ESE doctoral student selected for Boren Fellowship
June 15, 2018 Doctoral student Elizabeth Christenson has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to study critical languages abroad. She will be UNC-Chapel Hill’s 13th Boren fellow since 2000.
Health policy and management department selected for CAHME Mentorship Circle
June 10, 2018 The Gillings School's Department of Health Policy and Management is among the first in the country to achieve membership in the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) Mentorship Circle.
Students selected as 2018 Winston Policy Scholars
June 10, 2018 Master's students Micaela Acomb, Nisha Vashist and Anna Leonard recently were named 2018 Winston Policy Scholars.
Hargett, alumnus and foundation board member, selected as one of top health care CFOs
June 10, 2018 Fred Hargett, alumnus and member of the Gillings School's Public Health Foundation board, was selected by Becker's Healthcare as a “CFO to know” – one of 150 hospital and health system chief financial officers (CFOs) considered by the organization to be outstanding.
Edith Parker, Gillings alumna, named dean of UI College of Public Health
May 24, 2018 Dr. Edith Parker, a two-time alumna of the Gillings School's Department of Health Behavior, has been named dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health.
Lytle honored as ‘hall of fame’ alumna at Purdue
May 24, 2018 Dr. Leslie Lytle, UNC Gillings professor of health behavior and nutrition, was inducted into the ‘Hall of Fame’ on May 3 by Purdue University’s Department of Nutrition Science.
Alumnus Paul Erwin named dean of UAB School of Public Health
May 22, 2018 Dr. Paul Campbell Erwin, 2009 alumnus of the Gillings School, has been selected as dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health. Erwin, who will begin in that position on Aug. 1, currently is professor and head of the University of Tennessee (UT) at Knoxville Department of Public Health.
Doctoral student appointed chief executive officer of foundation
May 18, 2018 Brian Castrucci, executive doctoral student in health policy and management at the Gillings School, has been named chief executive officer for the de Beaumont Foundation.
Five UNC Gillings students win recognition from ASN
May 17, 2018 Five doctoral students from the Gillings School's Department of Nutrition have received recognition from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). They will present research at the ASN’s annual meeting in June.
Holzworth named consortium’s Global Health Champion
May 9, 2018 Donald Holzworth, executive in residence at the Gillings School, has been named the Triangle Global Health Consortium’s 2018 Global Health Champion. The award recognizes career-long commitment to the advancement of global health.
