The primary aim of this study is to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected resident-physicians' behavior regarding the 2020-2021 fellowship cycle. The secondary aim is to assess if the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected fellowship applicants' behavior according to age, gender, ethnic/racial minority group, and those currently training in areas where there has been a higher rate of infections.

The study will investigate the effectiveness of a transition course that reteaches clinical interviewing, physical exam skills, oral presentations, and note writing to students who have spent an extended period of time away from formal medical school training.

Despite their critical role in the success of clinical research studies, the information needs of clinical research study staff are poorly understood. Additionally, few studies have applied user-centered design methodologies to the development or improvement of electronic data capture systems (EDC) in clinical research. This study aims to (1) identify and analyze the information needs of clinical research study staff involved in prospective clinical research studies, and (2) to offer a set of key recommendations for the design of electronic data capture tools used in clinical research.

The purpose of this project is to assess the recruitment & retention practices of under-represented minorities and other people from a disadvantaged background into clinical trials within the UNC Department of Medicine.

Learning about leadership development training opportunities for faculty in higher education.

To examine the effect of certain medications on the amount of placental DNA in the blood of pregnant women.

This study uses survey research to characterize the efforts of directors of health professions research in the United States.

We are interviewing primary care providers to get their thoughts on how best to provide care to patients with eating disorders.

This dissertation seeks to answer the question of: Why do Black women in the United States experience higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity? and what efforts at the national and state level are being made to address these inequities? The purpose of this dissertation is to understand the influence of race and racism on reproductive health, specifically maternal mortality and morbidity, of Black women in the United States. The goal of this doctoral dissertation is to explore maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity of Black women in the US to gain a deeper understanding of the upstream and downstream factors that influence maternal outcomes and then to understand the policies and programs that can be used to address them through applying an equity lens. The hope is to highlight the influence of racism on MM and SMM and propose strategies to mitigate the influence of racism through policy and program

We are aiming to study how members of a team can create or use an obstetric checklist to assist with teamwork during an emergency.