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Emily M. Hawes, PharmD, BCPS, CPP, is the director of the Sheps GME Technical Assistance Centers at the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and a professor in the UNC Department of Family Medicine. She provides collaborative drug therapy management in a family medicine clinic in rural western North Carolina. Her research focuses on team-based primary care, health workforce policy, and GME program development in rural and underserved areas.
April 2026
