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 »
Kosorok to co-lead NIH ‘Big Data’ supplemental grant to train doctoral students in biomedical sciences
June 28, 2016 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have awarded a $97,956 supplemental “Big Data to Knowledge” (BD2K) grant to... Read more »
Weight gain prevention program shows some success in modifying weight-related behaviors among community college students
June 27, 2016 A two-year, technology-based intervention to prevent weight gain among young adults in community college effectively reduced consumption of fast food and improved overall weight-related behavioral patterns. The... Read more »
Milan, Advisory Council member, named as interim president of AIDS United
June 23, 2016 The AIDS United board of trustees has named Jesse Milan Jr., JD, nationally recognized leader on HIV/AIDS policies and programs and member of the UNC Gillings School... Read more »
Lightfoot selected for Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars Program
June 23, 2016 Alexandra Lightfoot, EdD, research assistant professor of health behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of 10 faculty members at The University... Read more »
