Maternal and Child Health News
Speizer named to RTI International’s 2016-2017 class of University Scholars
Dr. Ilene Speizer, research professor of maternal and child health, is one of six scholars selected to spend up to one academic year at RTI International, working on strategic research projects. Speizer will pursue an NIH grant for health interventions for young women in South Africa who engage in transactional sex.
RWJF launches new leadership program: UNC to lead collaboration to build Culture of Health
Improving health and reducing persistent disparities in wellness and longevity across the United States requires clinical innovation and community transformation. The Clinical Scholars program, a new national leadership program led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has just selected its first cohort of fellows who will advance both.
UNC’s Gillings School number one public school of public health for NIH funding
September 7, 2016 Once again, the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health is the number one public school of public health when it comes to funding... Read more »
Tully and colleagues receive NC TraCS award for infant side-car bassinet project
August 30, 2016 Kristin Tully, PhD, of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI), has been recognized with the Improving Human Health Award, presented by the North Carolina Translational & Clinical... Read more »
Vitaglione receives American Academy of Pediatrics’ Child Health Advocate Award
August 18, 2016 Thomas Vitaglione, MPH, adjunct professor of maternal and child health at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been selected to receive the 2016 American Academy... Read more »
Gillings Merit Scholars and Gillings Dissertation Awards announced
August 17, 2016 Sixteen students at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have been selected as 2016-2017 recipients of Gillings Merit Scholarships or Gillings Dissertation Awards. The scholarship and... Read more »
Miriam Labbok, champion of women’s and infants’ health, dies Aug. 13
August 13, 2016 Miriam Harriet Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, staunch crusader for the health of women and infants and longtime advocate for the health benefits of breastfeeding, passed away during... Read more »
MCH student selected as APHA section fellow
August 12, 2016 Anna Austin, MPH, doctoral student in maternal and child health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of 15 students selected from across... Read more »
Labbok chosen for international association’s award for excellence in breastfeeding research
July 27, 2016 Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, was selected for the 2016 Journal of Human Lactation Patricia Martens Award for Excellence in Breastfeeding Research, presented by the International Lactation... Read more »
Care4Moms project to address needs of mothers with medically fragile babies
July 27, 2016 An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received nearly $900,000 in federal funding to identify and address the needs... Read more »
