UNC-PrimeCare, the federally funded program to train and educate the behavioral health workforce, is in full swing. This year, there are 38 final year MSW students and four final year Psychiatric … [Read more...]
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Assistant professor Paul Lanier presented at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018 in Dublin, Ireland, in July. The presentation was titled, “Investigating … [Read more...]
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Professor Iris Carlton-LaNey received the 2018 Alumni Achievements Award from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. The university's College of Health and Human Sciences … [Read more...]
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Lisa Zerden, senior associate dean for MSW education, met recently with N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Mandy Cohen, along with representatives from both DHHS and the … [Read more...]
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Professor Sheryl Zimmerman was among a small group of national experts who met this summer with nearly 20 representatives from the National Institute on Aging to help inform the future research agenda … [Read more...]
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Debbie Barrett, clinical associate professor, received funding from RTI International for a feasibility study on an eight-week skills group intervention that she developed for people with chronic … [Read more...]
MSW student competes in National CLARION Case Competition
MSW student Cynthia Royals recently competed in the University of Minnesota’s CLARION case competition. Royals, who is enrolled in the UNC-PrimeCare program, participated in the nationally recognized … [Read more...]
Recent publications
Clinical professor Anne Jones Jones, A. & Charles, P. (2017). A relationship-strengthening intervention with low-resourced new parents: The journey from a randomized controlled trial to a … [Read more...]
PrimeCare workshop focuses on health care for state’s most vulnerable citizens
Students, faculty, and field instructors from UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State, N.C. Central, N.C. A&T and UNC-Greensboro, as well as community members attended the first UNC-PrimeCare workshop of the … [Read more...]
UNC-PrimeCare enhances focus on youth with disabilities
North Carolina has some of the nation’s highest rates of behavioral health problems and a shortage of adequately trained health professionals to address these issues. Furthermore, youth, ages 10 to … [Read more...]