The Senate must protect transgender health

March 25, 2021. Winston-Salem Journal. By Kychelle Del Rosario. With a narrow victory, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act (HR 5), a resolution that ensures legal protections from discrimination in…

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Prison Populations Should Have Vaccine Priority

January 19, 2021. Medium. Duke University. By Sara Grundy. The start of vaccine rollout across the country has brought hope, but also questions about which populations should receive priority. The…

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Harm Reduction Programs Save Lives

November 8, 2020. The Daily Reflector. 2d. By Joshua Parke. 2020 NC Albert Schweitzer Fellow According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 619 people died from heroin and synthetic…

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PATRIOTISM, PANDEMIC SAFETY AND THE POWER OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

November 2, 2020. By Akhila Boyina. Akhila Boyina, 2020 NC Schweitzer Fellow Imagine Jane, a hardworking American mother of four. She works two full time jobs, but has been struggling…

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American Diets Cause American Diseases

September 20, 2020. The Daily Reflector. By Ashley Huff. September 20, 2020. Elizabeth City Daily Advance. By Ashley Huff. 2020 J Bradley Wilson Schweitzer Fellow Ashley Huff From the moment…

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When the world of dentistry came to a halt

August 28, 2020. The Washington Daily News. By Rachel Cantrell. Rachel Cantrell, 2020 J. Bradley Wilson Schweitzer Fellow As a rising third-year dental student, my world was shifting 180 degrees.…

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Oral health matters for vulnerable populations

September 6, 2020. The Daily Reflector. By Victoria Long. Victoria Long, 2021-21 J. Bradley Wilson Schweitzer Fellow “Only brush the teeth you want to keep” is common advice that dental…

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Social Workers Fill the Patient Care Gap

July 31, 2020 BY THOMAS BUNNING Thomas Bunning2019-20 NC Schweitzer Fellow For all our talk about health care, health care providers too often get caught up in treating diseases instead…

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