Health Policy and Management News
Older black women insured by Medicare receive targeted breast cancer treatment at low rate
April 13, 2016 The advent of targeted drugs for a specific type of breast cancer – HER2 positive –dramatically has improved survival rates for women with the disease. However, a... Read more »
Dean Rimer on Vice President Biden’s Cancer 'Moonshot' Blue Ribbon Panel
April 4, 2016 Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, Alumni Distinguished Professor and dean of the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named a member of... Read more »
Shafer studies smoking, from smoke-free air laws to anti-smoking media campaigns
March 24, 2016 Paul Shafer, MA, studies media campaigns and policies related to tobacco use. Recently, he has co-authored articles on both a statewide smoke-free air law and a national... Read more »
Seven from Gillings School receive Impact Awards; fellowships presented to other public health scholars
March 23, 2016 Students from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health earned seven of the 17 Impact Awards presented by the Graduate School in 2016. The awards, made... Read more »
GillingsX highlights innovation at school of public health
March 10, 2016 On Wednesday, March 9, five speakers at the annual GillingsX event shared how they apply innovative approaches to the field of public health, both locally and globally.... Read more »
Health policy and management students bring home case competition win
March 3, 2016 In the latest news from a long tradition of award-winning case management teams at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, three students from the Department... Read more »
Gillings students receive community engagement fellowship to develop breastfeeding curriculum
March 3, 2016 Stacey Klaman and Kea Turner are going to create a breastfeeding curriculum specifically for women with substance use disorders. The two UNC scholars have received a 2016... Read more »
Simms honored by American College of Healthcare Executives
February 25, 2016 Jeffrey Simms, MSPH, was presented with the 2016 American College of Healthcare Executives’ Higher Education Network Regent’s Award at the winter meeting of the North Carolina Hospital... Read more »
Gillings School recognizes outstanding teachers with Innovation Awards
February 23, 2016 The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health community gathered in Armfield Atrium on Feb. 22 to celebrate eight faculty members – one from... Read more »
Current and veteran military students bring field experience to health policy and management
February 23, 2016 Have you ever considered how the military oversees the health care of its vast network of current and former employees? Try to visualize it, and you may... Read more »
