Inaugural “North Carolina Men’s Health Report Card” provides snapshot of most pressing issues affecting men statewide
June 28, 2024 June is National Men’s Health Month: The report serves as a call to action for local and state organizations, as well as the public, to seek important changes that can have far-reaching, positive impacts on the health of North Carolinians.
New HIV risk assessment tool could help focus prevention resources for women in Africa
June 27, 2024 The tool's development team estimated that by offering PrEP medication to a small fraction of the population in Southern, Eastern and West/Central Africa, a substantial share of the 402,000 annual new cases among women in these countries could be prevented.
Among cancer survivors, LGBTQ+ individuals report higher prevalence of chronic health conditions, disabilities, other limitations
June 20, 2024
Transgender or gender non-conforming cancer survivors had higher odds of most conditions compared to cisgender cancer survivors, according to research led by Gillings School doctoral student Austin Waters.
Gillings School receives $5M from USDA to address maternal health warning signs among WIC participants
June 18, 2024 The funding will support Gillings School researchers and partners in enacting evidence-based strategies that can recognize and treat urgent maternal health warning signs among participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental food program.
Multi-institutional study to investigate thyroid cancer cases in NC
June 10, 2024 Motivated by concerns about thyroid cancer in several communities in Iredell County, UNC researchers, led by Dr. Andrew Olshan, have launched a multi-institutional study to investigate thyoird cancer incidence in N.C.
The Abstract: June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024 Whether you’re local or global, student or alumni, the Abstract’s weekly news digest will help you stay in the loop with our amazing Gillings School community. Environmental... Read more »
Informal water contracts could provide quicker, cheaper ways to reduce impact of droughts
May 31, 2024 Research led by environmental scientists at the Gillings School suggests that cost-effective informal water contracts could be a quicker and more affordable way to bring water to cities and homes during droughts and other emergencies.
Zhu named editor of JASA-Applications and Case Studies
May 31, 2024 In his role, Zhu will be responsible for overseeing around 300 submissions per year and appointing new associate editors (AEs) across varying topics.
Study shows effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines wanes moderately over time, is lower against currently circulating variants
May 29, 2024 New research led by Dr. Danyu Lin finds that boosters targeting omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 are still providing reasonably durable protection against infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but they are less protective against the now-dominant JN.1 strain.
Oral nucleoside antiviral is progressing toward future pandemic preparedness
May 23, 2024 An orally administered investigational antiviral — obeldesivir — is broadly effective against coronaviruses.
