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Dr. Willie Mae Abel, Dr. Kathleen Jordan and Peggy MacKay were all recently recognized and honored for their expert contributions to the nursing profession. Dr. Abel received a KO1 Mentored Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood, Institute, Dr. Jordan was inducted as a Fellow in Academy of […]
Dr. Dena Evans is the newly appointed Director of the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing and an associate professor. Over her academic career, Dr. Evans has worked for both the North Carolina Community College and North Carolina University systems. Her professional interests include working with diverse student populations from rural, underserved areas of North Carolina, […]
UNC Charlotte nursing master’s student Brandon Bryant has been selected as a member of the Board of Nurses for the American Health Council (AHC). According to AHC: “Brandon’s seven years within the healthcare industry are marked by a deep-seeded passion for patient autonomy and effective clinical care. He boasts a dynamic healthcare record, acting as […]
Because of the findings and subsequent news coverage regarding concussions and brain damage in football, we have all become aware that playing the game may involve more than living with painful injuries – it may involve incurring other life-threatening health problems that develop in later life. But head injuries are not the only serious risk […]
September 30, 1930 – February 5, 2018 Dr. Harvey Murphy spent 31 years at UNC Charlotte and helped guide its growth including serving as interim men’s basketball coach from 1965 to 1970, and athletic director from 1965 to 1972. He was a catalyst for the beginning of the hugely successful intramural program, the University’s move […]
UPDATE: Thompson’s suggestion that Atrium was eying expansion beyond the Carolinas proved prescient today, as the company announced intentions to merge with Georgia-based Navicent health. UNC Charlotte public health professor Michael Thompson discusses a major shakeup in the North Carolina healthcare industry with WSOCTV. WSOCTV Carolinas HealthCare System is changing its name to Atrium Health, […]
Gerontology program director Julian Montoro-Rodriguez talks with Charlotte Magazine about UNC Charlotte’s efforts to help the city respond to the needs of its rapidly growing senior population. by: Greg Lacour FOUR YEARS AGO, Stephen Phillips and his wife, Barbara, finally heeded their adult daughters’ pleas—just short of commands—to move near one of them. The Phillipses […]
This post originally appeared on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing & Homelessness Dashboard and is republished with permission. by: Dr. Lori Thomas I took for granted as a young professional that affordable housing and homelessness were a part of the same conversation. In the late 1990s, I worked for a community development corporation (CDC) in Richmond, Virginia […]
UNC Charlotte Health Services Research doctoral student Laura Clark has been recognized with a best research poster award at the 20th Annual European Congress of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Clark was selected for the best poster award in the student category for her work on the burden of a renal […]
In the following op-ed published by the Charlotte Observer, CHHS Dean Nancy Fey-Yensan and Liz Winer of the Winer Family Foundation reflect on the need for Charlotte to come together to address early childhood trauma. “We’ve done enough planning, it’s time to act.” It was a simple enough message from Vi Lyles, speaking less than […]