For the past 30 years, Billie Stallings has supported patients and families seeking treatment for congenital heart disease as a philanthropist, board member and patient advocate. Working with UNC and the American Heart Association, her work has directly improved the … Read more The post Billie Stallings – Three Decades of Support for Patients at UNC appeared first on UNC Health Foundation.| UNC Health Foundation
William Neff, an accomplished junior golfer from Fayetteville, North Carolina, was recently honored for his fundraising efforts in support of UNC Children’s. Neff, who was himself a pediatric patient at UNC as a child, has been raising money as part … Read more The post Junior Golfer Honored For Fundraising Leadership appeared first on UNC Health Foundation.| UNC Health Foundation
When Declan first entered the hospital, everything changed. Eight years old and newly diagnosed with leukemia, he had always been a happy, go-lucky kid—quick to dance, play Fortnite, and make people smile. But during those first terrifying days in the … Read more The post Turning the Page with Declan appeared first on UNC Health Foundation.| UNC Health Foundation
The UNC Department of Psychiatry’s IMProving Adolescent and Child health Through Telepsychiatry in North Carolina (IMPACTT-NC) program has received a grant for $200,000 from Camber Foundation, aimed at expanding telepsychiatry services for school children in Duplin and Robeson counties. Camber … Read more The post IMPACTT-NC Receives $200,000 Grant from Camber Foundation appeared first on UNC Health Foundation.| UNC Health Foundation
Philanthropy has always played a major role in research at UNC, but Barbara Dean has taken this one step further by being an active participant in supporting those research efforts. Dean’s experience working with early-career UNC researchers recently led her … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
On a warm July morning, community members, advocates and healthcare leaders gathered at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health’s Tiny Homes Village in Pittsboro to witness the groundbreaking of a long-awaited Community House—a space that promises to … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
A generous anonymous gift in honor of Dr. Bill Roper has established a new fund designed to bolster patient support services at UNC Children’s. The William L. Roper, MD Fellows Fund was established recently thanks to a $500,000 anonymous gift … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
For A Leslie Morrow, PhD, renowned neuroscientist and longtime faculty member at UNC School of Medicine, the opportunity to give back to the institution that shaped her career is both personal and profound. Together with husband Michael Lish, MD – … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
The third annual UNC Health “Fill the Pantry” food drive, hosted at the Wegmans Chapel Hill store, collected nearly 2,000 pounds of non-perishable food items. Running from February 1 to February 28, the initiative supported the UNC Health FoodWell program, … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
This story – which includes discussion of issues related to mental health and suicide – was written before Hurricane Helene brought widespread destruction and even greater mental health challenges to Western North Carolina. In the aftermath of the storm, mental … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, MD, FACOG, has been named the inaugural recipient of this distinguished professorship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dan and Katchy Clarke-Pearson have extended a decades-long legacy of supporting women’s health through the establishment of … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
Mackenzie says that spending the holidays in the burn ICU because her 1-year-old daughter had second- and third-degree burns was not on her bingo card. But that is what happened. The holidays are a special time, but for families with … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
Philanthropic support from the Winston family is among the largest ever given to UNC Rex Willis M. Wu, MD, FACC, one of the nation’s top interventional cardiologists and head of the Structural and Valvular Heart Care team at UNC Health … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
Professorship established in memory of Mr. Ingram will support Dr. Reuland’s research related to cancer screening and early detection. Dan Reuland, MD, MPH, program founder and co-director for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative, and one of … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation “We are facing what can only be described as a silent health crisis, and we are at a crossroads.” That passage is found in the opening paragraph of the North Carolina Men’s Health Report … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation An overwhelming sense of gratitude filled UNC Health teammates as the delivery truck pulled up to the loading dock at UNC Hospitals. Shannon Hinton and the local Chapel Hill Wegmans “delivery team” wasted no … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
Phase One Completed. On to Phase Two! It’s been another exciting year of fundraising, planning, and growth for the Fitch Family Comprehensive Pediatric Rehabilitation Program Fund. Thanks to the generosity of the Peterson Family Foundation and other generous donors, we’ve … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
Annual event supports the Neonatal Special Gifts Fund By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation The cool Carolina air held a crisp bite, the morning sun painting the leaves in fiery autumn hues. In the heart of this vibrant landscape, Robert … Read more| UNC Health Foundation
