Health Policy and Management News
Alumnus named co-chair of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
December 18, 2018
Dr. John Wiesman, Gillings School alumnus and adjunct assistant professor in the School's health policy and management department, has been named co-chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on AIDS.
Rozier named NC Oral Health Equity Champion
December 13, 2018
Presented by the North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative, Rozier's award was established to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to oral health equity in North Carolina.
Spotlight on leadership: the DrPH
Periodically, we will feature a nationally recognized leadership program or initiative offered at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The first is the online Doctor of Public Health... Read more »
Richard Besser, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO, will speak at the Gillings School’s May commencement
December 10, 2018
"We are proud of our association with the UNC Gillings School and its work to make public health a top priority in America," Dr. Besser said.
Reflecting on 70 years of human rights in public health
December 10, 2018
Today, an annual global celebration recognizes Human Rights Day, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. UNC Gillings adjunct faculty member Dr. Benjamin Mason Meier discusses this anniversary in the context of human rights in public health.
11 undergraduates from the Gillings School inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
December 5, 2018
Students from all four Gillings School departments offering the Bachelor of Science in Public Health have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the country’s oldest and most honored college honorary society.
Meier edits book on human rights in global health
November 16, 2018
Dr. Benjamin Meier's new book is a collection of perspectives on human rights in global health.
Weintraub selected for APHA’s Knutson Distinguished Service Award
November 13, 2018
Dr. Jane Weintraub received the APHA Oral Health Section's distinguished service award at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in San Diego on Nov. 12.
Gentry travels to Turkey to instruct about hospitals' preparedness for chemical warfare
November 3, 2018
Gentry was invited to speak at the international workshop in Ankara by his former student, Guy Valente, now a program officer with The Hague's Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Photo by Ruth Hartnup.
Students win Kenan-Flagler Healthcare Case Competition
October 29, 2018 Three health policy and management students at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health won first prize in the second annual 2018 UNC Healthcare Case Competition, hosted by the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Healthcare Club on Oct. 26-27 in Chapel Hill.
