Department of Family Medicine /fammed/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Join us at STFM 2025! /fammed/2025/04/11/join-us-at-stfm-2025/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:08:43 +0000 /fammed/?p=20540 See you in Utah! We will be in Los Angeles for STFM’s Annual Spring Conference May 3-7, 2025! We’ll have a booth at the conference – please come visit and sign the yearbook! We’ll be holding an alumni reception the evening of Sunday, May 4. If you’d like to attend the reception, please RSVP here! More … Read more

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]]> Bogdewic Named Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development /fammed/2025/04/10/bogdewic-named-senior-associate-dean-for-faculty-affairs-and-leadership-development/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:37:55 +0000 /fammed/?p=15351 Congratulations to former fellowship director and current faculty instructor Steve Bogdewic, PhD, who began serving as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development (FALD) in the ºÚÁÏÍø on Jan. 1, 2022! Bogdewic has served FALD since July 2019 as an executive coach, and he brings extensive experience from his time as Executive … Read more

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]]> Anthony Wilson, MD, FAAFP – Class of 2015 /fammed/2025/02/19/anthony-wilson/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:42:40 +0000 /fammed/?p=14481 Dr. Anthony Wilson, Fellowship Class of 2015, was recently named Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. He has been a campus leader in education and service, for example, as is the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Associate Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency, Director … Read more

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]]> Enyioha-Led Study Highlights Effective Communication Strategies to Support Health Warning Labels on Little Cigars and Cigarillos Among Young Adults /fammed/2025/01/08/enyioha-led-study-highlights-effective-communication-strategies-to-support-health-warning-labels-on-little-cigars-and-cigarillos-among-young-adults/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:09:55 +0000 /fammed/?p=20406 A qualitative study published in BMC Public Health, conducted by lead author Chineme Enyioha, MD, MPH, and colleagues, aimed to design effective communication strategies to support health warning labels (HWLs) on little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs), a tobacco product increasingly popular among young adults, particularly within Black communities. With nearly 9 million adults in the U.S. … Read more

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]]> Regulatory Landscape of Cannabis Warning Labels in US States with Legal Retail Nonmedical Cannabis /fammed/2024/12/02/regulatory-landscape-of-cannabis-warning-labels-in-us-states-with-legal-retail-nonmedical-cannabis/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:24:47 +0000 /fammed/?p=20229 Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Department of Family Medicine, including Professor Leah Ranney, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor Sarah D. Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and authors Sonia A. Clark, MHA, and Kristen L. Jarman, MSPH, have published a pivotal study in a special issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The … Read more

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]]> ºÚÁÏÍø Family Medicine December Patient Newsletter /fammed/2024/11/20/unc-family-medicine-december-2024-patient-newsletter/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:27:51 +0000 /fammed/?p=20195 Topics Let’s Talk Health with Dr. Dana Neutze and Karina Olivo-Holzl Lifestyle Medicine Clinic Update ºÚÁÏÍø Family Medicine’s Impact Meet Our Team Feel free to email us at familymedicine@med.unc.edu with any suggestions or concerns!   Let’s Talk Health with Drs. Dana Neutze and Karina Olivo-Holzl – Flu Season What is Influenza Virus (aka the Flu)? Influenza (otherwise … Read more

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]]> ºÚÁÏÍø Partners with Other Leading Universities to Launch National Dementia Care Initiative /fammed/2024/11/15/unc-partners-with-other-leading-universities-to-launch-national-dementia-care-initiative/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:27:43 +0000 /fammed/?p=20185 In a groundbreaking effort to advance dementia care across the United States, researchers from ºÚÁÏÍø Chapel Hill have partnered with Emory University, the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, and the Alzheimer’s Association to establish the State Alzheimer’s Research Support (StARS) Center. This initiative, funded by a $17 million grant from the National … Read more

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]]> Hawes Appointed to National Resident Matching Program Board of Directors /fammed/2024/10/09/hawes-appointed-to-national-resident-matching-program-board-of-directors/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:17:22 +0000 /fammed/?p=20117 Emily M. Hawes, PharmD, BCPS, CPP, was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Hawes began a 3-year service term on September 5, 2024, and will also be serving on NRMP’s Data Review and Research Committee (DRRC), which oversees policies related to data use and dissemination … Read more

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]]> NCDHHS, FIT Wellness Highlight Importance of Healthcare for the Formerly Incarcerated /fammed/2024/09/26/ncdhhs-fit-wellness-highlight-importance-of-healthcare-for-the-formerly-incarcerated/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:10:17 +0000 /fammed/?p=20022 FIT Wellness, part of the North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition (NC FIT) Program, is dedicated to supporting justice-involved individuals by providing comprehensive behavioral health services and substance abuse treatment for patients with Severe Mental Illness (SMI). Recently, FIT Wellness and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), which supports the program, held … Read more

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]]> Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH – Class of 1994 /fammed/2024/08/21/catherine-florio-pipas-md-mph-class-of-1994/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:49:52 +0000 /fammed/?p=19941 In 2024, Dr. Florio Pipas was awarded Professor Emerita at the Department of Medical Education and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Institute for Heath Policy and Clinical Practice. Dr. Florio Pipas Chairs the AAFP Physician Health First Initiative and Wellbeing Educators Program & AAMC Faculty & Organizational Wellbeing Committee. A Doctor’s Dozen; 12 Strategies for Personal … Read more

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