Edgecombe

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Edgecombe

UNC Research Overall Stats

UNC Researchʼs Impact on Edgecombe County

Projects Benefitting Edgecombe County

  • The North Carolina Men’s Health Report Card draws from numerous sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the health landscape for men across the state.
  • The Rural Pharmacy Health Certificate Program launched by the Eshelman School of Pharmacy works with the school’s recruitment team to attract students from rural counties in an effort to grow the rural health care workforce across North Carolina.
  • Researchers with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, funded by the National Cancer Institute, aim to reduce cancer health disparities among Black patients.
  • With funding from the National Cancer Institute, the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center studies ways to reduce health disparities in cancer patients.
  • Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the UNC School of Government maintains a dashboard to assist N.C. utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes.

News

  • Drug-checking project cuts overdoses

  • Outreach manager protects NC families

  • Addressing Pandemic Problems

  • New study by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill finds chemical composition of U.S. air pollution changed over time

  • UNC Men’s Health Program, Carolina Demography Launch Innovative Web Tool to Combat Prostate Cancer Disparities in North Carolina