17 Gillings School undergraduates inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
April 26, 2022 Carolina’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Alpha of North Carolina, was founded in 1904.
Can sustainable plastics clean our plastic-polluted water?
April 21, 2022 UNC researchers across disciplines are harnessing the power of a new plastic to remove pollutants from drinking water. Their work just got a significant boost from the state legislature.
Improving maternal health equity through workforce development at UNC
April 19, 2022 The Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center at UNC-Chapel Hill aims to address systemic racism in maternal health and reduce inequities in maternal mortality through workforce training that centers equity.
Gillings community members honored with 2022 awards for mentorship, teaching, research and service
April 18, 2022 Four members of the Gillings School community were selected to receive the School’s most prestigious awards: Drs. Andrew Olshan (Larsh Award), Daniel Westreich (McGavran Award), Clare Barrington (Greenberg Award) and Dilshad Jaff (Barr Award).
Gillings School honors 3 graduate students with inaugural teaching assistant awards
April 18, 2022 Dane Emmerling, Lee Doyle and Hanna Huffstetler are the inaugural winners of the Gillings School Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) Awards.
Gillings School honors 6 faculty members for teaching innovation
April 18, 2022 Students at the Gillings School have selected six faculty members to honor for teaching innovation in the classroom, including Jennifer Medearis Costello and Drs. Jamie Crandell, Brian Wells Pence, Julia Rager, Patsy Polston, and Katie Meyer.
Strauss, Emmerling among Carolina community members recognized at 23rd annual Public Service Awards
April 14, 2022 Dr. Ronald Strauss and doctoral student Dane Emmerling are among ten Carolina faculty, staff, students and organizations recognized at the 23rd annual Public Service Awards on April 12 for outstanding contributions to the campus and broader communities.
Greater diversity in genetic studies helps researchers uncover new insights
April 13, 2022 Researchers from Penn State and the Gillings School identified 42 regions of the genome related to health and growth by examining data from Hispanic/Latino individuals.
Zhao receives The Graduate School Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award
April 12, 2022 Dr. Bingxin Zhao, a doctoral graduate from the Gillings School's Department of Biostatistics, is one of four recipients of The Graduate School's 2022 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award.
New study explores intimate partner violence as precursor to suicide
April 11, 2022 Intimate partner violence is a precursor to 6.1% of all suicides, according to a new study led by health behavior researchers at UNC.
