April 1, 2024
April is Minority Health Month, a month to raise awareness about the need to reduce health disparities and improve the health of minority communities. The UNC Health Center for Transplant Care team and UNC Health nephrologists recently increased equitable access for the Black community by addressing and fixing a disparity among kidney transplant patients.
March 20, 2024
A new study, led by Ana T. Nogueira, PhD, Rebekah Layton, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine and collaborators from the NIH Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (NIH BEST) consortium, examined career confidence in graduate and postdoctoral trainees and explored how to better support international trainees across a diverse array of career paths.
February 2, 2024
Sydney and Sheridan Taylor of Durham, North Carolina, have lived with this rare genetic disorder all of their lives. They and their mother, Helena, recount how far they have come since her daughters became patients at UNC Hospitals more than two decades ago and what more needs to be done during pain crises and emergency visits.
March 15, 2023
For this Women’s History Month, we would like to honor Mary Ellen Jones, PhD. You may recognize her name from the building that sits on the edge of the UNC Medical Center campus, but Jones is recognized for so much more.
September 15, 2022
In this role, Dr. Mushonga will lead health equity efforts across the system.
September 14, 2022
Beka Layton, PhD, Alli Schad, and UNC School of Medicine colleagues published a study in eLife on mental health disparities among biomedical graduate and medical students from historically excluded groups.
September 16, 2021
Series Topic: Can we really advance Health Equity? Five key strategies to consider
November 5, 2020
Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN, Department of Medicine Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion, shares why she joined a COVID-19 clinical trial and why she's urging others to consider joining the fight.
October 28, 2020
Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, published an essay in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that recounts an experience with racism that was directed towards her from a patient. In the essay, she points to the need for education that will help trainees and all providers address interpersonal racism.
October 8, 2020
Join the 2020 Nursing Diversity Council virtual conference on Friday, Nov. 13.
September 24, 2020
In an effort to broaden participation in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Michael Herce, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, participated in a Q&A style video in Spanish.
August 3, 2020
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected 45 doctoral students and their advisers to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences. From the UNC School of Medicine, graduate student Hernán Méndez and his advisor Kathleen Caron, PhD, and graduate student Sofia Neira and her advisor Thomas Kash, PhD, were named Gilliam Fellows.