Rimer, Martin honored with ASPPH awards for lifetime achievement, research excellence
March 19, 2024 Two Gillings School faculty members were named 2024 award winners by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. Dr. Barbara K. Rimer will receive the Welch-Rose Award for lifetime achievements and Dr. Chantel L. Martin will receive the Early Career Research Excellence Award.
Milner receives ADA's humanitarian award
February 19, 2024 The American Dental Association recognized Gillings School alumnus Dr. Bill Milner with its 2023 humanitarian award for decades of outstanding contributions to dentistry and health equity.
Upshaw named chair of newly formed Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice
February 9, 2024 Dr. Vaughn Upshaw led the Leadership in Practice concentration of the Gillings School's Master of Public Health degree, and she will continue to direct the Public Health Leadership Certificate program.
The Abstract: January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024 New research from Dr. Nora Franceschini, new honors for Dr. Lisa LaVange and new findings on the significant ROI of a UNC biostatistics degree.
8 public health faculty win Gillings School’s inaugural Research Excellence Award
January 10, 2024 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health announces the recipients of the first Gillings Research Excellence Awards, recognizing eight faculty members to support their research and professional development.
Beech Award recognizes Atkinson’s use of data to confront disparities
December 20, 2023 Delton Atkinson, an alumnus of the Gillings School, has received the Harvey E. Beech Outstanding Alumni Award for overall achievement.
Olshan, Desrosiers will use CDC grant to improve understanding of birth defects
December 20, 2023 Two epidemiologists from the Gillings School have received funding from the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities to study risk factors for birth defects.
Gillings School announces second annual Public Health Communications Fellows
December 14, 2023 Ethan Chupp and Shriti Pant will join the inaugural fellows as they explore public health communication for local N.C. health departments under the guidance of the Gillings School’s marketing and communications team.
Gillings School announces 6 GIL awards to study generative AI in public health
December 14, 2023 As part of the eighth round of Gillings Innovation Labs, six faculty members were awarded $100,000 each to pursue research using generative artificial intelligence (gAI) that focuses on solving real-world problems over the next two years.
Clark, Dussault advance public health scholarship at Institut Pasteur as inaugural Lady Mireille and Sir Dennis Gillings Global Public Health Fellows
December 12, 2023 Drs. Jeliyah Clark and Josée Dussault, Gillings School alumnae, traveled to Paris in early 2023 as part of the fellowship, where they are currently advancing their skillsets and scholarship in public health and anticipate future training in business and finance that can help them become public health entrepreneurs.
