IGHID funds three Gillings School researchers
May 6, 2016 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers have been awarded three of six Explorations in Global Health grants, funded by the UNC Institute for Global Health... Read more »
Fulbright Fellow Kumar builds expertise in ‘people’s participation’ approach to public health
May 3, 2016 For Anant Kumar, PhD, the last eight months at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have been an entirely new experience. Kumar, who is an... Read more »
JAMA Study: Two specific methods prevented weight gain in young adults for three years
May 2, 2016 A new study co-authored by a University of North Carolina Chapel Hill researcher found two specific diet and exercise strategies prevented weight gain and obesity among young... Read more »
Gopal in New England Journal of Medicine: 'Moonshot to Malawi'
April 28, 2016 The “Cancer Moonshot” has energized the cancer research community in The United States but will be a missed opportunity if the results are not shared with the... Read more »
Costs of cancer drugs skyrocket; patients bear burden
April 28, 2016 A study authored by Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, found that oral cancer... Read more »
Theater-based intervention boosts adolescent knowledge of HIV, study finds
April 27, 2016 The results of a new study show that a theater-based comprehensive sexual health intervention was effective at enhancing HIV awareness among high school students in both North... Read more »
Halpern, Pence to be recognized with Larsh, McGavran faculty awards
April 27, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will present two of its most prestigious faculty awards during the School’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7. Carolyn... Read more »
Professor will use new UNC Gillings ‘Borrow-a-Bike’ Program during commencement weekend
April 26, 2016 “I’m considering getting myself cloned,” laughed Alice Ammerman, DrPH. Ammerman, professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and director of the UNC... Read more »
Hart, new Burch Fellow, to partner with traditional healers in Tarapoto, Peru
April 22, 2016 For Sarah Hart, it was a confluence of luck and good planning that resulted in her pending trip to Peru. Last December, she saw a posting about... Read more »
Inan awarded P.K. Sen Distinguished Visiting Professorship
April 22, 2016 The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health welcomes Gul Inan, PhD, to the Department of Biostatistics as the P.K. Sen Distinguished Visiting Professor in Biostatistics. Inan... Read more »
