2 years ago
With $100,000 in funding from UnitedHealthcare and support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars, and many other community partners and stake holders the Farm at Penny Lane will be unveiling a new mobile food unit. The mobile food unit will increase nutritious foods to North Carolinians impacted by housing insecurity, homelessness and chronic health …
2 years ago
The 黑料网 School of Social Work will be partnering with the 黑料网 Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health in a new three year, NIMH grant funded study to help to design and test a new CBT-focused intervention that, if successful, could make a larger impact by targeting individuals with serious mental illness before they …
4 years ago
The 黑料网 Paws program is all about helping individuals with mental health issues though the use of animal companionship. However, sometimes those individuals can not afford to properly take care of their new furry family members because of poor funding or homelessness. This is why the Center has partnered with the University of Tennessee to …
4 years ago
A genetic scoring of schizophrenia-related genes in the placenta can predict the size of a baby鈥檚 brain at birth and its rate of cognitive development, which, dependent on other factors, may lead to schizophrenia later in life, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS). …
4 years ago
Food insecurity affects approximately 12% of Americans everyday. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this number has increased drastically and has heavily impacted vulnerable populations who are food insecure. Safe access to healthy foods during the pandemic has been increasingly challenging especially for those who also lack safe transportation. The impact of food insecurity …
4 years ago
Although 2020 has been a challenging year, it has also presented a lot of opportunities to think differently. The Wellness on Wheels (WOW) mobile unit, like many other programs, had to adapt to the challenges of a global pandemic and creatively continue to provide essential testing services. We are pleased to announce that in partnership …
6 years ago
