Category: Blog

Hui Xu, an associate professor at China Medical University of Shenyang, was once a visiting scholar of UNC’s Health Humanities department. Though she had already obtained a Master’s degree in British and American Literature from Northeastern University of China, Xu … Read more

As positive press about recent lows in unemployment circulate in the U.S., there is in fact one profession that exceeds all others in job availability and will continue to do so through the year 2022. According to Tom Bush, Assistant … Read more

I had the opportunity to interview Maebelle Matthew, a senior at UNC, who recently completed the Dance and Diabetes project and is now in the process of analyzing the results from the study. Matthew participated in the Writing Diabetes study … Read more

  “They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou With these words, the Birth Partners at UNC Medical Center conduct their volunteer doula program which provides complementary birth support to any … Read more

Dr. Jordynn Jack’s ENGL 695 class researched the lives of 19th century patients from Dorothea Dix Hospital as a part of their research training. Endeavors featured their work in a recent article in conjunction with Bobby Allen’s research on the … Read more

Dr. Thrailkill’s former student Dr. Bezio will be giving a talk titled “Endemics in Early America: Facts and Fictions” at Chulalongkorn University where another of Dr. Thrailkill’s former students, Dr. Jit Pruttipurk is on faculty. Check out this beautiful poster!   … Read more

Third-year UNC medical student Ben Kaplan studies ‘complex care patients,’ or those who repeatedly seek medical care and embody the revolving door effect in the American healthcare system. Kaplan pointed out in his talk on April 25th that these expensive … Read more