Today, we are especially grateful for our loyal donors. Yesterday, on #GivingTuesdayNow, over 200 of you stepped up to help raise nearly $150,000 for our COVID-19 Response Fund! That’s $150,000 that we can put toward research and relief efforts at @UNC_Health_Care – thank you! pic.twitter.com/KwVAhLEyHD
— UNC Health Foundation (@UNCHealthFdn) May 6, 2020
UNC Health Foundation Healing Connections
UNC Health Foundation offers multiple virtual engagement opportunities on a variety of relevant and timely topics. We hope these will offer helpful information and support and we look forward to connecting with you soon. For questions about an upcoming virtual event, please contact Allison Baranowski at allison_baranowski@med.unc.edu or 919.843.7648.
Helpful Links
Resources
- UNC Health: COVID-19 Resource Hub | Ways To Help
- UNC Lineberger Pandemic Updates: Patient Safety Measures | Patient Support and Supportive Care
LOOKING TO HELP?
Your gifts to our COVID-19 Response Fund will provide support to those who need it most urgently – our patients and their families, our health care team, our researchers and our students.
Past Virtual Events
Impact Series: Resilience and Well-Being with a Cancer Diagnosis
This May 2022 Impact Series webinar features UNC Health brain tumor treatment leaders—Drs. Matt Ewend, Yasmeen Rauf, Colette Shen, Michael Catalino—and patients they have treated. Special Guest Christina Costa, a brain cancer survivor, describes her experience after she was diagnosed with cancer and how she channels her research in “positive psychology” to persevere and thrive.
UNC Health Game Changers – Dr. David Weber
COVID-19 has changed so much since we last heard from Dr. David Weber, Medical Director for Infection Prevention at the UNC Medical Center. Join Dr. Weber and Dr. Wesley Burks, CEO of UNC Health, as they discuss the omicron variant, the incubation period and illness severity, along with the best forms of treatment.
Student Health Action Coalition – Nov. 30
For more than 50 years, Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC), the nation’s oldest student-run free clinic, has provided free health services to uninsured and underinsured families seeking care. Join us as we hear from the CEOs of SHAC and how the clinic has evolved from a few medical students working from a private residence to a large, free health clinic.
UNC Health Game Changers – Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned an existing child and adolescent behavioral health crisis into an overwhelming epidemic affecting families across the nation, and especially here in North Carolina. Join Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody for a look at how UNC Health is working to provide innovative and impactful care to improve mental health for our future generations.
UNC Health Game Changers – Oct. 20
Join Dr. David Weber, Medical Director of UNC Hospitals’ Infection Program, for an update on COVID-19 and how to best protect yourself and others in this new phase of the pandemic. Dr. Weber addresses the latest public health impact of COVID-19 and looks ahead at the role boosters, pediatric vaccines and developing therapies will play moving forward.
Public Health Impact of COVID-19 (PDF)
Vaccine and Therapy Game Changers (PDF)
Social Media Updates
UNC Coaches Thank Health Care Workers
WATCH some all-stars from North Carolina Tar Heels Athletics say “thank you” to our UNC Health heroes fighting on the front lines against COVID-19. After you watch, don’t miss a special opportunity to join these coaches & express YOUR gratitude. Visit us here to leave your words of encouragement for our hard-working health heroes TODAY: https://unchealthfoundation.org/caregivers/. Go Heels!
Posted by UNC Health Foundation on Wednesday, April 15, 2020