Theater-based intervention boosts adolescent knowledge of HIV, study finds
April 27, 2016 The results of a new study show that a theater-based comprehensive sexual health intervention was effective at enhancing HIV awareness among high school students in both North... Read more »
Halpern, Pence to be recognized with Larsh, McGavran faculty awards
April 27, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will present two of its most prestigious faculty awards during the School’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7. Carolyn... Read more »
Hart, new Burch Fellow, to partner with traditional healers in Tarapoto, Peru
April 22, 2016 For Sarah Hart, it was a confluence of luck and good planning that resulted in her pending trip to Peru. Last December, she saw a posting about... Read more »
Burch Fellowship enables Senthilnathan to conduct research in Tamil Nadu, India
April 19, 2016 When the Gillings Global Gateway™ invited an administrator from Aravind Eye Care System in Tamil Nadu, India, to present a seminar at the UNC Gillings School of... Read more »
Distributing self-test kits to women can promote HIV testing among men in Kenya, study finds
April 18, 2016 Self-testing is emerging as a promising approach to increasing HIV testing rates among men in sub-Saharan Africa. In a new study led by Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD, of... Read more »
PHLP students plan, present public health exhibits at the UNC Science Expo
April 18, 2016 Where can you find healthy vegetable and beverage recipes, learn how to lift a box without injuring your back and figure out how vaccinations work? Why, at... Read more »
Two studies address link between obesity and basal-like breast cancer
April 7, 2016 Recent work from the laboratory of Liza Makowski, PhD, assistant professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, explores two possibilities for breaking... Read more »
How collaborations are advancing gender-based violence research and training at UNC
April 5, 2016 An article by Jessica Porter, published April 5 in Endeavors, describes the involvement of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers in the UNC Gender-Based Violence... Read more »
Gillings student publishes guidelines to improve reporting on mHealth interventions
April 5, 2016 A new paper led by a student researcher at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health proposes guidelines to improve the quality of reported research on... Read more »
Lane awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for biostatistics
March 31, 2016 Andrea Lane is one of 19 statistics students in the country to win a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship in 2016. The purpose of... Read more »
