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Gifts to our annual funds support key priorities and provide flexibility to seize opportunities not funded by any other source. Annual fund donors ensure that we can respond to the needs of our patients, students, clinicians and scientists as they arise. Gifts to funds supporting the greatest needs provide resources to create the future of health care and deliver improved outcomes for patients.

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Global Health with Dr. Groesbeck Parham

Posted 3 years ago

Groesbeck Parham, MD, discusses his work in Zambia with gynecological oncology and increasing women’s access to cervical cancer screening and treatment, as well as elevating women to alleviate poverty.     For more information on how to support our global … Continued

MRI Scans Help Parents Get 12-Month Jump on Autism Diagnosis

Posted 3 years ago

Imagine knowing that your infant is on the autism spectrum before they could even sit-up on their own. The researchers at the UNC Autism Research Center are doing just that. It’s been long understood that children with autism spectrum disorder … Continued

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  New Fund To Promote Diversity In Speech and Hearing Science

  By Bobby Hundley, UNC Health Foundation Jenni Shafer, PhD, has dedicated her career to helping others. In addition to academic accomplishments that include earning her PhD from the UNC School of Medicine’s Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and a … Continued

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  Targeted Therapies for a Silent Struggle

  By Katie Nash, UNC Health Foundation Research evolves quickly and does not always follow a grand plan. For Aadra Bhatt, this flexibility led to finding her career passion. An assistant professor in UNC School of Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and … Continued

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  Celebrating by Giving Back: Beth’s Crowdfunding Story

  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