UNC Health Archives

Expansion Increases Capacity, Reducing Patient Wait Times

UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health received funding from The Duke Endowment to launch Bridge to Health, a pilot program led by Timothy Daaleman, MD, and UNC Family Medicine. The initiative will expand hospital-based transitional clinics and strengthen partnerships to improve care for patients with complex medical and social needs.

A new clinical trial that adjusts treatment as breast cancer evolves is now open and enrolling patients at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Eldad Hadar, MD, clinical professor and vice chair of the department of neurosurgery, is leaving after nearly 25 years with UNC Health to join the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since joining UNC in 2001, he has played a major role in shaping the department of neurosurgery, fostering collaboration and clinical innovation while helping train the next generation of physicians.

University of Chicago researcher Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso and Dr. Krista M. Perreira of the UNC Department of Social Medicine led a team on the study, which was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study's findings are important for clinicians who serve immigrant populations and who would need to consider how time in the U.S. can lead to changes in lifestyle factors including diet and physical activity that can influence health.

The UNC Department of Family Medicine has launched UNC Health’s first private practice–based Primary Care Behavioral Health Collaborative, embedding mental health services into primary care to improve access, reduce stigma, and enable earlier intervention across the lifespan. Based at UNC Health Family Medicine & Pediatrics at East Pittsboro, the initiative is supported by generous donor funding.

A new clinic will bring ALS care to support the unique needs of individuals living in rural North Carolina.

In a joint effort to modernize our clinical data research infrastructure, UNC School of Medicine, NC TraCS Institute, and UNC Health have built the new Secure Health Informatics Research Environment (SHIRE). The SHIRE, going live on November 3, is a full-featured analytics platform designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of projects using data from UNC Health’s electronic health record.

Headspace, the popular wellness app, is available to UNC Health Employees, a partnership highlighted in a two-part episode of the TarHeal Wellness podcast exploring the partnership and available resources, including evidence-based meditation and mindfulness tools, mental health coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and family support.

One of the main priorities of the Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program is to enlarge the number of qualified students interested in pursuing careers in psychiatry. As an intentional effort to accomplish this goal, the program engaged with medical students at a national conference interested in learning more about residency training at UNC, future career options in psychiatry, the Triangle as a place to live, and how they may become more engaged in the pursuit of mental health equity.

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.”

Hendrée Jones, PhD, senior advisor of the UNC Horizons Program, was recently elected as chair of the Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

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UNC Health Rex Holly Springs Adds New Patient Beds to Meet Demand for Care

UNC Receives $1.3 Million Grant for Bridge to Health Initiative

A New Clinical Trial for Metastatic Breast Cancer Opens

Hadar Departing Neurosurgery Department After 25 Years

Migration Can Influence Cardiovascular Risk Profiles, Study Shows

UNC Family Medicine Launches Primary Care Behavioral Health Collaborative at East Pittsboro, Advancing Whole‑Person Care

UNC Health Expands ALS Care to Patients Living in Western North Carolina

New Secure Cloud Computing Environment to Change How Researchers Work with UNC Health Electronic Health Record Data

TarHeal Wellness Podcast Highlights Headspace App Access to UNC Health Employees

The Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program Engages with Medical Students at the Annual Medical Education Conference in New Orleans

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

Jones Elected as Chair of Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine