August 23, 2014 A celebration of life for Diane Calleson will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m., at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Hillsborough, N.C. Jerry Calleson writes: We will begin in the sanctuary for a time of sharing and remembrance and then move next door to the Ruffin House to mingle informally.... Read more »
May 26, 2014 Web-based and live counseling programs effectively can reduce risk of heart disease for patients at high risk for the disease, and Web-based programs are particularly cost-effective, according to research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The work, published online May 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine, adds to a growing... Read more »
May 19, 2014 Thirteen Gillings School of Global Public Health students will study and train abroad this summer, thanks to generous individuals and global organizations in the area. The students are Bernie Agala, Julia Brasileiro, Caitlin Fross, Chrissy Godwin, Brianne Kallam, Smisha Kaysin, Tori Lebrun, Emily Mangone, Emily Nicholson, Kathryn Peebles, Kate Sheahan, Caitlin Snyder... Read more »
May 5, 2014 Spencer Lindgren, master’s student in the UNC Gillings School’s Public Health Leadership Program, was inducted into the University of North Carolina’s Order of the Old Well on May 3. Founded in 1949, The Order of the Old Well is an honorary organization that honors UNC students for exemplary and otherwise unrecognized service... Read more »
Graduate School also honors other public health awardees April 22, 2014 Four of the 20 students recognized by UNC’s Graduate School for research that has impact upon the people of North Carolina are students at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. A fifth student, an advisee of epidemiology professor Ralph Baric, PhD, is affiliated... Read more »
April 2, 2014 The Doctor of Medicine-Master of Public Health (MD-MPH) program at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was selected by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) to receive APTR’s 2014 Outstanding Educational Program Award. The award honors innovative programs, departments or academic institutions for their involvement in advancing undergraduate... Read more »
Public health students, others at UNC, help with Community Health Assessment in Tyrrell CountyMarch 24, 2014 For some, the words “spring break” may elicit images of white beaches, bathing suits and tropical paradise, but not so for a group of students at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During the week of March... Read more »
March 5, 2014 The Gillings School of Global Public Health has announced the awarding of three new scholarships to current international students Nnaemeka (Emeka) Modebe, Nigerian master’s student in health policy and management; Charles Muiruri, Kenyan doctoral student in health policy and management; and Melchior Kashamuka (Kash) Mwandagalirwa, Congolese doctoral student in epidemiology. An initial... Read more »
March 3, 2014 The Gillings School of Global Public Health community gathered in the Armfield Atrium on Feb. 24 to celebrate eight faculty members – one from each academic unit at the School – who were selected by their students to receive the School’s third annual Teaching Innovation Awards. Awardees included Steve Cole, PhD (epidemiology),... Read more »
Dec. 16, 2013 M.E. (Bonnie) Rogers, RN, DrPH, has been elected as a fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, an international scientific society that aims to prevent disease and improve health through the examination of critical issues in occupational and environmental medicine. Rogers is associate professor of public health leadership and nursing in the Gillings School... Read more »
