NIH funds community engagement research efforts in areas hardest hit by COVID-19
October 19, 2020 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced a $12 million award for outreach and engagement efforts in ethnic and racial minority communities that are being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The award — made to RTI International — will support teams in 11 states that are part of the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. In North Carolina, the CEAL principal investigator is Dr. Anissa I. Vines of the UNC Gillings School.
WaSH deficiencies identified in response to COVID-19 require urgent attention
October 19, 2020 A recent review that features work from the UNC Water Institute has shown that deficiencies in water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) strategies are limiting our ability to fight the pandemic.
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will make managing droughts more complicated
October 16, 2020 Near-term concerns about the impact the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will have on water availability for Egypt and Sudan are unlikely to materialize, but drought preparedness will require careful coordination, suggests research published by researchers from five major universities.
Gillings School celebrates 'food hero' Alice Ammerman on World Food Day 2020
October 16, 2020 Food insecurity impacts more than 1.4 million people in North Carolina. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, these numbers have increased. Dr. Alice Ammerman is leading one innovative approach to a solution: creating standardized procedures for food vendors to safely donate excess prepared food.
Viewpoint: Unhealthy food needs prominent warning labels
October 14, 2020 The United States should require prominent warning labels on front-of-product packaging to alert consumers when food products contain high levels of unhealthy nutrients, according to a recent JAMA Viewpoint article co-authored by Gillings School faculty member Marissa Hall.
UNC research uncovers evidence of human susceptibility to emerging coronavirus strain in swine
October 12, 2020 New research from the Baric Lab suggests that an emerging strain of coronavirus known as swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV) may have the potential to spread to humans as well.
Samuel-Hodge wins inaugural Gillings Faculty Award for Excellence in Health Equity Research
October 12, 2020 Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural Gillings Faculty Award for Excellence in Health Equity Research.
Understanding how cirrus clouds form can improve climate change modeling
October 8, 2020 New research has found that trees and plants play an important role in the formation of cirrus clouds. This finding that has implications for agriculture, urban development and climate change modeling.
Gillings School receives 2020 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
October 7, 2020 For the second year in a row, the Gillings School has been selected to receive the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for its outstanding commitment to and ongoing promotion of inclusive excellence.
Black women with breast cancer experience delayed, longer treatment than white women
October 5, 2020 One in seven Black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment, and Black women also had extended duration of treatment, according to a study led by researchers from the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
