University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patient and Caregiver Expectations for Patient Portal Communication With Providers: Perspectives From an Academic Geriatric Primary Care Practice

BACKGROUND: Electronic patient portals play an increasingly important role in healthcare delivery, facilitating communication between patients and providers. Little is known about how and why older adults and their caregivers use the electronic patient portal and perceive its val...

Examining the Validity of Message Evaluation Measures in the Context of Youth E-Cigarette Prevention

Despite the routine use of a variety of message evaluation (ME) measures (e.g., perceived message effectiveness) in formative research for tobacco education campaigns, studies assessing the validity of these measures for predicting actual message effectiveness (AME) (e.g., intent...

LINGO1-targeted antibody-drug conjugates improve efficacy and tolerability of antineoplastic therapies in Ewing sarcoma models

We reported LINGO1 as a potential marker on Ewing sarcoma cells that could enable targeted drug delivery, improving treatment effectiveness while reducing side effects.

SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AS A DRIVER OF MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES IN VANCE AND GRANVILLE COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA

This proposal addresses the need for safe, stable, and affordable housing in Granville and Vance counties. In Granville and Vance counties, housing instability contributes to negative mental health outcomes such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Renters are disproportionately i...

Outcomes of a Novel Full-Service, Free Ophthalmology Clinic-Within-A-Clinic: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study.

PURPOSE: We evaluate the Clínica Esperanza Ophthalmology Service, a free service for uninsured patients in southern New England. METHODS: The service operates monthly under a novel clinic-within-a-clinic model, existing as a subsidiary of a local free clinic. A mixed-methods prog...

UNC5B regulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through a SRC-ZEB1 signaling axis to facilitate pancreatic cancer metastasis

Metastatic dissemination is the principal cause of death in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), yet the molecular determinants that enable this process remain poorly understood. Here, we identify the axon guidance receptor UNC5B as a central regulator of PDAC metastasis. Usi...

A Randomized Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Study of an eHealth Delivery Alternative for Cancer Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer (eREACH2): study protocol

Abstract Background Germline cancer genetic testing has become a standard evidence-based practice, with established risk reduction and cancer screening guidelines for genetic carriers. There are also targeted treatments for some genetic carriers with cancers such as breast and ov...

Building the toolkit to address malaria resurgence and radical cure of vivax malaria in Ethiopia: a meeting report

Abstract Ethiopia has experienced a substantial resurgence in malaria in recent years, with increasing case numbers and a growing contribution of Plasmodium vivax in several regions. At the same time, new evidence supporting improved radical cure strategies, including high-dose p...