Computer models evaluate risks before floods
September 25, 2024 Gillings researchers can estimate mortgage defaults and property abandonment down to the neighborhood.
Rashid awarded grant to develop AI tool that recommends optimal clinical trials to pancreatic cancer patients
September 24, 2024 Dr. Naim Rashid has received a Department of Defense Pancreatic Cancer Research Program pilot award to build an AI tool that generates personalized clinical trial recommendations for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Seed grants tackle key environmental health challenges
September 20, 2024The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Triangle-area nonprofit research organization RTI International leveraged their shared expertise to tackle important challenges related to health and the environment.
How much does diversity factor into Black family childcare?
September 5, 2024 Two in three Black parents take cultural or racial representation into account when choosing their child’s school or childcare facility, according to research led by maternal and child health professor Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka.
How do we best approach the challenges of AI in medicine?
September 4, 2024 A new scoping review from researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health investigates the challenges presented by AI tools and how best to approach them.
Breakthrough membrane technology could make dialysis portable
September 4, 2024 A multidisciplinary team of researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill is developing a membrane technology that has the potential to significantly miniaturize dialysis equipment, with the goal of providing convenient and effective treatment for millions of patients worldwide.
Researchers find e-cigarette use disrupts nasal microbiome
August 27, 2024 A new study led by Drs. Elise Hickman and Ilona Jaspers at the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology suggests that e-cigarette and cigarette use changes the microbiome in the nose and makes users more susceptible to respiratory diseases and infections.
More than half the world anticipates serious harm from their drinking water
August 26, 2024 New research co-led by Joshua Miller, doctoral student in nutrition at the Gillings School, has found that billions of people worldwide believe their drinking will cause them future harm.
Most Black parents discuss racial challenges with children
August 26, 2024 A new survey of Black parents with young children in the U.S., led by Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka, finds that most parents say they talk with their children about the challenges they may face because of their race either often or sometimes.
A new method for measuring airborne “forever chemicals”
August 16, 2024 New research from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has developed a new method for measuring "forever chemicals" in real-time, directly from the air.
