With $11.6M NIH grant, researchers will study retail tobacco policies across the U.S.
September 19, 2018 Researchers at three universities will join together to form Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE). The project’s goal is to build a strong scientific evidence base for effective policies in the retail environment to help reduce tobacco use, tobacco-related disparities and the public health burden of tobacco, including cancer.
Student startup to combat global warming with seaweed
September 13, 2018 UNC undergraduates Lucy Best, Emily Kian and Eliza Harrison (an ESE student) make up team Phyta, a seaweed cultivation initiative hoping to win the prestigious Hult Prize.
UNC Gillings alumna named CEO of EngenderHealth
September 12, 2018 Gillings School alumna Traci L. Baird (MPH, 1995, health behavior) has been named president and CEO of EngenderHealth, a leading global women’s health and sexual and reproductive rights organization. She will step into the role Oct. 1.
UNC Gillings faculty build community relations as Thorp Scholars
Sept. 5, 2018 Recently, assistant professor Dr. Alexandra Lightfoot graduated. Instead of gaining another degree, however, she was honored for completing the 2016-2018 Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars program and conducting research that involves and benefits other communities.
Holliday appointed to North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition
September 5, 2018 As an appointed member of the N.C. Board of Dietetics/Nutrition, Amanda Holliday will work to ensure the health, safety and welfare of North Carolinians.
Three nutrition faculty members honored by The Obesity Society
August 28, 2018 Drs. Barry Popkin, June Stevens and Deborah Tate received awards from The Obesity Society in recognition of their important leadership in the field. They will be honored at ObesityWeek 2018, the Society's international conference, in Nashville this November.
Jonsson-Funk named fellow of pharmacoepidemiology society; School well represented at Society’s conference
Dr. Michele Jonsson-Funk has been named a fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE), in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field and the organization. Epidemiology faculty members and students joined her at the ISPE conference in Prague this week.
Chen selected for AAUW award focused on ‘expanding women’s potential’
August 7, 2018 Elizabeth Chen, doctoral student in health behavior, was awarded an AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship by the American Association of University Women. Chen is developing a scale to measure the acceptability of mobile health (mHealth) interventions among teens.
Stürmer and team win honorable mention for Ronald D. Mann Best Paper Award
July 31, 2018 A paper co-authored by Dr. Til Stürmer has won an honorable mention for the Ronald D. Mann Best Paper Award for articles published in 2017 by the journal Pharmicoepidemiology and Drug Safety.
Curtis co-authored award-winning report about programs integrating HIV, TB care in Ukraine
July 28, 2018 Dr. Sian Curtis is co-author of a MEASURE Evaluation report about programs integrating HIV and tuberculosis care in Ukraine. An abstract of the report won a top prize at the International AIDS Society annual conference in Amsterdam.
