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.
He applies Army skills to public health challenges
November 14, 2024 Before Dr. Ross Boyce led projects to fight malaria in Uganda, he led soldiers in combat in Iraq.
Improving mental health care in Malawi
October 21, 2024 New research led by a team at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health investigates the sustainability of a mental health care program in Malawi, where the need for mental health care far outweighs the current capacity for treatment.
Storms, floods, landslides associated with intimate partner violence against women two years later
October 14, 2024 A new global study that features research from Dr. Abigail Hatcher suggests that when a country experiences climate shocks, levels of partner violence increase two years later.
Gillings School graduate Gary White to receive 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
October 4, 2024 Gary White has devoted his life to creating sustainable solutions to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation to millions of people throughout the world.
Engaging family members to support breastfeeding and anti-retroviral therapy, prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV
September 29, 2024 Children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected experience poor growth and development compared to children who are HIV-unexposed and uninfected, according to research led by Dr. Stephanie Martin. Exclusive breastfeeding with adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is a recommended practice for preventing mother-to-child transmission, but there are barriers to adherence.
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.
Gillings School alum named Haitian prime minister
September 16, 2024 As Haiti faces a political and humanitarian crisis marked by increasing gang violence and economic instability, the Presidential Transition Council named Garry Conille as prime minister until elections for a new president can be held.
