Teachers for mental health
By combining best practices in education and mental health care, Christina Cruz works to enhance interventions for elementary-aged patients before concerns become crises.
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Student competes in Ironman triathlon, raises thousands for SHAC
Medical student Joshua Romero competed last month and raised more than $3,000 to support the UNC School of Medicine’s Student Health Action Coalition, a free student-run clinic available to the Chapel Hill community.
A daughter’s gift: UNC Hospitals performs first living donor liver transplant in 20 years
Meredith Stiehl received a partial-liver transplant from her daughter Kenan, the first-ever living donor procedure at UNC Hospitals to be conducted in 20 years. Dr. Chirag Desai led the care team that performed the procedure.
A new primary care model proves effective for patients with severe mental illness
UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. Alex K. Gertner and Dr. Beat D. Steiner led a study on a new “enhanced primary care” model, which resulted in lower blood pressure and hemoglobin A1c and increased screening for people with severe mental illness.