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.
Gillings faculty member and alum named Fulbright Scholars
August 30, 2024 Alum Amber Amparo and Professor of Nutrition Anthony Hackney were each recently named Fulbright Scholars.
More than half the world anticipates serious harm from their drinking water
August 26, 2024 New research co-led by Joshua Miller, doctoral student in nutrition at the Gillings School, has found that billions of people worldwide believe their drinking will cause them future harm.
New HIV risk assessment tool could help focus prevention resources for women in Africa
June 27, 2024 The tool's development team estimated that by offering PrEP medication to a small fraction of the population in Southern, Eastern and West/Central Africa, a substantial share of the 402,000 annual new cases among women in these countries could be prevented.
The Abstract: June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024 Whether you’re local or global, student or alumni, the Abstract’s weekly news digest will help you stay in the loop with our amazing Gillings School community. Environmental... Read more »
