NCAHQ presents Advancing Access to Health in Southeastern North Carolina: A Collaborative Approach

FREE for NEAHQ members, $15 for non-members

NEAHQ Members:  On the registration page, select NEAHQ as your ticket type, then click on "Purchase Tickets" and complete the registration form to submit.  Active NEAHQ membership will be verified by the association.  

This program highlights the partnership between Novant Health and UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine in Southeastern North Carolina. We’ll share how collaborative strategies expanded access to care, strengthened regional research infrastructure, and shaped our mission to improve health for everyone who lives, works, and plays in the region 

Objectives:

1. Describe how an affiliation between a large community healthcare system and an academic institution has leveraged collaboration to advance care in Southeastern North Carolina.

2. Discuss key strategies utilized by the Health Access Research Advisory Committee (HARAC) to build health access research in Southeastern North Carolina.

3. Describe the significance of access to research for healthcare quality.

4. Describe key success and barriers to the development of collaborative, community-engaged health access research in Southeastern North Carolina. 

Speaker:

Kiran McCloskey, PhD 
 

Dr. McCloskey is a Health Equity Research Scientist at Novant Health, where they lead collaborative research efforts to advance equitable health and wellbeing for people across Southeastern North Carolina. They hold a PhD in Psychology from the University of Connecticut and bring expertise in quantitative methods, health behavior research, and equity-centered approaches. Dr. McCloskey guides cross organizational projects between Novant Health and the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine through the Health Access Research and Advisory Council (HARAC), supporting research in maternal health, primary care, neurology, and mental health.

This program is approved for 1 CE hour for CPHQ®