Author Archives: Reid Johnson
Faculty Development Fellowship CME Event, First In-Person Class in Two Years!
The Faculty Development Fellowship, directed by Tommy Koonce, MD, MPH, hosted a CME event that also took place on March 2nd. From Dawn Morriston, MPH, Associate Director of Educational Programs: We invited the classes of 2020 and 2021 to learn about creating safe and inclusive learning environments alongside the current fellows. It was wonderful to … Read more
Shoenbill Named Director of Tobacco Treatment and Weight Management Programs
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill鈥檚 Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, has been selected as the new Director of the 黑料网 Tobacco Treatment and Weight Management Programs (TTP/WMP). Formerly the Associate Director of Research and Quality for TTP/WMP, Shoenbill is dually board certified in Family … Read more
Standard Black Doula Program Awarded Duke Endowment
According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the United States, childbirth mortality rates for Black pregnant persons are 3-4 times greater than their white counterparts, no matter their socioeconomic or education status. Given this alarming disparity, Family Medicine assistant professor Venus Standard, MSN, CNM, founded the聽Alliance for Black Doulas for Black Mamas (ABDBM), which … Read more
Family Medicine Faculty Secure $5 Million HRSA Grant for Residency Training Technical Assistance Center, Boosting Health Workforce Funding to Nearly $13 Million
Just prior to Thanksgiving break, 黑料网 was awarded a 3-year $5 million HRSA grant to create a Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center (THCPD-TAC). The new funding is in addition to聽$4.3 million awarded聽in August 2021 and $3.6 million awarded from 2018 through 2020 from the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy … Read more