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Schenck to direct School’s Public Health Leadership Program

December 08, 2009 Dr. Anna Schenck Anna Schenck, PhD, leads the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Public Health Leadership Program (PHLP) as director, effective Dec. 1, the School has announced. Schenck is expected to be appointed Professor of the Practice of Public Health, effective Feb. 1, 2010, pending approval in January by the... Read more »

Tilson named to PHAB Board of Directors

Dr. Hugh Tilson has been named to the Board of Directors of the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). Dedicated to raising the standard for public health, PHAB works with leading public health experts from the field to develop a voluntary national accreditation program that will help public health departments assess their current capacity and guide... Read more »

Robeson receives School’s Staff Excellence Award

June 09, 2009 Sue Robeson is shown here in her busy office. Always nearby are photos of beloved 8-month-old granddaughter, Chloe. Sue Robeson, student services specialist for the Public Health Leadership Program (PHLP), has been selected to receive the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s 2009 Staff Excellence Award. Her friends and co-workers at... Read more »

Hoyle, MD-MPH student, awarded prestigious summer training opportunity

May 13, 2009 Joseph Hoyle Joseph Hoyle, an MPH/MD student in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Public Health Leadership Program and UNC School of Medicine, has been selected to attend the Summer Institute in Geriatric Medicine at Boston University Medical Center in June. Medical students from all over the nation applied for... Read more »

Rogers elected vice president of International Commission on Occupational Health

May 07, 2009 Dr. Bonnie Rogers Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, RN, FAAN, associate professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Public Health Leadership Program and director of the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center and the Occupational Health Nursing Program, has been elected vice president of the International Commission... Read more »

Dr. Lesneski publishes dissertation

Cheryll Lesneski, a faculty member of the Public Health Leadership Program, recently published her dissertation as a monograph with VDM. The book is entitled Developing Performance Measures for Public Health: Strategic Benefits of Applying the Balanced Scorecard Framework to Local Public Health Agencies.   VDM publishes academic research worldwide. The company approached Dr. Lesneski about... Read more »

Public health certification exam to be offered in August

February 05, 2009 Public health students and alumni may register until May 31 for the second annual Certified in Public Health (CPH) exam, which is scheduled for Aug. 8-29. The CPH assessment is prepared, administered and evaluated by the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE), an independent organization formed in 2005 to help ensure... Read more »