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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

Few psychiatric mental health nurses work in rural areas, the nurses association found in a 2020 survey. Bagley was one of about 20 people who graduated in December 2024 from East Carolina University’s psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program.

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CSTE Hill Update: November 2023

CSTE

In the Senate, however, the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced a bipartisan version of PAHPA that reauthorizes core public health preparedness programs. You can view both bills here and here.

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Catherine Sullivan receives Judith Lauwers Award for Excellence in Lactation Education

UNC Epidemiology Blog

Housed within the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, the Mary Rose Tully Training Institute (MRT-TI) is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon recommendation of the Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee.

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Maternal and Child Health: Empowering Families Through the MCH Handbook.

Public Health Blog

World Health Day 2024: My Health, My Right World Health Day 2024 is here, and the theme “My Health, My Right” is all about reminding us that everyone deserves good health, no matter who they are. Maternal health, which is how mothers stay healthy during… Source

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Q&A: MRT-TI student Hamsa Raman bridges lactation and speech pathology

UNC Epidemiology Blog

Hamsa Raman December 2, 2024 Originally from Cary, North Carolina, Mary Rose Tully Training Institute (MRT-TI) student Hamsa Raman completed her bachelor’s degree at UNC Greensboro in 2020 and master’s degree in Speech Pathology at Hampton University in 2023.

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How do we integrate training in Generalism in medical education?

Better Health For All

To explore this further, the Faculty of Public Health’s special interest group, Public Health Educators in Medical Schools (PHEMS) ran an online workshop with medical educators to explore any challenges and opportunities for integrating Generalism into undergraduate medical curricula. J Med Educ Res [Internet].

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Miss America makes push for pancreatic cancer research on Capitol Hill

The Hill

Miss America 2024 winner Madison Marsh took her efforts to advocate for pancreatic cancer awareness and research to Capitol Hill on Thursday. Life is too short,” Marsh told The Hill. “I I want to make sure that everyone, to the fullest extent possible, has all of the resources to equip them to survive a disease like pancreatic cancer.”