May 13, 2005 For about 10 years, HBHE assistant professor Megan Lewis has been researching the impact of spousal (or, more precisely, domestic partner) communication on health behaviors. Now, because of a major grant from the National Cancer Institute, she has the opportunity to carry that research even further. In the coming months, she will... Read more »
May 13, 2005 Spring is awards season across the University, and we’re excited about the significant work HBHE students have been doing and the rewards they have received for their leadership in both scholarship and outreach. Read about some of our students’work below, and for a more complete listing, click on the following link: http://www.sph.unc.edu/hbhe/alumni/Website_SRB_2004-2005.pdf.Annie... Read more »
May 13, 2005 Springtime at UNC brings Carolina blue skies, blooming flowers, March Madness (with a legendary season this year!), and a raft of awards for HBHE. Three faculty members – assistant professor Deb Tate, Alumni Distinguished Professor Barbara Rimer, and professor and chair Jo Anne Earp – were only the latest on HBHE’s award... Read more »
May 13, 2005 A fond farewell goes out to Rich Killingsworth, research associate professor in HBHE., who is leaving Chapel Hill to begin work with the Ruth Mott Foundation in Flint, MI, as their new director of Health Promotion. Rich, whose work focuses on improving physical activity through policy, urban design and community-based approaches, has... Read more »
May 04, 2005 After a lengthy search, Suzanne Maman will be joining HBHE this fall as a tenure-track assistant professor. Suzanne earned her MHS (1995) and PhD (2000) from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, where she is currently an assistant professor in their Department of International Health. A social and behavioral scientist,... Read more »
January 27, 2005 Barbara Rimer, alumni distinguished professor in HBHE and deputy director for population sciences at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the new dean of the School of Public Health. HBHE is very proud that one of their own will be leading the school; click on the following link to learn more about... Read more »
January 25, 2005 HBHE faculty members are on the move! Read below to learn more about faculty leaves and retirements.Faculty Leave: HBHE professor Carol Runyan (PhD 1983) was awarded an RJ Reynolds Sabbatical leave by the University to focus on research and scholarly writing. Carol will be dividing her time between Chapel Hill, Washington, D.C.,... Read more »
January 25, 2005 Nancy Krieger, associate professor of Public Health in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and associate director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health, was this year’s Godfrey M. Hochbaum Distinguished Lecturer. On March 30th Dr. Krieger spoke on “Whose Health? Whose... Read more »
December 01, 2004 “When we set out to recruit the top young people in health communication research last year,” said HBHE department chair, Jo Anne Earp, “never did we dream that we’d get not one, but two, of the best assistant professors in the field.” Yet that’s exactly what happened. After a long, highly competitive... Read more »
August 02, 2004 The Department of Health Behavior and Health Education recently learned that it has been awarded a grant by the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) to hold a second Patient Advocacy Summit. The national conference, which will take place in Spring 2005, will bring together a diverse group of leaders in... Read more »
