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Kiefer – AI Work

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Dr. Adam Kiefer's work in Artificial Intelligence was recently featured in the College of Arts & Sciences Magazine.

Tanner Award

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Ling Beisecker was awarded the 2024 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Students.

IOP Reading Group

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Reading groups and equine therapy help veterans THRIVE

100th participant

THRIVE Program 100th Participant

In early October, the THRIVE Program celebrated serving it's 100th participant since opening.

PBS Side by Side

Kevin Guskiewicz featured on Side by Side

Chancellor Emeritus Guskiewicz was recently highlighted on PBS's Side by Side TV series.

Faculty Leader

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Dr. Johna Register-Mihalik will join the 2023-2025 cohort for the Provost Distinguished Faculty Leaders Program offering outstanding faculty the opportunity to explore academic leadership roles.

Ingram – NATA Grant

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Brittany Ingram awarded NATA Foundation Doctoral Research Grant for her work intersecting concussion and social determinants of health.

Military Appreciation

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The THRIVE Program was featured at the Hurricanes ice hockey game on Military Appreciation Day.

THRIVE Program video

Screenshot of video 'Helping Veterans Thrive'

Watch this 13 minute video to learn more about the THRIVE Program.

THRIVE Program

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The Matthew Gfeller Center's empowering clinical outreach program at UNC-Chapel Hill offers Veterans and first responders new hope through holistic health care

THRIVE – New home

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UNC’s THRIVE Program has moved into new facilities to provide necessary space to help more Veterans

Kiefer in NEJM

Adam Kiefer smiles at the camera

Dr. Kiefer recently co-authored a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine focused on reducing driver inattention in teens with ADHD.

Veterans Day

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The Matthew Gfeller Center honors all those who Served. Thanks.

Powell wins award

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PhD trainee Jacob Powell named ACSM award winner for the most outstanding student research project being presented at the national ACSM meeting.

Football Head Impacts

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is teaming up with the National Football League to measure on-field head impacts using high-tech mouthguards.

THRIVE Program

$12.5 million gift from the Avalon Network to establish the THRIVE Program in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Matthew Gfeller Center

Our Mission

To improve the prevention, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation of sport-related traumatic brain injuries through research, education, and clinical practice.

Diversity

The Matthew Gfeller Center is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and to ensuring that educational and employment decisions are based on individuals’ abilities and qualifications. Consistent with these principles and applicable laws, it is therefore our policy not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or Active Duty or Veteran status as consistent with the University’s Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct.
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