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Advocacy and Outreach

UNC Health is deeply committed to eliminating barriers to healthcare and meeting the needs of all who reside in the communities we serve. Our hospitals offer expert translation services in Spanish and a variety of other languages. Our clinicians work with people affected by neglect or violence, providing the compassionate and specialized care they deserve. We serve communities across the state, and our telemedicine service opens new channels for medical practice in underserved rural communities. We also bring excellence in care to our international partners. With your help, UNC Health will improve health in our state, our nation and around the world.

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Celebrating by Giving Back: Beth’s Crowdfunding Story

Posted 10 months ago

Six years ago, Beth Silverstein took charge of her destiny. After consulting with an interdisciplinary team from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Charlotte resident decided to have a bilateral mastectomy on Feb. 3, 2015, and a Salpingo-oophorectomy to remove … Continued

Health Career Symposium Draws 135 High School Students

Posted 3 years ago

Every year since 1963, UNC Hospitals Volunteer Association has sponsored a North Carolina High School Health Career Symposium in Carrington Hall, the School of Nursing. This year the focus was on Neonatology, the care of premature and ill infants. Over … Continued

 

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  • Trevor and Elizabeth Casey with their sons Wells and Paul

    Casey Family Establishes UNC Fertility Fund

    By Bobby Hundley, UNC Health Foundation Elizabeth and Trevor Casey met in 2012 and began dating soon after. The couple got married while in graduate school in 2016 and knew that they wanted to start a family as soon as … Continued

  • Group photo of UNC Health FoodWell working group outside N.C. Cancer Hospital

    UNC Health FoodWell Celebrates Official Launch

    At UNC Health, our more than 40,000 doctors, nurses, clinicians, researchers and staff members are committed to serving the people of North Carolina, improving health outcomes both here in our state and around the world. And that commitment extends beyond … Continued

  • UNC Health and FoodWell bags for patient assistance with food needs

    FoodWell: Caring for the Whole Patient

    By Claire Horne, UNC Health Foundation For Tracy Carroll, MSN, RN, and nursing director at UNC Hospitals, caring for patients across the continuum of care is a hallmark of Carolina Care. Caring holistically for patients means understanding what each individual … Continued

  • Mella Pool

    Transplant Patient Honors Care Team With New Fund

    Fast. Stunning. Amazing. A miracle. Those are just a few of the words Mella Pool uses to describe her experience in 2020, when a genetic condition led to the sudden need for a liver transplant. After feeling sick and visiting … Continued

  • Kenan Scholars with Mr. Tom Kenan at a reception on April 26, 2022

    Kenan Primary Care Scholars Program Celebrates Ten Years

    The Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars program honored its current students and celebrated 10 years of serving rural and urban communities across North Carolina with a reception Tuesday evening at the N.C. Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. Cristy Page, MD, … Continued