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CEAL@UNC Research Award Highlighted in McKnight’s

May 4, 2026 by Lea Efird-Green

Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, Executive Director of CEAL@UNC, is a guest columnist in McKnight’s Senior Living. The most recent article, “New Award Aims to Raise Awareness of Assisted Living Research,” reports on the inaugural CEAL@UNC Research Award.

This article highlights ten innovative and rigorous research projects with promise to inform assisted living practice and policy, including the award-winning project that found a relationship between more nurse staffing and fewer injury-related emergency department visits among assisted living residents with dementia.

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