Rising food insecurity hits smokers harder, study finds
August 4, 2016 A study from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and RTI International has found that rates of food insecurity rose disproportionately among smokers between 1998... Read more »
Study finds low-income students and Hispanic students disproportionately exposed to tobacco, fast food near schools
August 1, 2016 A new study finds that low-income students and Hispanic students are disproportionately exposed to both tobacco outlets and fast-food restaurants near their schools. Easy access to tobacco... Read more »
Gillings School’s summer undergraduate training program inspires new group of young scholars
July 29, 2016 As the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s summer undergraduate training program comes to a close this week, participants and mentors are celebrating another season during... Read more »
For NC breast cancer patients, insurance type and distance to care can be barriers to breast reconstruction
July 28, 2016 Women were less likely to have breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy if they had Medicaid or Medicare rather than private insurance or if they lived 10 or... Read more »
Labbok chosen for international association’s award for excellence in breastfeeding research
July 27, 2016 Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, was selected for the 2016 Journal of Human Lactation Patricia Martens Award for Excellence in Breastfeeding Research, presented by the International Lactation... Read more »
Purchases of highly processed foods lower among African-American and Hispanic households than among white households, study finds
July 27, 2016 A new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health found that, compared with white households, both African-American and Hispanic households had lower total purchases... Read more »
Visiting Scholar from Zambia learning more about implementation research at the Gillings School
July 27, 2016 Hikabasa Halwiindi, PhD, senior lecturer in the University of Zambia School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health, is a visiting scholar this summer with the Public Health... Read more »
Care4Moms project to address needs of mothers with medically fragile babies
July 27, 2016 An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received nearly $900,000 in federal funding to identify and address the needs... Read more »
UNC Gillings Study: Antibodies from Dengue fever survivors can be used to prevent Zika infection
July 26, 2016 Antibodies derived from patients who survived Dengue fever can be used to fight the Zika virus now and potentially open the door for the development of a... Read more »
Gillings School student worked to improve women’s health in Zambia
July 21, 2016 This article, compiled and written by Jamie Gnazzo, first appeared July 7 on the UNC Global website. Jane Chaffee didn’t realize her passion for public health until... Read more »
