UNC students gather on the UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC branch campus in Asheville; former UNC SOM student and Kenan Scholar, current MAHEC Rural Innovation Fellow Travis Williams serves rural WNC.

UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC

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UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC 

UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC brings together students and faculty from UNC’s schools of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and public health, to create opportunities for interprofessional training, research, collaboration and innovation to improve the health and well-being of Western North Carolina. 

Strengthening Our Mountain Communities 

In 2017, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) partnered to create an interprofessional health sciences branch campus called UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC. This campus includes the schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and public health. Together, these schools aim to address healthcare disparities in North Carolina’s mountain region and emphasize the importance of developing a strong workforce of rural healthcare practitioners. 

Building Workforce Excellence Together 

The UNC Health Sciences branch campus addresses Western North Carolina’s biggest healthcare challenges by leveraging community partnerships, MAHEC’s national expertise in workforce development, and UNC-Chapel Hill’s world-class research and educational excellence.