Faculty members awarded inaugural grants to improve diagnosis, treatment of cancer
January 29, 2019
Drs. Melissa Troester and Yuchao Jiang were among the recipients of the Computational Medicine Pilot Grant Awards.
HIV intervention provides opportunity to explore the nature of resilience among young black men
January 25, 2019
“This work is particularly timely in the context of broader social movements toward greater health equity across race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation,” said Dr. Kate Muessig, senior author of the study. Photo by Gabriel Antonio.
Gillings School students selected as injury and violence prevention fellows
January 21, 2019
Anna Austin, Natalie Blackburn, Jess Bousquette, Venita Embry, Alex Gertner, Sarah Treves-Kagan, Kathleen Shumaker and Venera Urbaeva are inaugural Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) fellows at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center.
Nutrition, biostatistics faculty awarded NC TraCS grants
January 18, 2019
Drs. Ian Carroll, Jason Fine and Lindsey Smith Taillie have received funding from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute.
Eight states join Go NAPSACC, UNC-Chapel Hill’s web-based health promotion tool for child care programs
January 17, 2019
In 2019, Go NAPSACC will be making a difference in children's health in 20 states. Based at UNC's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the program helps child care programs develop environments that encourage healthful eating and physical activity in children.
Low-carbohydrate diets can have a positive role in treating Type 2 diabetes
January 16, 2019
Dr. Beth Mayer-Davis is senior author of an article published today in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. Photo by Nadine Primeau.
Insulin or metformin? Study finds no difference in health outcomes for children whose mothers were treated for gestational diabetes
July 16, 2019
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the largest to examine long-term outcomes in a real-world setting in children born to women treated for GDM with metformin or insulin. Photo by Oleg Sergeichik.
Marshall named interim director of NC Institute for Public Health
January 14, 2019
Marshall, a Gillings School alumnus and international expert in injury prevention research, succeeds Dr. Rachel Wilfert, who served as NCIPH interim director from May 2017 to December 2018.
Restrictive firearm legislation may greatly lower the rate of female intimate partner homicides
January 14, 2019
Doctoral student Josie Caves and Drs. Shabbar Ranapurwala, Beth Moracco and Steve Marshall are co-authors of a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Photo by Hayley Rivera.
Improved training, learning opportunities would help to meet UN’s ambitious water, sanitation, hygiene goals
January 14, 2019
New research from doctoral student Karen Setty and Dr. Jamie Bartram could benefit the WaSH community by engaging multiple parties to develop a set of common global research priorities. Photo by Shawn/Creative Commons.
