Wheeler named to lead UNC Lineberger’s new community outreach office, aiming to reduce cancer inequities
March 8, 2019
Dr. Stephanie Wheeler has been named associate director of UNC Lineberger’s new Office of Community Outreach and Engagement. In the new role, she will gather community input to assess the needs of North Carolinians related to cancer prevention, early detection, cancer care and survivorship.
Gillings School mourns loss of Dr. Bill Jenkins, advocate for minority health and witness against racism
February 19, 2019
Dr. William Carter Jenkins, alumnus and adjunct professor at the Gillings School, died Feb. 17 at the age of 73. Jenkins’s passing was especially poignant given its proximity to the School’s 40th-anniversary Minority Health Conference, of which Jenkins was a founder and decades-long supporter.
UNC-led team awarded $5.1 million for cervical cancer prevention effort in Malawi
February 7, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Smith is a co-investigator for the USAID-National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine project.
UNC, Ribisl found to be highly ranked producers of scholarly information on e-cigarettes
February 5, 2019
An independent analysis by researchers at Rutgers found UNC-Chapel Hill to be one of the top three producers of scholarly articles about e-cigarettes. Dr. Kurt Ribisl was recognized as one of the top individual researchers on the topic. Photo by Vaping360.
Alumna Sally Herndon honored with Levine Award for distinguished work in public health
February 5, 2019
Sally Herndon, 1980 alumna and adjunct instructor in health behavior at the Gillings School, has been named recipient of the 2019 Ronald H. Levine Legacy Award, presented by the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
HIV intervention provides opportunity to explore the nature of resilience among young black men
January 25, 2019
“This work is particularly timely in the context of broader social movements toward greater health equity across race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation,” said Dr. Kate Muessig, senior author of the study. Photo by Gabriel Antonio.
Alumna Hakenewerth dies at 62
January 21, 2019
Hakenewerth earned a doctorate in epidemiology from the Gillings School in 2011.
Insulin or metformin? Study finds no difference in health outcomes for children whose mothers were treated for gestational diabetes
July 16, 2019
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the largest to examine long-term outcomes in a real-world setting in children born to women treated for GDM with metformin or insulin. Photo by Oleg Sergeichik.
Marshall named interim director of NC Institute for Public Health
January 14, 2019
Marshall, a Gillings School alumnus and international expert in injury prevention research, succeeds Dr. Rachel Wilfert, who served as NCIPH interim director from May 2017 to December 2018.
Alumnus Russell Toal appointed deputy secretary of New Mexico’s human services department
January 14, 2018
Active in public health health leadership for more than 40 years, Toal served as a deputy director for HSD’s Medical Assistance Division from 2014 to 2017. He is a former member of the Gillings School's Public Health Foundation board.
