Maternal and Child Health News
Sullivan elected to US Breastfeeding Committee’s board of directors
July 20, 2016 Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RD, LDN, acting director of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute and the Institute’s director of training, has... 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 »
Cilenti to lead $1.74M HRSA grant to support maternal and child health workforce development
June 29, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Department of Maternal and Child Health has been awarded a one-year, $1.74 million cooperative agreement from the Division of... Read more »
Gillings School students make an impact on global, local health
June 17, 2016 Two UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni and one current student recently shared their stories with the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases.... Read more »
Leigh Tally: Helping local governments in Africa use data better
May 27, 2016 Leigh Tally, MPH, has a record of public health service that spans the globe. As a graduate student, she served as a consultant to the Department of... Read more »
Gillings School alumnus selected as finalist for Service to America Medal
May 27, 2016 Allen Wilcox, PhD, Gillings School alumnus and a pioneer in reproductive epidemiology, has been selected as a finalist for a 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America... Read more »
Eight Gillings students awarded global internships
May 25, 2016 This year, eight students from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health were awarded global internships administered by the Gillings Global GatewayTM. The student recipients are:... Read more »
UNC Gillings School celebrates its graduates; Dr. Dennis Gillings delivers commencement address
May 7, 2016 You – and your parents – will be glad to hear that public health is one of the fastest-growing professions in the country. The major investment in... Read more »
IGHID funds three Gillings School researchers
May 6, 2016 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers have been awarded three of six Explorations in Global Health grants, funded by the UNC Institute for Global Health... Read more »
