People, Proximity and Progress: UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC Place-Based Response to Hurricane Helene in Western NC

This online panel discussion features faculty from UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC including the School of Medicine, Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Gillings School of Global Public Health who were directly engaged with boots-on-the-ground emergency response efforts after Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina. Panelists will share powerful personal stories and highlight three examples of how UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC engaged with existing regional partners after a catastrophic hurricane. This session will demonstrate the power that trusting relationships between the University and Western North Carolina partners had on the health of the region. Participants will participate in a question and answer session at the end of the panel discussion and will leave empowered and inspired by the experiences and lessons learned by interprofessional UNC faculty who live and work in the Asheville area.

Panelists:

Lizzie Cozart, CFRE (facilitator), Regional Development Officer for Western North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill

Mollie Ashe Scott, PharmD, BCACP, CPP, FASHP, FNCAP; Regional Associate Dean and Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Bryan Hodge, MD, Chief Academic Officer at UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC; Assistant Professor, UNC School of Medicine

Sarah Thach, MPH, Co-Director of UNC Asheville-UNC Gillings School Master of Public Health Program; Assistant Professor in the Public Health Leadership Program, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Olivia Caron, Pharm.D., BCACP, CPP, RPD, PGY2; Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency; MAHEC Assistant Professor of Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Benjamin Gilmer, MD, Rural Fellowship Director, MAHEC Medical Director of Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars at UNC School of Medicine Asheville Regional Campus. 

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