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Timothy S. Carey, professor of medicine and epidemiology, has been named
director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Carey
replaces Gordon H. DeFriese, who served as the center's director since 1973.
A Sheps Center senior fellow and Carolina faculty member since 1986, Carey is
interested in evidence-based medicine, access to care, and medical outcomes.
Several of his current research projects examine technology assessment,
including the benefits and disadvantages of tube feedings for frail, elderly
individuals. He is studying racial disparities in health for black adults,
particularly in rural settings, and has conducted a number of studies to
examine the outcomes of care for low back pain.
He is co-director of the joint Research Triangle Institute/UNC Evidence-Based
Practice Center examining the strength of the literature on a variety of
medical and health policy topics.
Also a professor in the departments of medicine and social medicine, Carey was
additionally chief of the Division of General Medicine and Epidemiology at the
School of Medicine from 1991-2000. He is currently the deputy director of the
UNC Program on Health Outcomes.
The Sheps Center is one of the nation's oldest and largest health services
research centers, encompassing an interdisciplinary program of research,
consultation, technical assistance and training, focusing on the accessibility,
adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services.
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