The North Carolina Medical Journal was founded in 1849 by the North Carolina Medical Society. Since 2002, the journal has been copublished by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment. Peer-reviewed articles and letters to the editor are published on a rolling basis, and are read by a wide range of health care professionals, policy makers, government officials, business executives, educators, researchers, and interested lay people.
Major funding support for the NCMJ comes from The Duke Endowment.
Bibliographic citations and abstracts of articles published in the NCMJ are searchable via PubMed.
ISSN 0029-2559
STAFF
Ronny A. Bell, PhD
Editor in Chief
UNC
Peter J. Morris, MD, MPH, MDiv
Editor Emeritus
Urban Ministries of Wake County
Nathan A. Boucher, DrPH
Scientific Editor
Duke University
Adam J. Zolotor, MD, DrPH
Scientific Editor
UNC, AHEC
Ruby Brinkerhoff, MS
Assistant Managing Editor
email: ruby_brinkerhoff@nciom.org
PUBLISHERS
Michelle Ries, MPH
Co-publisher
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Rhett N. Mabry, MHA
Co-publisher
The Duke Endowment
Kathy Colville, MSW, MSPH
Publisher Emeritus
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Linwood B. Hollowell III
Associate Editor
The Duke Endowment
Mark Holmes, PhD
Associate Editor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
EDITORIAL BOARD
Rebecca Brothers, MPH
Impact Officer, Dogwood Health Trust
Mary Beth Cox, MPH
Substance Use Epidemiologist, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh
Marian Earls, MD
Pediatric Practice Consultant, Greensboro
Kelly Graves, PhD
Executive Director & Co-Founder, Kellin Foundation, Greensboro
Beverly A. Gray, MD
Associate Professor & Residency Program Director, Duke OB/GYN, Durham
David Jacobs, MD
Medical Director, Trauma Services, Atrium Health, Charlotte
Deepak Kumar, PhD
Director, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, Durham
Jeremy Moseley, MPH
Associate Vice President, FaithHealth Division, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem
Belinda Pettiford, MPH
Branch Head, Women’s Health, NC Division of Public Health, Raleigh
James Powers, DO, FACEP, FAAEM
Interim Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek
Danny Scalise, MPH, MBA
Public Health Director, Burke County Health Department, Morganton
Chris Shank
President and CEO, The North Carolina Community Health Center Association, Raleigh
Maggie Sugg, PhD
Associate Professor & Department Honors Director, Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University, Boone
Wanda Wright, RN, DDS, MS, MSD
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ECU