Commentary calls for better documentation of wartime attacks on health-care facilities and patients
July 14, 2016 In an article published online July 4 in the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers examine the complex and disturbing... Read more »
Holmes appointed director of UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research
July 8, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is pleased to announce that George “Mark” Holmes, PhD, has been appointed as the new director of the Cecil... Read more »
Peer support engages disadvantaged, ‘hardly reached’ people and benefits their health
July 7, 2016 A recent study by researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health shows that peer support is an especially effective strategy for helping people not... Read more »
Mexico’s household consumption of junk food declined following 2014 nonessential food tax
July 5, 2016 The first large-scale study of a ‘junk food tax’ enacted in Mexico has revealed that purchases of taxed food items declined during the first year of implementation... Read more »
Unprecedented alliance of scientists, physicians, health advocates agree: Toxic chemicals are hurting brain development
July 1, 2016 An unprecedented alliance of leading scientists, medical experts and children’s health advocates agree for the first time that today’s scientific evidence supports a link between exposures to... Read more »
Risk of death for adults with blood cancer higher in three NC regions
June 28, 2016 Across North Carolina, the risk of death from the most common form of acute leukemia in adults was significantly higher in three regions of the state, according... Read more »
Replacing just one sugar-sweetened beverage a day with water can prevent weight gain
June 28, 2016 A new study by researchers from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has found that replacing even one daily serving of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) such... Read more »
Newly discovered regulatory link between cells could lead to novel cancer therapies
June 28, 2016 Researchers in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have identified the mechanism by which p53 – an important cellular protein, also known as the tumor... Read more »
Weight gain prevention program shows some success in modifying weight-related behaviors among community college students
June 27, 2016 A two-year, technology-based intervention to prevent weight gain among young adults in community college effectively reduced consumption of fast food and improved overall weight-related behavioral patterns. The... Read more »
Few adults aware of chemicals in cigarettes, study finds
June 22, 2016 Adults in the United States have little awareness of the chemical components of cigarette smoke, though many of them report having looked for information about the composition... Read more »
