Can an integrated AI tool make it easier to estimate gestational age?
January 29, 2025 The findings suggest that users with little to no training in sonography were able to use the AI tool to estimate gestational age, which is crucial in maternal and neonatal care.
NIH awards $20M to fund human virus research center co-led by Gillings School
January 27, 2025 This center is critical, said Dr. Kari North of the UNC Gillings School, because we currently have very little understanding of the breadth of impact that viruses have on human health and disease.
7 Gillings faculty receive Research Excellence Awards
January 24, 2025 The purpose of the chair-nominated Gillings Research Excellence Awards is to recognize one early- to mid-career faculty member from each department who has demonstrated excellence, innovation and impact in their research pursuits.
Weber named incoming president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
January 9, 2024 The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) appoints Dr. David Weber as the board of trustees president.
Recent changes to testing methods and case definitions impact our knowledge of Lyme disease in North Carolina
December 13, 2024 A new study from Ross Boyce, MD, Gayoung Lee, MPH, and the North Carolina Division of Public Health, looked at how introduction of a new testing approach impacted surveillance and reporting of Lyme disease in North Carolina between 2017 and 2023.
Gallo to chair Gillings School’s epidemiology department
December 5, 2024 The UNC Gillings School community will welcome Dr. Maria Gallo as the new chair of the Department of Epidemiology on Jan. 1, 2025.
UNC researchers awarded up to $10M to leverage data science to accelerate cancer diagnosis and optimize delivery of precision oncology
December 5, 2024 The project is designed to improve cancer diagnosis and support personalized treatments by quickly aggregating and analyzing a wide range of health data, including electronic health records, histopathological and radiological images, insurance claims and geographic information.
SKANRF announces funding for groundbreaking anorexia nervosa research
December 2, 2024 Teams from the Gillings School, TexasTech Unversity and Vanderbilt University Medical Center receive inaugural Phase 1 grant award.
11 Gillings School experts named to Clarivate's 2024 Highly Cited Researchers List
November 26, 2024 Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research and have greatly extended the frontiers of knowledge to make the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure.
Medicaid expansion may reduce deaths among formerly incarcerated, but racial inequities persist
November 21, 2024 Results from a new study led by Gillings School researchers show that expanding access to Medicaid for people who were formerly incarcerated was associated with lower mortality due to drug overdoses, homicides and deaths from all causes. But there are significant racialized inequities in this reduction.
