Trivedi and Kurz Goodwin honored with 2023 Gillings teaching assistant awards
April 19, 2023 Purva Trivedi and Celeste Kurz Goodwin have been named the 2023 winners of the Gillings School Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) Awards.
New research uncovers link between neurodegenerative disease and changes in brain shape
April 14, 2023 New research from UNC and Florida State University demonstrates how neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, can significantly accelerate changes in subcortical areas of the brain in older adults.
Bivalent COVID-19 boosters effectively protect against new omicron subvariants
April 12, 2023 New research led by the Gillings School shows that bivalent COVID-19 boosters are still providing effective protection from hospitalization and death, even against the most recent omicron subvariants.
7 Gillings students receive Community Engagement Fellowships
April 5, 2023 Seven graduate and professional students in the Gillings School have been selected as 2023 Community Engagement Fellows through the Carolina Center for Public Service.
‘Every little bit helps’: The broad benefits of getting active
March 22, 2023 While it might be hard to make time for exercise, incorporating physical activity can start with small tweaks in daily routines, according to Gillings School researchers, and those changes can lead to longer, healthier lives.
Gillings School students visit RTI headquarters for annual PHield Trip
March 22, 2023 The Gillings School’s annual PHield Trip immerses students in the work of public health partners like RTI.
U.S. Catholic hospitals saw more than 500,000 births in 2020, according to UNC-Duke research
March 21, 2023 Researchers at UNC and Duke have found that, in 2020, more than 500,000 U.S. births occurred in Catholic hospitals, which may not provide a full range of reproductive health care. Catholic hospitals were the predominant option for delivery care in more than 10% of U.S. counties, and many had no available alternative.
Gillings School announces inaugural Public Health Communications Fellows
March 13, 2023 Master of Public Health students Amma Agyemang-Duah and Rachel Morrow are the Gillings School’s first-ever Public Health Communications Fellows.
The Abstract: February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023 New research on physical activity during pregnancy, human rights support for tobacco cessation and the association between socioeconomic mobility and depression.
HIV research in the time of COVID-19: Chunyan Li studies barriers to PrEP in Guangdong and a unique intervention
February 6, 2023 Chunyan Li is a social and behavioral researcher in the Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School applying socially innovative and community-engaged approaches to promote public health in global settings. For her dissertation, she worked with UNC Project-China to assess barriers to PrEP in the province of Guangdong. She also tested a phone app intervention to improve HIV/sexual health care.