Planning to attend the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore in a couple of weeks? Come join UNC alumni, students, and faculty for a reception at Section 771 on Monday July 1st! Sign up to attend: https://lnkd.in/e-eQjs87
University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 279 followers
Sheps seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations in NC.
About us
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues, and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost, effectiveness, and equity of health care services and the dissemination of this information to policymakers and the general public.
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https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/
External link for University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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- Public Health
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- 51-200 employees
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- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Public Company
- Specialties
- research and health policy
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725 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, US
Employees at University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Check out the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center! The BHWRC is doing some amazing work to improve the behavioral health of our communities.
📢 Introducing the Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center housed at UNC Chapel Hill’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research! The BHWRC produces data-driven research on the workforce responsible for providing mental health and substance use services. Our mission is to improve the behavioral health and well-being of the U.S by conducting research to strengthen the current and future behavioral health workforce through exploration of the disparities that perpetuate inequities in behavioral health treatment, access, and quality. ❓ What can you expect from our page? Speaking engagement announcements, publication alerts, newsletter releases, and more! Visit and bookmark our website: https://lnkd.in/daQF4XJX Sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dnFj_TRd Find us on X: https://lnkd.in/d2ZjDRP8 #workforce #bhworkforce UNC Research
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Congratulations Sheryl Zimmerman!
Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care & Aging; Director, CHAI & PHCOE-DC; EiC, The Gerontologist; University of Minnesota
A reminder: I am excited to announce this year's Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture! The 2024 Lecturer is Sheryl Zimmerman a Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Zimmerman is also the Co-Director of the Program on Aging, Chronic Illness, and Long-Term Care at the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Dr. Zimmerman is the Executive Director of the national Center for Excellence in Assisted Living. She is internationally recognized as a leader in long-term care research and pragmatic and clinical trials. Dr. Zimmerman will present on a timely topic: "Green House Nursing Homes: More Than a Promising Innovation" on Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 3:00PM-4:30PM CST/4:00PM-5:30PM EST. Joining Dr. Zimmerman are Susan Ryan, CEO of the Center for Innovation: The Green House Project and Pioneer Network and Melissa Schneider of Episcopal Homes of Minnesota. They will describe Green House homes, research on care and outcomes, and the future of Green House homes in the U.S. and abroad. Attendance is free, and we plan to offer continuing education credits for purchase. For those planning to join us in person at The Campus Club at the University of Minnesota the ABC Room, we will host a free reception and cash bar! A hybrid/online attendance option is also available. Registration is required; to do so, please go to https://lnkd.in/eJ4kSKx7. The annual Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture honors the legacy of Dr. Robert L. Kane, the first holder of the endowed Long-Term Care in Aging at the University of Minnesota (1990-2017). A scholarly pioneer in chronic disease care, long-term care innovation, and geriatric health services research, Dr. Kane’s science has greatly advanced our understanding of long-term care. For more information and to view past lectures, please see: https://lnkd.in/gXDFSmuY. #umnproud #universityofminnesota #longtermcare #qualityoflife #culturechange #nursinghomes Ashley Millenbah, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, UMN CTSI, Office of Academic and Clinical Affairs, Melinda Pettigrew, Nancy Sherwood, Jean Abraham, Vincent Mor, Debra Saliba, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD, Jennifer Wolff, LeadingAge Minnesota, LeadingAge, Care Providers of Minnesota, AHCA/NCAL, Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, Minnesota Gerontological Society, Gerontological Society of America (GSA), American Geriatrics Society, The Eden Alternative, National Institute on Aging (NIA), IMPACT Collaboratory, Tetyana Pylypiv Shippee, Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, UMN Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group (ASIG), Rajean Moone, Ph.D., Terri Harvath, Robbin Frazier, Marti DeLiema, Allycia Wolff, Andrew George
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Today marks the start of World Immunization Week! The goal of World Immunization Week is for more children, adults – and their communities – to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.
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