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Two UNC faculty members and a local community partner are pooling their expertise to take a hard look at the effects of structural racism on affordable housing in Durham and Orange counties.
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.