Dean Rimer on Vice President Biden’s Cancer 'Moonshot' Blue Ribbon Panel
April 4, 2016 Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, Alumni Distinguished Professor and dean of the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named a member of... Read more »
Gillings School alumna wins University Award for Advancement of Women
April 1, 2016 Mary Shen, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health alumna and currently a medical student in the UNC School of Medicine, has received the UNC General Alumni... Read more »
Lane awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for biostatistics
March 31, 2016 Andrea Lane is one of 19 statistics students in the country to win a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship in 2016. The purpose of... Read more »
Researchers confirm link between schistosomiasis and HIV acquisition
March 31, 2016 A comprehensive review of secondary data sources has confirmed a long-suspected link between female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) and HIV infection for women in southern Africa. A researcher... Read more »
Two UNC Gillings students selected as Innovation Next award finalists
March 30, 2016 Two students from UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health are among the finalists for the 2016 “Innovation Next” project, an award that includes $80,000 in development... Read more »
De Marco honored with Provost’s Engaged Scholarship Award
March 30, 2016 Molly De Marco, PhD, research assistant professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and project director in the UNC Center for Health... Read more »
Researchers call for collaboration to better understand how air pollution impacts health
March 30, 2016 The need to understand how air pollution affects health is greater than ever, reports a new article led by Jason West, PhD, associate professor of environmental sciences... Read more »
Studies examine positive impact of weight loss upon cancer risk
March 29, 2016 Preliminary findings for two studies about the relationship of obesity and cancer, conducted in the laboratory of Stephen Hursting, PhD, will be presented April 18 and 19... Read more »
Ongechi selected for Carolina Women’s Center’s Faculty Scholar Award
March 29, 2016 Kavita Singh Ongechi, PhD, research associate professor of maternal and child health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has received a 2016-2017 Faculty Scholar... Read more »
Minority Health Conference committee recognized with UNC Diversity Award
March 29, 2016 The Minority Health Conference committee, part of the Minority Student Caucus, which is housed in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has received one of... Read more »
