NIH continues funding for CSCC’s landmark study of Hispanic, Latino health in the U.S.
March 1, 2019
The Gillings School's Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center has been awarded a seven-year, $23 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. The historic study is the largest-ever prospective epidemiological study of this diverse population.
Doctoral student awarded RWJF Health Policy Research Scholar Fellowship
February 27, 2019
Denise St. Jean, doctoral student in epidemiology, has been selected as one of 40 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Research Scholars from across the U.S.
Scholars apply research in their fields to influence policy related to population health, health equity and advancing a “Culture of Health.”
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.
Researchers discover variants in DNA that significantly influence how the body distributes fat
February 18, 2019
A new breakthrough study, co-led by Dr. Kari North and involving more than 275 international researchers, identifies multiple genetic variants associated with how the body regulates and distributes body-fat tissue. The study broadens our understanding of the ways genes can predispose certain individuals to obesity.
It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a defibrillator drone!
February 13, 2019
On Feb. 20, Dr. Wayne Rosamond and others will begin testing and simulations on campus of drones designed to deliver automated external defibrillators to people who have experienced cardiac arrest.
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.
Faculty members awarded inaugural grants to improve diagnosis, treatment of cancer
January 29, 2019
Drs. Melissa Troester and Yuchao Jiang were among the recipients of the Computational Medicine Pilot Grant Awards.
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.
