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July 13, 2026

Excluding Social Work from Professional Degree Status Puts North Carolina’s Social Work and Behavioral Health Workforce at Risk

By Guest Authors Dr. Lisa de Saxe Zerden and Dr. Brianna M. Lombardi

North Carolina already faces severe access issues to behavioral health professionals. Nearly every county in the state is a designated mental health professional shortage area, and demand for mental health…

July 6, 2026

Pharmacists as Catalysts for Better Health: The 2026 NCMJ Symposium

By Brady Blackburn, Communications Director, NCIOM

The NCMJ stepped outside of the Triangle to host its 2026 Symposium, titled “Pharmacists as Catalysts for Better Health,” at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. A crowd of…

May 14, 2026

Interconnected Solutions for Child Health and Well-Being: The 2026 State of the Child Summit

By Brady Blackburn, Communications Director, NCIOM

In April 2026, the NCIOM joined NC Child to co-host the third annual State of the Child Summit. This event, which grew out of the organizations’ co-published Child Health Report…

April 24, 2026

Medicaid Expansion and Cancer Mortality in North Carolina

By Roshni Arun, NCMJ Editorial Fellow

North Carolina’s implementation of Medicaid expansion in 2023 marks a pivotal shift in the state’s health policy landscape. One of the Healthy North Carolina 2030 (HNC) Report’s health indicators,  Uninsured…