NCI renews grant for genomics and cancer research training program at Gillings School
September 2, 2016 The Department of Biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been awarded a renewal of the “Biostatistics for Research in Genomics and Cancer”... Read more »
Powell named associate director of Center for Health Equity Research
September 1, 2016 Wizdom Powell, PhD, associate professor of health behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named associate director of the UNC Department of... Read more »
International study finds 20 genetic regions, across all ethnic ancestries, associated with kidney function
September 1, 2016 A large international collaboration marks the first study of kidney function involving individuals from four continents. After examining kidney function in African, Asian, European and Hispanic individuals,... Read more »
CDC funds sexual violence study at UNC’s Injury Prevention Research Center
September 1, 2016 The UNC Injury Prevention Research Center has been awarded a four-year, $1.79 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the impact of... Read more »
NCIPH awarded Kate B. Reynolds grant to assist health programs in rural NC
August 31, 2016 The North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH), the service and outreach arm of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been awarded a $192,265... Read more »
Tully and colleagues receive NC TraCS award for infant side-car bassinet project
August 30, 2016 Kristin Tully, PhD, of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI), has been recognized with the Improving Human Health Award, presented by the North Carolina Translational & Clinical... Read more »
New Royster Society Fellow draws on experience in Burkina Faso
August 29, 2016 This article, by Scott Jared, was posted originally on the UNC Global website. Charlotte Lane left her heart in West Africa, but she will return to begin... Read more »
Researchers question process for reviewing coverage of ‘off label’ cancer drug use
August 25, 2016 A group of University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers is calling for an overhaul of the process that determines which cancer drugs used off-label... Read more »
Study finds links between physicians setting cancer-care guidelines and drug industry
August 25, 2016 Researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a high prevalence of financial relationships among authors who helped develop a leading set of cancer-care guidelines... Read more »
A majority of parents would support schools’ requiring HPV vaccinations, as long as there are opt-outs, survey finds
August 25, 2016 A national survey found that parents were more likely to agree that laws requiring students to be vaccinated against HPV for school entry are a “good idea”... Read more »
