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Gigi Taylor, a professor in the English department at UNC Chapel Hill, remembers Bhairavi Jayaraman walking up to her after class, nervous about applying to a fellowship opportunity. “Well come on upstairs, I want to introduce you to the dean who shared this opportunity,” Taylor told Jayaraman, then an undergraduate at UNC studying Economics and Public Policy. By the time Jayaraman left the dean’s office, Taylor said, “he was so impressed with her…
In 1993, Amy Pulliam began her journey at Carolina as an undergraduate public policy student interested in health equity and inclusion. Three decades later, she’s coming full circle in Chapel Hill after stints with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and multiple North Carolina-based state health partnerships, including Wake Forest Baptist Health and Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, among others. Pulliam will serve as Carolina Demography’s Programs Manager, a role…
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