Study finds low-income students and Hispanic students disproportionately exposed to tobacco, fast food near schools
August 1, 2016 A new study finds that low-income students and Hispanic students are disproportionately exposed to both tobacco outlets and fast-food restaurants near their schools. Easy access to tobacco... Read more »
Gillings School’s summer undergraduate training program inspires new group of young scholars
July 29, 2016 As the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s summer undergraduate training program comes to a close this week, participants and mentors are celebrating another season during... Read more »
Gillings School student worked to improve women’s health in Zambia
July 21, 2016 This article, compiled and written by Jamie Gnazzo, first appeared July 7 on the UNC Global website. Jane Chaffee didn’t realize her passion for public health until... Read more »
Christine Kim, Gillings School doctoral student, receives Boren Fellowship
July 21, 2016 Christine Kim, a doctoral student at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been awarded the National Security Education Program’s David L. Boren Fellowship. This... Read more »
Nutrition student wins NC Dietetic Association’s leadership award
July 14, 2016 Courtney Luecking, doctoral student in nutrition at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, has won the North Carolina Dietetics Association’s (NCDA) Emerging Dietetic Leader Award for... Read more »
Peer support engages disadvantaged, ‘hardly reached’ people and benefits their health
July 7, 2016 A recent study by researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health shows that peer support is an especially effective strategy for helping people not... Read more »
Chen to represent Gillings School as 2016 Point Scholar
June 28, 2016 The Point Foundation, the largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students, has announced its 2016 Scholars. May Chen, doctoral student of health... Read more »
Kosorok to co-lead NIH ‘Big Data’ supplemental grant to train doctoral students in biomedical sciences
June 28, 2016 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have awarded a $97,956 supplemental “Big Data to Knowledge” (BD2K) grant to... 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 »
Cancer survivors with negative attitudes about social support may have lower quality of life
June 15, 2016 Cancer survivors who have been treated with stem cell transplants generally need to rely on their partner, family, friends and others for a successful recovery. Some survivors... Read more »
