Category: General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
Health Equity Speaker Series Features Dr. Crystal Cené and Angela R. Bryant
Crystal Cené, MD, MPH, UNC Health System Executive Director for Health Equity and associate professor of medicine in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, will lead a health equity speaker series with Angela R. Bryant, JD. The virtual seminar “Can we really advance Health Equity? Five key strategies to consider” is scheduled for Friday, September 24, 2021, f … Read more
Blue Cross NC, UNC Health Join Forces for New Clinical Study to Improve Food Security, Chronic Health Conditions
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has dedicated $3.2 million for a new, large clinical study to address food insecurity among its at-risk members who also have hypertension. The study will measure how to best help people who are food insecure achieve better health through nutrition. UNC-Chapel Hill researchers are leading the study, in conjunction with … Read more
Giselle Corbie-Smith Receives Outstanding Faculty Staff Award
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine, has received the 2021 McClinton Outstanding Faculty Staff Award. Corbie-Smith is nationally known for her scholarly work on the inclusion of disparity populations in research and has over a decade of experience in using community engagement to conduct innovative, translatio … Read more
Loehr, Cavanaugh Lead VCAG Project to Enhance Care For Patients Who Have Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Heart failure is a common cause of hospitalization and re-hospitalization, particularly in individuals over the age of 65. And approximately half the people who are hospitalized with heart failure (HF) have reduced ejection fraction (HRrEF). A normal ejection fraction is more than 55%, while heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is 40% or less, which means the amount of bl … Read more
SuperSNAP Helps Food Insecure Households Afford Healthy Foods
Led by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers, a new JAMA study showed that an additional $40 per month for SNAP beneficiaries substantially increased the purchase of healthier food options for people who struggle with food insecurity. Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, is the first author. Food insecurity is associated with a less healthy diet. And using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Prog … Read more
Carolina Care Highlight: Karen Kimel-Scott, MD
A Carolina Care Highlight recognized Karen Kimel-Scott, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology. Here’s what one of her patients had to say: “This provider (Kimmel-Scott) was recommended by a friend/coworker of mine, and I am so grateful I acted on the recommendation. Dr. Kimmel-Scott is knowledgeable, patient, kind & unders … Read more
Felix Presents Whitehead Lecture, Medicine Faculty and Residents Receive Awards
The 2021 Richard H. Whitehead Lecture and Awards program was held virtually August 4. Ana Felix, MBBCh, FAAN, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, presented the annual lecture. “Stand up for what is just and fair. We are not all the same and our diversity will define our success. We are stronger together. Medicine is a team sport and … Read more
Medicine’s Same Day Clinic Expands to Serve All Department of Medicine Patients
Medicine’s Same Day Clinic started as an urgent care service for the acute care needs of internal medicine patients at the ACC. When a patient’s established provider was booked they could instead be seen in Same Day Clinic. Now at Eastowne, the clinic is expanding to meet the needs of patients across the Department of Medicine, with acute needs while at home, in other Eastowne cl … Read more
As Vaccines Do Their Work, Focus Moves to Long Covid; Wall Street Journal Interviews Louise King
Louise King, MD, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, is co-director of the UNC COVID Recovery Clinic. She is featured in a Wall Street Journal recognizing millions of people remain at risk of developing an array of less serious but potentially debilitating long-term symptoms of the disease that scientists call long Covid. Long Covid— … Read more
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Ana Felix Will Be Whitehead Lecturer
This year’s Whitehead Lecturer will be Ana Felix, MD, MBBCh, assistant professor of general medicine and clinical epidemiology. The Whitehead Lecture has been an annual event since 1980. The lecturer is nominated and voted on by UNC SOM students, and chosen by UNC SOM Student Government representatives. Learn more in the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom.
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 – June 30, 2021
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Klara Klein, MD, PhD, received a physician-scientist award to cultivate her career as a translational clinician scientist. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Resident Corey Ketchem, MD, received the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award to support research with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and other esophageal dise … Read more
Medicine Awarded $20,000 to Promote More Equitable Health System
The Department of Medicine’s Division of General Medicine has received a $20,000 grant from leading internal medicine organizations to rebuild trust and address inequities in medical education and training. The award was presented by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the ABIM Foundation, the American College of Phy … Read more