Dusetzina to present to President’s Cancer Panel on cancer drug pricing and access
June 10, 2016 Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health and a researcher who investigates drug pricing and... Read more »
Extending municipal water service may reduce GI illness in those who rely on private wells
June 8, 2016 A study co-authored by a researcher at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health provides new evidence that extending regulated community water service to populations currently... Read more »
Study examines peer support narratives written by cancer survivors for patients currently undergoing treatment
June 8, 2016 A new study by researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may guide the development of methods that will help caregivers and peer counselors... Read more »
Advanced cancer patients receive high rates of aggressive care at end of life
June 6, 2016 In the last month of their lives, younger cancer patients continued to be hospitalized and receive other aggressive treatment at high rates, found a study led by... Read more »
Pictures on cigarette packs, warning of smoking dangers, increased quit attempts among smokers
June 6, 2016 Affixing pictures on cigarette packs to illustrate the dangers of smoking increased attempts by smokers to quit, according to the findings of a University of North Carolina... Read more »
Study finds broad support for increasing legal age of tobacco sales
June 1, 2016 A national survey conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University has found strong support in all regions of... Read more »
Gillings School alumnus selected as finalist for Service to America Medal
May 27, 2016 Allen Wilcox, PhD, Gillings School alumnus and a pioneer in reproductive epidemiology, has been selected as a finalist for a 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America... Read more »
UNC epidemiology faculty member to lead groundbreaking research in global health and development funded by a Grand Challenges Explorations grant to Hospital de Câncer de Barretos in Brazil
May 27, 2016 The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health announced today that one of its faculty members is a principal investigator for a Grand Challenges... Read more »
Gene expression patterns of normal tissue linked to breast cancer prognosis, study finds
May 26, 2016 Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a particular gene expression pattern in normal-appearing breast tissue around tumors that was linked to... Read more »
Gillings School alumnus to serve as Taiwan’s EPA director
May 25, 2016 Ying-Yuan Lee, PhD, alumnus of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan. Lee previously held... Read more »
