Cash effectively motivates people to get COVID-19 vaccines
March 4, 2022 Guaranteed cash payments are the most effective way to encourage people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new report co-authored by Dr. Noel Brewer in The Lancet Regional Health.
STAT Madness is on
March 2, 2022 Two discoveries from Carolina are competing in this bracket-style national tournament to find the best innovations in science and medicine. Start voting!
Secret pacts between tobacco companies and retailers are a bad bargain for public health
February 22, 2022 Clandestine agreements between tobacco companies and retailers around the world are heavily incentivizing the sale and promotion of tobacco products and undermining public health efforts to decrease tobacco use.
Experiences of racism in adolescence raise risk of depression for Black women
February 22, 2022 Black women who frequently experience racism before age 20 are at higher risk of reporting depressive symptoms in adulthood than those who had fewer experiences of racism in early life, according to research from Gillings School epidemiologists.
Women in urban Senegal seek less biased contraceptive access
February 21, 2022 Women in urban Senegal seeking family planning services tend to avoid providers with a bias that would prevent them from acquiring their preferred method of contraception, according to new research from Dr. Ilene Speizer.
NIH funds $2.8M Gillings research on personalized messaging for weight management app
February 17, 2022 A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will help researchers at the Gillings School develop personalized messaging strategies that nutrition apps can use to nudge users toward modifying behavior to meet their goals.
Evidence suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted through wastewater
Feburary 16, 2022 There is no proof that people can contract COVID-19 from wastewater, according to a report by Dr. Mark Sobsey published in the Journal of Water & Health.
Gillings students tackle maternal mental health in two equity-focused publications
February 15, 2022 Developing equitable policies to support mental health during the perinatal period — the months/years before and after birth — requires addressing the intersecting effects of racism, poverty, lack of childcare and inadequate postpartum support.
Looking at the impact of COVID-19 on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya and beyond
February 14, 2022 An ongoing project reveals a perceived sense of milk insufficiency among mothers in Kenya due to food insecurity caused by the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Abstract: February 14, 2022
February 14, 2022