NC Institute for Public Health News
Researchers explore protective strategies in young adult alcohol use
March 21, 2024 A recent study examines harm-reduction behaviors aimed at mitigating alcohol-related consequences among people ages 18 to 25, unveiling various protective approaches and identifying additional strategies, which may differ from commonly studied ones.
Upshaw named chair of newly formed Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice
February 9, 2024 Dr. Vaughn Upshaw led the Leadership in Practice concentration of the Gillings School's Master of Public Health degree, and she will continue to direct the Public Health Leadership Certificate program.
Gillings School announces new Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice, new NCIPH director
December 7, 2023 The department will unite the Public Health Leadership Program and the North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH), with the goal of strengthening and elevating the scholarship of leadership and practice at the Gillings School.
NC Institute for Public Health backs the work of local health departments
With funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, NCIPH leads programs that build a stronger public health workforce.
Gillings School to lead planning for future CDC emergency preparedness, response center
October 3, 2023 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a five-year work plan for a future Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response coordinating center, to be established in 2024.
Gillings students, alumni and faculty contribute to NCMJ themed issue on violence prevention
September 25, 2023 Scientists from the Gillings School collaborated with N.C. public health experts on an issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal documenting common-sense community-based programs and people that are working to make firearm ownership safer in the state using evidence-based approaches to lower the probability of firearm-related injuries and deaths.
Gillings School announces inaugural Public Health Communications Fellows
March 13, 2023 Master of Public Health students Amma Agyemang-Duah and Rachel Morrow are the Gillings School’s first-ever Public Health Communications Fellows.
The Abstract: August 29, 2022
August 29, 2022 Maman is named to the Academic Leadership Program fellowship, Helm-Murtagh publishes a new textbook, Bamogo joins the incoming cohort of Royster Society Fellows and Thomas is elected to the N.C Public Health Association executive committee.
Wiesman named associate dean for practice at UNC Gillings School
August 18, 2022 Dr. John Wiesman has been appointed associate dean for practice at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. In this senior leadership role, he will provide guidance to achieve the school’s vision and goals for putting public health training into action.
Cohen and Wiesman talk state response to COVID-19 pandemic
April 26, 2022 The Carolina community recently had the unique opportunity to talk to two leaders who became the face of public health during an event that changed our lives and transformed the way we think about heath.
