New UNC study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence using novel modeling approach that evaluates risk of mortgage default and property abandonment
March 31, 2023 A new study from Carolina researchers estimates $562 million in previously unquantified financial risks arising from property value changes and uninsured flood damages in eastern North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence.
Professorship supports Fry's work toward healthier N.C.
March 16, 2023 Rebecca Fry’s lab is one of the first to study the effects of prenatal exposure to toxic metals as it relates to the epigenome — she has shown how behaviors and the environment can cause changes that affect the way genes function. She launched the Institute for Environmental Health Solutions and is using funds from the Angle Professorship and the UNC Superfund Research Program, which she directs, to work with North Carolina communities that have contaminated drinking water and provide them with cost-effective filters.
NC legislators receive public health briefing at Gillings School
March 14, 2023 On March 13, sixteen senators and representatives from the N.C. General Assembly met with with Gillings students, faculty and School leaders.
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.
Gillings study shows updated bivalent boosters are more effective at preventing hospitalization and death from omicron
January 25, 2023 Researchers at the Gillings School found that bivalent boosters are more effective than original monovalent boosters at preventing COVID-19-related hospitalization and death, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Remembering alumnus Bill Smith, a public health servant for NC
January 25, 2023 William John Smith, IV — known to most as “Bill” — passed away December 27, 2022, at his home in Lumberton, North Carolina. He served as the health director for Robeson County for nearly 35 years.
Impact Awards: 5 Gillings students blaze new trails with discovery and research
January 12, 2023 Gillings students/recent alumni have taken home five of The Graduate School's 11 Impact Awards for 2023! The awards recognize the significance of graduate student research and their contributions to North Carolina in the areas of education and economic, physical, social or cultural well-being.
The Abstract: January 9, 2023
January 9, 2023 Rosamond recognized by American Heart Association for mentorship, Martinez named to virology rising star program and Gillings researchers publish new study on impact of therapeutic diversion units in N.C. prisons.
MPH@UNC student Fawn Rhodes receives health equity award
December 5, 2022 Fawn Rhodes is a student in the Gillings School's online Master of Public Health program and the first-ever public health equity coordinator for New Hanover County Health and Human Services. Earlier this year, the New Hanover County Office of Diversity and Equity recognized her dedication to expanding and elevating equity and diversity throughout the community.
UNC researchers receive NC Evaluation Fund Grant to support Project RESTART
November 30, 2022 Project RESTART aims to develop a Domestic Violence Intervention Program model that incorporates restorative justice, trauma-informed programming, wrap-around services, partnerships with social justice and economic opportunity organizations, and communication strategies that prioritize survivor-centered content. The interdisciplinary collaboration recently received a funding award from the North Carolina Evaluation Fund Grants program.
