September 2, 2015 Heather Waterman Huneycutt, DVM, was a new student in the Public Health Leadership Program (PHLP) at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. She passed away on Aug. 23 from injuries suffered during a motorcycle crash. She was 26. Dr. Huneycutt graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at North... Read more »
September 2, 2015 More than 80 students and faculty members visited the official launch of the Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Gillings Global Gateway™ on Aug. 27 to learn about the School’s global health activities and network with others interested in public health around the world. Cathlene Webster, first-year student in health behavior, said... Read more »
August 27, 2015 A new book, published this month by Oxford University Press, calls for an increase in patient access to high-quality cancer care in the community and an improvement in community hospitals’ capacity to support research and genomically informed medicine. Managing Disruptive Change in Healthcare: Lessons from a Public-Private Partnership to Advance Cancer Care... Read more »
July 13, 2015 Two UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health faculty members were elected recently as officers on the international board of directors of the Global Implementation Initiative. Dean L. Fixsen, PhD, and Herbert B. Peterson, MD, were chosen to serve as the board’s president and treasurer, respectively, during the third Global Implementation Conference... Read more »
June 3, 2015 Anant Kumar, PhD, assistant professor of rural management at Xavier Institute of Social Service, in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, has been awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship to lecture and conduct research at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health beginning this fall. Kumar’s research focuses upon the use of technology... Read more »
May 25, 2015 Memorial Day is always an appropriate time to remember the patriotism and service of U.S. veterans. Susanne (Sandy) Moulton, JD, MPH, adjunct associate professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Public Health Leadership Program, recently ensured that two veterans whose lives and service she greatly admires will be remembered for... Read more »
April 15, 2015 What do paper bags, craft glitter and old soda bottles have to do with public health? Ask Lori Evarts, MPH, clinical assistant professor of public health leadership at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. On Saturday, April 11, Evarts and her PUBH 784 project management class put on four... Read more »
April 23, 2015 Anna Schenck, Director of the Public Health Leadership Program and the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, was a featured guest on The Measure of Everyday Life, a weekly broadcast service of WNCU radio, featuring social science researchers who endeavor to improve the human condition. Host Brian Southwell spoke with Dr. Schenck,... Read more »
April 10, 2015 The Maternal and Child Health Public Health Leadership Institute (MCH PHLI) at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health was named a top-15 educational program by the 2015 Leadership 500 Excellence Award committee. Award winners were announced March 31 at the LEAD500 Conference in Dallas, Tex. The MCH PHLI received... Read more »
March 19, 2015 Students from the Gillings School of Global Public Health earned more than one-third of the 2015 Impact Awards presented by the UNC Graduate School. The awards, made possible by the Graduate Education Advancement Board, recognize graduate students for outstanding contributions to the state of North Carolina. The nine public health 2015 Impact... Read more »
