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CHER, Abacus Send Supplies, Funds to Western NC After Hurricane Helene
Like many units across the Carolina community, CHER and Abacus Evaluation were eager to help after Hurricane Helene hit Western NC. Some of our team members are trained in emergency response. All are committed to helping communities thrive. CHER started planning a response in mid-October. After a campus-wide coordinating meeting, we were energized and had … Read more
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Making Space for Health Care Research and More: Meet Divya Korategere
When we hire someone new, we love sitting down with them and getting to know them. There are so many ways to be part of CHER. We’re grateful for every path that brings a new colleague to us. Divya Korategere, a senior majoring in Health Policy and Management, loves to travel. Whether around campus or … Read more
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From Class Assignment to CHER: Meet Ebere Udeogu
Every career path has a starting point. Hobbies grow into jobs. Volunteering lights a way forward. Sometimes, a small spark is all it takes. For our new student assistant, the spark was a class assignment. Ebere Udeogu (pronounced you-dog-o) chose CHER as her Carolina unit to research. Now, she’s joining our team! Get to know … Read more
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“Look for Good Mentors”: Emma Tayloe and FARP
This Q&A with Emma Tayloe is part of our series on the student research opportunities with CHER. Emma was in the FIRST program, a three-year M.D. program. She’s currently a first-year family medicine resident at UNC. Student research is part of CHER’s core values. In particular, it’s part of our core value of meaningful work. … Read more
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A Case Study in Collaborating to Share Resources: RADx-UP Engagement Resource Center
A new paper from RADx-UP reflects on working with community members to build an online resource center. The article’s focus is on sharing materials with academics and communities on a large scale. Haily Leiva, the lead author, shared reflections on this work. What’s important about this work? This project gave me the opportunity to collect, … Read more
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“Exactly the right time”: Ben Kaplan Reflects on CRSP Experience
These reflections from Ben Kaplan ’19 (MD) are part of our series on the CHER Research Summer Program (CRSP). From 2016 to 2019, CRSP was an experiential opportunity for UNC School of Medicine students to be involved in a community-engaged research project. CHER aimed to foster development and implementation of student-led projects aimed at advancing … Read more