Moving academic insights into real-world impact
September 23, 2024 Drs. Oscar Fleming and Melissa Cox are among an inaugural cohort of Translating Innovative Ideas for the Public Good Awardees set to tackle pressing societal challenges using human-centered design and innovative approaches.
Seed grants tackle key environmental health challenges
September 20, 2024The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Triangle-area nonprofit research organization RTI International leveraged their shared expertise to tackle important challenges related to health and the environment.
Tracking fecal pathogen flows in Uganda and Zambia
September 18, 2024 Researchers from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering spent the summer working with communities in Uganda and Zambia, monitoring how sanitation system failures influence the movement of disease-causing organisms through urban environments.
The PROMISE Consortium: Deploying team science principles to build capacity for environmental health research and decision-making
September 18, 2024 Gillings faculty member Dr. Musa Manga and doctoral student Sarah Lebu discuss a new research consortium in the field of environmental health.
New Gillings School center will leverage AI for improved public health
September 16, 2024 The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Public Health will serve as a hub for innovation, where ideas are cultivated, tested and implemented to improve population health outcomes using AI-driven approaches in North Carolina and globally.
How much does diversity factor into Black family childcare?
September 5, 2024 Two in three Black parents take cultural or racial representation into account when choosing their child’s school or childcare facility, according to research led by maternal and child health professor Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka.
Bazzano joins Gillings School as new maternal and child health chair
September 5, 2024
Dr. Alessandra Bazzano's path-breaking research recognizes how technology is changing behavior, how generative AI can be used to analyze data on social determinants of health, and how to use these new technologies to improve maternal health equity and outcomes.
How do we best approach the challenges of AI in medicine?
September 4, 2024 A new scoping review from researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health investigates the challenges presented by AI tools and how best to approach them.
Breakthrough membrane technology could make dialysis portable
September 4, 2024 A multidisciplinary team of researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill is developing a membrane technology that has the potential to significantly miniaturize dialysis equipment, with the goal of providing convenient and effective treatment for millions of patients worldwide.
Gillings School remembers environmental scientist James T. Staley
August 30, 2024 Dr. James Trotter Staley, former assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC School of Public Health, died on Aug. 22 at the age of 86.
