Town hall meeting on the future of public health education
Donna Petersen A town hall meeting on “Framing the Future: The Second 100 Years of Education for Public Health” will be held at the Gillings School of Global Public Health... Read more »
Town hall meeting on the future of public health education
Olshan named to UNC Lineberger leadership post
November 27, 2012 Andrew F. Olshan, PhD, has been appointed UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s associate director of population sciences. Dr. Andy Olshan Olshan, professor and chair of epidemiology at... Read more »
Viera awarded School of Medicine’s inaugural Wilkerson Professorship
November 27, 2012 Anthony Viera, MD, MPH, 2006 alumnus of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, has received the inaugural... Read more »
New Phi Beta Kappa members announced
November 27, 2012 Six Bachelor of Science in Public Health students at Gillings School of Global Public Health have been elected into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most... Read more »
Oberlander’s NEJM ‘Perspective’ outlines challenges facing the Affordable Care Act
November 26, 2012 Who among us has read the 2,409 pages of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, is one of a tiny minority. Dr. Jon... Read more »
World Toilet Day is Nov. 19
November 19, 2012 If you have a private place to go to the toilet, you’re among the world’s fortunate. About 2.5 billion people in the world do not. World... Read more »
Schenck spearheads celebration of Public Health Thank You Day
November 16, 2012 Research!America and other leading public health organizations have designated Monday, Nov. 19, as Public Health Thank You Day, a day on which to recognize health-related research,... Read more »
HPM student selected as Corris Boyd Scholar
Mohamed Jalloh Mohamed Jalloh, first year master of health administration in health policy and management at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, was selected this summer as a 2012... Read more »
Water Institute partners with water nonprofit in The Netherlands
November 16, 2012 The Water Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a new collaboration with the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in... Read more »
UNC to lead national evaluation of W.K. Kellogg Foundation breastfeeding program
November 15, 2012 Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded $900,000 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to evaluate First... Read more »