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Incoming School of Social Work Assistant Professor Sonyia Richardson shares her research into black youth and suicide as part of a report from the Raleigh News & Observer.
Now leading an NIH-funded study with a research team from four universities and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Professor Bridgette Thom is working with young adult patients and survivors to co-create the financial literacy resources they need to prevent their medical debt and out-of-pocket expenses from upending their wellness and quality of life.