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: March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023 Kosorok honored with George W. Snedecor Award, and Gillings faculty receive funding for new research.
Studying the genetics of heart attacks and strokes in Hispanic populations
February 10, 2023 A $2.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will allow researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and Penn State to examine the genetic underpinnings of heart attack and stroke in Hispanic populations from across the Americas.
Jeffrey Simms joins NCHL Board of Directors
February 9, 2023 Jeffrey Simms is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at UNC Gillings — and he's a new member of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership's Board of Directors.
$3.3 million NIMH grant will fund study addressing undervaccination among people with anxiety and depression
February 9, 2023 A $3.3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will fund innovative new research to address high levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among individuals with symptoms of anxiety or 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.
Beck named AAAS faculty fellow
February 1, 2023 Dr. Melinda Beck is one of three Carolina faculty members who have been selected as 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the most distinguished honors in the scientific community.
