Smokers and former smokers show COPD-like symptoms despite otherwise normal lung function
May 11, 2016 About half of current or former smokers have respiratory symptoms similar to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and an increase of COPD-like symptom flare-ups, despite no COPD... Read more »
Metabolic reprogramming of white blood cells controls inflammation in fat
May 11, 2016 Researchers in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have found that it is possible to control inflammation in fat tissue by manipulating the presence of... Read more »
Kosorok to take year's leave; Cai will serve as interim chair of biostatistics
May 10, 2016 Michael R. Kosorok, PhD, W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and chair of biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, will take a one-year leave... Read more »
UNC Gillings School celebrates its graduates; Dr. Dennis Gillings delivers commencement address
May 7, 2016 You – and your parents – will be glad to hear that public health is one of the fastest-growing professions in the country. The major investment in... Read more »
Biostatistics department presents Staff Excellence and Star Heel Awards
April 29, 2016 In a presentation and staff appreciation lunch on Thursday, April 28, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, the Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center... Read more »
Biostatistics department presents Grizzle Distinguished Alumnus Award
April 22, 2016 On Thursday, April 21, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics presented the 2016 James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumnus Award to Michael L.... Read more »
Inan awarded P.K. Sen Distinguished Visiting Professorship
April 22, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health welcomes Gul Inan, PhD, to the Department of Biostatistics as the P.K. Sen Distinguished Visiting Professor in Biostatistics. Inan... Read more »
Burch Fellowship enables Senthilnathan to conduct research in Tamil Nadu, India
April 19, 2016 When the Gillings Global Gateway™ invited an administrator from Aravind Eye Care System in Tamil Nadu, India, to present a seminar at the UNC Gillings School of... Read more »
Gillings to present School’s commencement address on May 7
April 18, 2016 Dennis Gillings, PhD, CBE, will present the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s commencement address on Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m. in Carmichael Arena. A... Read more »
Two from Gillings School elected as delegates to UNC Employee Forum
April 15, 2016 Two staff members from the Gillings School of Global Public Health have been elected to the UNC Employee Forum. As staff delegates, Bryan Andregg and Natiaya Neal... Read more »
