From the Dean's desk (Spring, 2013)
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From the dean’s desk |
May 01, 2013 | |
Research connects past and future In this spring issue, we focus on research-in-progress, as befits the season. We highlight people who are developing new solutions to public health problems and acknowledge that their successes are built upon a foundation of scholarship and research that connects the past to the future. Excellence, quality, creativity and innovation are hallmarks of the people featured here. I find several lessons in their projects.
In the end, though, there’s an innovation – an idea, product or program that is a better solution to a public health problem than prior solutions. Kenan Professor Steve Zeisel could have been talking about any of these projects when he described his work at the Nutrition Research Institute. When one takes new approaches to emerging issues, he says, “the results are exciting–and the promise of the future unlimited.”
How true.I hope you enjoy this issue and the special people featured here. Many more great people are connected to the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and we want you to meet them all.Thanks for reading.
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH
Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor
Carolina Public Health is a publication of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. To view previous issues, please visit www.sph.unc.edu/cph.
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Last updated May 20, 2013