Doctoral student co-authors two studies on the difficulties of quitting smoking
April 26, 2017 Paul Shafer, health policy and management doctoral student, co-authored two articles that examine aspects of the behaviors of smokers who are trying to quit or who are exposed to antismoking advertising. The articles appear in Preventing Chronic Disease and the Journal of Health Communication.
Heath behavior students claim prize for health equity
April 26, 2017 MyHealthEd Inc., a nonprofit organization co-led by two students in the health behavior department, has won the $25,000 Aetna Foundation Prize for Health Equity Innovation.
Study finds small, mostly-male schools are less likely to have sexual assault policies
April 20, 2017 A new research paper highlights the wide variation in definitions of consent at universities across the United States.
New study explores timing of changes in blood pressure health that lead to larger disparities
April 20, 2017 African Americans and men are more likely to transition from ideal levels of blood pressure in childhood or early adulthood compared to white Americans and women, which puts them at increased risk of developing hypertension earlier in life.
One year later: Berkeley’s 'Soda Tax' significantly reduced sales of sugary drinks
April 18, 2017 A new study found that a 2015 tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) implemented by Berkeley, Calif., resulted one year later in a drop in SSB purchases and an increase in purchases of non-sweetened beverages, including water. The study, co-led by Drs. Barry Popkin and Shu Wen Ng, and researchers at the Public Health Institute of Oakland, Calif., was published in PLOS Medicine.
Biostatistics students receive travel awards for ASA conference
April 18, 2017 Chong Jin and Rachel Nethery, doctoral students of biostatistics, have been awarded American Statistical Association (ASA) travel awards for their respective work on clonal evolution and social vulnerability.
Gillings researchers find further evidence that bats may be evolutionary source of MERS
April 13, 2017 A collaborative team including researchers from the Gillings School has found new evidence to support the hypothesis that the MERS coronavirus originated in bat populations.
Ten-year study shows steady increase in Type 1, Type 2 diabetes in US youth
April 13, 2017 A study co-led by Dr. Beth Mayer-Davis and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the yearly rate of newly diagnosed cases of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in youth increased significantly and steadily in the years between 2002 and 2012, especially among Hispanic youth.
BIOS students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
April 11, 2017 Elizabeth Chase and Taylor Lagler of the Department of Biostatistics have won prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Oberlander’s ‘Perspective’ considers reasons for failure of Obamacare repeal
April 6, 2017 Dr. Jonathan Oberlander, in a New England Journal of Medicine 'Perspective' article, discusses why the initial effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was such a monumental failure.
