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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

UNC students and staff walking out of the door to the UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC building

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.

  • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health: Ranked as the #1 public school of public health in the United States by U.S. News & World Report for the 2024-2025 period
  • UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy: Ranked as the #1 pharmacy school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
  • UNC School of Medicine: Ranked #1 in primary care by U.S. News & World Report
  • UNC Adams School of Dentistry: Ranked as the #2 dental school globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities

Support Western North Carolina

UNC School of Medicine graduate Travis Williams looks out over mountains in Western North Carolina, with his back to the viewer

Hurricane Helene has devastated Western North Carolina. Strong, community-based partnerships are more important than ever as the region seeks to address immediate, urgent health needs, such as access to mental health services while looking towards the future to build the capacity of our Western North Carolina communities.

Your gift to the UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC Fund for Excellence directly addresses the branch campus’s greatest needs. Together, we can advance our shared vision of healthier communities and help rebuild Western North Carolina.

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