Four new Gillings Innovation Labs awarded
February 29, 2016 Four teams of researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have been awarded new funding for Gillings Innovation Labs (GILs), beginning this spring. The... Read more »
ESE student team awarded EPA’s ‘People, Prosperity and the Planet’ grant
February 29, 2016 A team of students working with Mark Sobsey, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of environmental sciences and engineering (ESE) at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health,... Read more »
Bentley awarded ASN prize for global health research and teaching
February 29, 2016 Margaret (Peggy) Bentley, PhD, has received the American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN) 2016 Kellogg Prize for International Nutrition Research and Lecture. Bentley, the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished... Read more »
HB alumnus named dean of communication at University of Texas
February 29, 2016 Jay Bernhardt, PhD, alumnus of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been appointed dean of University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication,... Read more »
Simms honored by American College of Healthcare Executives
February 25, 2016 Jeffrey Simms, MSPH, was presented with the 2016 American College of Healthcare Executives’ Higher Education Network Regent’s Award at the winter meeting of the North Carolina Hospital... Read more »
Gillings researchers receive funding to harmonize India-US youth diabetes registries
February 24, 2016 Two researchers at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health have received funding from the National Institutes of Health for a collaborative grant... Read more »
Gillings School recognizes outstanding teachers with Innovation Awards
February 23, 2016 The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health community gathered in Armfield Atrium on Feb. 22 to celebrate eight faculty members – one from... Read more »
Current and veteran military students bring field experience to health policy and management
February 23, 2016 Have you ever considered how the military oversees the health care of its vast network of current and former employees? Try to visualize it, and you may... Read more »
Review of recent research suggests calcium supplements may be overused by middle-age and older adults
February 22, 2016 The adult recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) for calcium have changed several times over the last half-century, and controversy continues about how much calcium healthy adults need and... Read more »
PTSD may accelerate immune system aging
February 22, 2016 A new study led by a researcher at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health has found that people affected by post-traumatic stress... Read more »
