Furman University’s Carmela Epright has been named analysis director for the Health Sciences Center at Prisma Health. While the function is new for the philosophy professor, the connection with Prisma Health is longstanding. Epright has cast a partnership with Prisma since 2000. Her newest put up entails working with analysis administrators from Prisma’s companion establishments (Clemson University, Clemson University School of Nursing, University of South Carolina, USC Arnold School of Public Health, and USC School of Medicine) to advertise collaborative analysis and curriculum programing.

Epright’s focus goes past the elemental sciences the place she incorporates the humanities, social sciences and humanities, in an strategy that encourages a extra holistic view of wellness and care. Learn extra in a Prisma Health Research Update.

Epright’s profession consists of 24 years’ instructing as a member of the Department of Philosophy. She has devoted her profession to medical ethics in each tutorial and medical contexts. She served a postdoc place within the psychiatry division at Dartmouth and a medical professorship of neuropsychiatry and behavioral sciences on the University of South Carolina School of Medicine (Columbia). She holds grasp’s and doctoral levels from Loyola University.