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Ken Nanney, in-house attorney for Atrium Health, stepped in to help UNC Charlotte when he learned that Windsor Schmidt would be unable to teach this semester. Mr. Nanney heard the news a few days before classes began and graciously agreed to teach Professor Schmidt’s Health Law and Ethics class. Fortunately, he was not unfamiliar with […]

In April, AUPHA awarded MHA student, Thomas “Tommy” Roache, the Foster G. McGaw scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to students in Health Administration based on the recommendation of program faculty. Since the inception of this scholarship program in 1975, AUPHA has awarded over 900 scholarships to students most deserving of recognition. Tommy received his Bachelors […]

In late March, the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) hosted its annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago, IL. This year, four UNC Charlotte MHA students (Kirkland Wade, Makayla Pannell, Lakenda Crawford, and Duke Maisiba) attended the conference, along with MHA Program Director, Dr. Michael Thompson, and MHA Program Administrator, Melissa Smith. Attendees networked […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences this April hosted a series of interactive events in celebration of National Public Health Week. Aligning with national activities led by the American Public Health Association, faculty, students, public health leaders and the greater Charlotte community came together for discussions on the health of the region and […]

In celebration of Public Health Week, UNC Charlotte and Tresata today announced a far reaching new partnership designed to make Charlotte, NC one of the healthiest cities in the world by 2025. This goal will be met using advanced data analytics, empowering the local community with actionable knowledge, and advancing health entrepreneurship in Charlotte. Through […]

Danielle Gilliard is a Health Policy Coordinator in the Office of Policy & Prevention at the Mecklenburg County Health Department (MCHD) and an Adjunct Professor at Queens University. She studied Global Health and Environment, Medical Anthropology, and Chinese at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill before earning her MPH from Emory University. Danielle […]

UPDATE: Thompson’s suggestion that Atrium was eying expansion beyond the Carolinas proved prescient today, as the company announced intentions to merge with Georgia-based Navicent health. UNC Charlotte public health professor Michael Thompson discusses a major shakeup in the North Carolina healthcare industry with WSOCTV. WSOCTV Carolinas HealthCare System is changing its name to Atrium Health, […]

Fred Brown has enjoyed a long and varied career in healthcare in large and small markets across North Carolina. He started his work in healthcare as a high school student, when he worked as an orderly at Iredell Memorial Hospital in his home town of Statesville. After college, Mr. Brown served as an Army officer […]

Deborah Dirkse graduated from the UNC Charlotte MHA program in 2004, the first graduating MHA class. She currently works for Wake Forest Baptist Health as a Quality Improvement Consultant for a 17 county area. In addition to her position with Wake Forest, she recently joined UNC Charlotte as an adjunct faculty teaching the quality and […]

Nehemie Owen, MHA, FACHE, will assume the presidency of the Greater Charlotte Area Healthcare Executives Group (GCHEG) on January 1, 2018. She will succeed Jon Myers in the position. Ms. Owen currently serves as Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, Workforce Management Operations and Technology at Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS). She has worked with CHS since […]