rising costs and leveling reimbursement. Cristen Page, MD, executive dean of the UNC School of Medicine shares ideas with Becker's Hospital Review on how to to save rural healthcare.
January 19, 2023
UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program faculty Justin Byron, PhD, Chineme Enyioha, MD, MPH, and Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, have published a lead commentary in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research outlining the communication research needed to accompany landmark regulation banning menthol in tobacco products.