Building upon foundational leadership in maternal and child health
June 4, 2024 At the end of July, the Gillings School will bid farewell to retiring chair of maternal and child health Dr. Carolyn Halpern. Her legacy includes the hiring of new tenure-track and tenured faculty who are tackling important issues of maternal and child health equity.
Informal water contracts could provide quicker, cheaper ways to reduce impact of droughts
May 31, 2024 Research led by environmental scientists at the Gillings School suggests that cost-effective informal water contracts could be a quicker and more affordable way to bring water to cities and homes during droughts and other emergencies.
Zhu named editor of JASA-Applications and Case Studies
May 31, 2024 In his role, Zhu will be responsible for overseeing around 300 submissions per year and appointing new associate editors (AEs) across varying topics.
Study shows effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines wanes moderately over time, is lower against currently circulating variants
May 29, 2024 New research led by Dr. Danyu Lin finds that boosters targeting omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 are still providing reasonably durable protection against infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but they are less protective against the now-dominant JN.1 strain.
Oral nucleoside antiviral is progressing toward future pandemic preparedness
May 23, 2024 An orally administered investigational antiviral — obeldesivir — is broadly effective against coronaviruses.
Should your exercise goals be in minutes or steps? Study suggests they are equally beneficial
May 22, 2024 Researchers, including Dr. Kelly Evenson from the Gillings School, have found that both step and time-based exercise targets are equivalently associated with improved health outcomes, extended lifespan and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
Remembering Pete Andrews
May 20, 2024 Andrews embodied the interdisciplinarity at the root of public policy as an academic endeavor, committed to tackling public problems—especially environmental challenges—with a variety of methods over the course of a distinguished career.
Gillings School’s 84th commencement celebrates Class of 2024
May 14, 2024 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy joined the Gillings School in celebrating 676 graduating students of the Class of 2024. "The truth is that you are needed in the world now more than ever,” Dr. Murthy said in his speech.
Genetic discoveries in mice shed light on vulnerability to Ebola virus disease
May 10, 2024 The Gillings School-led research team is hopeful that these new results in mice will be valuable in the quest to find effective treatment and prevention strategies for Ebola virus infection in humans.
4 Gillings community members honored with 2024 awards for mentorship, teaching, research and service
April 29, 2024 Four members of the Gillings School community were selected to receive the School’s most prestigious awards: Dr. Stephen Cole (Larsh Award), Dr. Joseph Ibrahim (McGavran Award), Dr. Joe Brown (Greenberg Award) and Traci L. Baird (Barr Award).
