Biostatistics News
Category
Biostatistics News

Bios Announces James E. Grizzle Alumni Award Recipient (2008)

This year’s Foard Lecture and Bios Alumni Day will be held on Monday, April 14 at the Friday Center. The Grizzle lecture and Bios Alumni Day will start at 3:30 in the Windflower A&B. As in past years, the department will host a social at 3:30 PM followed by a seminar presentation by the winner... Read more »

Early neglect predicts aggressive behavior in children

April 07, 2008 Children who are neglected before their second birthday display higher levels of aggressive behavior between ages 4 and 8, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published today in the journal Pediatrics. Early child neglect may be as important as child abuse for predicting aggressive behavior, researchers say.... Read more »

FDA’s Temple to speak on clinical trials on March 6

February 26, 2008 photo, Dr. Robert Temple Robert Temple, MD, often described as one of the most influential officials in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s drug regulatory process, will speak at the UNC School of Public Health at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the Rosenau Auditorium (133 Rosenau Hall). As director of the... Read more »

Munroe-Blum to speak at 2008 School of Public Health commencement

December 20, 2007   Photo, Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum Heather Munroe-Blum, principal and vice chancellor of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a Carolina School of Public Health alumna, will give the commencement address for the School’s graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at 5 pm. in Memorial Hall on the UNC campus. Born in Montreal,... Read more »

Chancellor’s luncheon recognizes faculty who have won awards and honors

October 11, 2007 Twelve faculty members from the School of Public Health were honored recently at a Distinguished Faculty Awards Luncheon hosted by Chancellor James Moeser and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bernadette Gray-Little. The luncheon was held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center Carolina Club to celebrate faculty who have achieved significant professional... Read more »

Jeno Bratts accepts Staff Excellence Award with humility, appreciation

September 13, 2007 Jeno Bratts accepts the Staff Excellence Award On Friday, September 7, Jeno M. Bratts, systems manager in Instructional and Information Systems at the School of Public Health, was honored as recipient of the School’s 2007 Staff Excellence Award. Bratts was presented with a framed certificate and monetary award at an afternoon reception... Read more »

New center expects to make clinical trials faster, cheaper, more reliable

September 07, 2007 Seeking better ways to design and conduct clinical trials, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health has established a new Center for Innovative Clinical Trials. Faculty and other collaborators within the center will develop new methods of collecting and analyzing data from clinical trials, and then efficiently... Read more »