Two alumni selected by Gates Institute as '40 under 40' advocates for reproductive health
Burcu Bozkurt and Lucy Wilson, alumni of the UNC Gillings School, are among the 40 people under 40 recognized as strong advocates for sexual and reproductive health rights by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health. Bozkurt is co-founder of the International Youth Alliance for Family Planning; Wilson is a technical adviser at FHI 360.
Alumnus selected as distinguished professor at University of Alabama
Health policy and management alumnus Dr. Bob Hernandez has been appointed Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions. Hernandez earned a Doctor of Public Health degree at the Gillings School in 1981.
Health behavior students awarded record $325K to teach health education through technology
Elizabeth Chen, MPH, and Cristina Leos, MSPH, health behavior doctoral students at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, have won a $325,000 award from Innovation Next, a program of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The award is the largest ever made to a student or a student group at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A majority of parents would support schools’ requiring HPV vaccinations, as long as there are opt-outs, survey finds
August 25, 2016 A national survey found that parents were more likely to agree that laws requiring students to be vaccinated against HPV for school entry are a “good idea”... Read more »
HB alumna presents research at RTI poster exhibit
August 12, 2016 Christin Stewart, MPH, 2016 alumna of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, was one of 70 interns from across the U.S. who conducted research at... Read more »
Review of multiple studies finds graphic cigarette pack warnings linked to reductions in smoking behavior
August 11, 2016 A review of nearly three dozen international studies found cigarette smokers tried to quit more and smoked less overall when countries implemented new policies replacing text warnings... Read more »
Hyde selected as ESE’s 2016 distinguished alumna
August 5, 2016 Grace Robinson Hyde, MSEE, has been selected to receive the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Environmental Sciences and Engineering Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award. Hyde, who is... Read more »
Study finds low-income students and Hispanic students disproportionately exposed to tobacco, fast food near schools
August 1, 2016 A new study finds that low-income students and Hispanic students are disproportionately exposed to both tobacco outlets and fast-food restaurants near their schools. Easy access to tobacco... Read more »
Commentary calls for better documentation of wartime attacks on health-care facilities and patients
July 14, 2016 In an article published online July 4 in the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers examine the complex and disturbing... Read more »
Saye Baawo, alumnus and public health leader in Liberia, dies of cancer at 50
July 7, 2016 Saye Dahn Baawo, MD, MSPH, alumnus of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and assistant minister for curative services in Liberia’s Ministry of Health and... Read more »