Thriving Hearts

What is “Thriving Hearts?” The joint study between the UNC School of Medicine and the Orange County Health Department has been awarded a $21 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to make pregnancy and birth safer for North Carolinians with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Alison Stuebe, MD, is the UNC-Chapel Hill lead. Read more about the study and funding for this work.

Who is involved? Co-Principal Investigators: Orange County Health Department Director Quintana Stewart and UNC ObGyn physician Alison Stuebe as well as 10 NC Counties and their local health departments: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Johnston, Orange, and Person

What is the Timeline? Planning Year: April 1, 2024- March 31, 2025 Implementation: 2025-2030

How can we contact you? Quintana Stewart, qstewart@orangecountync.gov; Alison Stuebe, astuebe@med.unc.edu. You can also contact ThrivingHeartsMentorship@med.unc.edu for questions about the mentorship program.

Mentorship Program

Early-Career Scientist Opportunity – Thriving Hearts Mentorship Program

The Thriving Hearts Mentorship program’s overarching goal is to support the holistic career development and success of mentored researchers who demonstrate a sustained commitment to address and resolve disparities in maternal health through developing an impactful, scalable, and sustainable community-engaged maternal health research that results in system change and improved population health outcomes. Access the Request for Applications details.

Contact: ThrivingHeartsMentorship@med.unc.edu

Get to know our “Thriving Hearts” team. Stay tuned for updates about our work!

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