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Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

3 weeks ago

UNC Partners with Other Leading Universities to Launch National Dementia Care Initiative

In a groundbreaking effort to advance dementia care across the United States, researchers from UNC 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 …

2 months ago

NCDHHS, FIT Wellness Highlight Importance of Healthcare for the Formerly Incarcerated

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 …


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Dr. Margaret Helton

Margaret Helton, MD is the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine.

“It is a privilege to provide our patients with excellent care in a nationally recognized department of family medicine,” says Dr. Helton. “Everything we do – from clinical innovation to teaching to research – is in the service of improving both individual and population based health care.”

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