4 Gillings faculty members honored with 2023 awards for mentorship, teaching, research and service
April 20, 2023 Four members of the Gillings School community were selected to receive the School’s most prestigious awards: Drs. Michael Hudgens (Larsh Award), Lindsey Smith Taillie (McGavran Award), Jason West (Greenberg Award) and Leah Devlin (Barr Award).
Wall named dean of UNC School of Government
April 11, 2023, Dr. Aimee N. Wall, former associate dean and professor of public law and government and alumna of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named dean of the UNC School of Government.
Strong adolescent-parent relationships linked to improved health in young adults
April 3, 2023 New research in JAMA Network Open has found that investments in improving parent–adolescent relationships could help improve general health, mental health and sexual health, while also reducing substance use in young adulthood.
New UNC study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence using novel modeling approach that evaluates risk of mortgage default and property abandonment
March 31, 2023 A new study from Carolina researchers estimates $562 million in previously unquantified financial risks arising from property value changes and uninsured flood damages in eastern North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence.
Two UNC scholars win 2023 Engaged Scholarship Prizes
March 23, 2023 Dr. Dane Emmerling and Elana Jaffe are the recipients of the 2023 Engaged Scholarship Prizes, which honors their scholarship to address public issues, engage communities in collaborative processes that produce or apply knowledge, advance service-learning and civic engagement in higher education, and disseminate their work to a broader public.
The Abstract: March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023 Manga receives Global Engineering Award for water and sanitation work, and Platt informs Congress about tick-borne disease.
Kafka receives 2023 Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award
March 16, 2023 Dr. Julie Kafka, a recent doctoral graduate in health behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named one of four 2023 recipients of The Graduate School's annual Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Awards.
Rosamond honored by American Heart Association for cardiovascular research mentorship
March 14, 2023 Dr. Wayne Rosamond is the 2023 recipient of the American Heart Association’s EPI Mentoring Award for superior mentoring in cardiovascular epidemiologic research.
The Abstract: February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023 New research on physical activity during pregnancy, human rights support for tobacco cessation and the association between socioeconomic mobility and depression.
Kahkoska named ADA Pathway to Stop Diabetes grant recipient
February 8, 2023 Dr. Anna Kahkoska is one of two recipients of the American Diabetes Association's prestigious Pathway to Stop Diabetes grants to advance Type 1 diabetes research.
