Olshan elected president of Society for Epidemiologic Research
July 6, 2016 Andrew Olshan, PhD, Barbara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Professor in Cancer Epidemiology and chair of the epidemiology department in the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global... Read more »
Mexico’s household consumption of junk food declined following 2014 nonessential food tax
July 5, 2016 The first large-scale study of a ‘junk food tax’ enacted in Mexico has revealed that purchases of taxed food items declined during the first year of implementation... Read more »
Unprecedented alliance of scientists, physicians, health advocates agree: Toxic chemicals are hurting brain development
July 1, 2016 An unprecedented alliance of leading scientists, medical experts and children’s health advocates agree for the first time that today’s scientific evidence supports a link between exposures to... Read more »
Cilenti to lead $1.74M HRSA grant to support maternal and child health workforce development
June 29, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Department of Maternal and Child Health has been awarded a one-year, $1.74 million cooperative agreement from the Division of... Read more »
Risk of death for adults with blood cancer higher in three NC regions
June 28, 2016 Across North Carolina, the risk of death from the most common form of acute leukemia in adults was significantly higher in three regions of the state, according... Read more »
Gillings alumna LaVange elected ASA president
June 28, 2016 Lisa LaVange, PhD, 1983 alumna and former professor of biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been elected the 113th president of the... Read more »
Gillings epidemiologist explains Zika virus basics
You’ve probably heard of Zika fever in the last few months. It’s a disease caused by the Zika virus, which is spread through mosquito bites. Allison Aiello, PhD, is a... Read more »
Chen to represent Gillings School as 2016 Point Scholar
June 28, 2016 The Point Foundation, the largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students, has announced its 2016 Scholars. May Chen, doctoral student of health... Read more »
Replacing just one sugar-sweetened beverage a day with water can prevent weight gain
June 28, 2016 A new study by researchers from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has found that replacing even one daily serving of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) such... Read more »
Newly discovered regulatory link between cells could lead to novel cancer therapies
June 28, 2016 Researchers in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have identified the mechanism by which p53 – an important cellular protein, also known as the tumor... Read more »
