A new study at UNC Chapel Hill will examine behavioral factors influence low-income people to pursue colorectal cancer screening and what strategies could increase screening rates in disadvantaged communities.

Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of health policy and management in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will lead the Colorectal Cancer Screening in Disadvantaged Communities: A Behavioral Economics Perspective study.

Alan Cross, MD, died peacefully on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his home with family. Dr. Cross  was a member of  the faculty of the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine for more than thirty years, most recently as professor and vice chair of the Department of Social Medicine, professor of pediatrics, and professor of maternal and child health in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He was also director of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP, a CDC Prevention Research Center), serving for 12 years from 1992 to 2003.