UNC team awarded $3.25M grant to study role of placenta in children’s later-life health

September 13, 2017 Researchers from the Departments of Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, and Biostatistics have been awarded a large grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to investigate the role of the placenta as a driver of children’s later-life health.

Gillings Merit Scholars and Gillings Dissertation Awards announced

August 29, 2017 Seventeen students were selected as recipients of Gillings Merit Scholarships or Gillings Dissertation Awards for the 2017-2018 academic year. The award funds, established in 2010 to help the Gillings School recruit and support graduate students with exceptional promise and potential, were made possible through the $50 million Gillings gift and are administered through the Gillings School’s Research, Innovation and Global Solutions office.

Home test for HPV may be lifesaving for women who do not receive regular cervical cancer screenings

July 25, 2017 A new study, led by Dr. Jennifer Smith and published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, finds a convenient at-home test for human papillomavirus (HPV) to be a promising tool for preventing cervical cancer in underscreened women in the United States.

NIH renews UNC Gillings environmental health sciences training grant for ninth time

July 19, 2017 The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has renewed a major training grant that the Gillings School has led since 1971. The program supports scholars in biostatistics, epidemiology and environmental sciences and engineering, many of whom have gone on to affect national environmental policy.

Largest study of Hispanics/Latinos in US presents new findings about lung capacity in people of Dominican, Puerto Rican ethnicity

July 14, 2017 A new study led by Gillings School researchers has determined reference parameters for measuring lung capacity in non-Mexican American Hispanics. Accurate reference values for such measures are important for diagnosing common chronic lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and predicting mortality.

2017 UNC alumni reception at this year’s JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings)

July 31, 2017 Please join colleagues from the Gillings School for food, fellowship and networking during JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings). Baltimore-area alumni, colleagues and friends are invited to a reception on Monday, July 31, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Shachtman, former biostatistics professor, dies at 75

July 10, 2017 Dr. Richard Shachtman, former biostatistics professor at the Gillings School, died June 24, in Phoenix, Ariz. Shachtman was on the UNC public health faculty from 1973 to 1997.

Biostatistics’ Li named to three-year term on NIH study section

June 21, 2017 Dr. Yun Li has been named for a three-year term to the Genomics, Computational Biology and Technology Study Section for the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review.

Study findings suggest some individuals are genetically more vulnerable to harm from air pollution

June 9, 2017 Findings from a study led by a doctoral student of epidemiology suggest that some individuals are genetically susceptible to experiencing especially negative effects from air pollution, even when pollution levels fall below current U.S. accepted standards.

Obese adults experience increased influenza risk despite being vaccinated, study finds

June 6, 2017 Melinda A. Beck, PhD, of the UNC Gillings Department of Nutrition, is the corresponding author of a new study in the International Journal of Obesity. The study found that, compared to adults of healthy weight, obese adults are twice as likely to contract the flu or a flu-like illness despite being vaccinated.

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