In the fall of 2021, Dr. Kym Weed’s course ENGL 763: Intro to Health Humanities allured some of UNC’s sharpest and most dedicated students. Cathy Choi, a recent alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was one … Read more

By Galilee Ambellu Katie Huber is a double Tar Heel, who currently works as a policy analyst at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. During her undergraduate career, Katie double majored in Interdisciplinary Studies and Anthropology. In an attempt to … Read more

By Gargi Dixit An Asian American Mental Health Discussion was held on February 16th, 2022, by the Asian American Center (AAC) at UNC-Chapel Hill. As Dr. Heidi Kim, the Director of the AAC, stated, the issue of mental health specific … Read more

By Noelle Escobal Physician burnout is often described as the physical and emotional exhaustion that many healthcare providers experience due to the demanding, incremental increases in working hours as well as the overwhelming working environments. In fact, many physicians complain … Read more

By Baylee Materia When Lorena Millo set foot on UNC’s campus as a first-generation English major, a career in the health professions was nothing more than a distant possibility. It was not until she found her way to UNC’s health … Read more

By Teja Siripurapu Professor Buchbinder’s January 20, 2022 Health Humanities Grand Rounds talk delved into the complex landscape of medically assisted dying. The basis for this talk was framed through the ethnographic research conducted for Dr. Buchbinder’s book Scripting Death: … Read more

Here at the HHIVE Lab, we recognize and emphasize the importance of a humanitarian approach to healthcare. Through every project we tackle, we seek to promote critical thinking skills, cultural humility, historical competence, and an overall interdisciplinary spirit. Though the … Read more