In cities with poor sanitation, waste-borne diseases may also be spread through air
November 8, 2021 Microbes that cause many waste-borne diseases are present in air particles around areas that have open sewers, according to a new study. These pathogens have the potential to spread into the surrounding environment, putting local inhabitants at risk.
New resource offers guidance to optimize digital health assessments
November 8, 2021 A team led by Dr. Manish Kumar, an alum of and adjunct assistant professor at UNC Gillings, developed a new resource that brings much-needed clarity to the process of improving digital health capability for public health systems.
Positive social ‘nudges’ could encourage more providers to treat opioid use disorder
November 3, 2021 Positive social messaging can encourage more providers to seek training to administer medicine for opioid use disorder, which could lead to more patients gaining access to this life-saving treatment.
16 undergraduates from the Gillings School inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
November 3, 2021 Sixteen students from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the country’s oldest and most honored college honorary society. They represent all four departments that offer a Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree.
Vickers works to improve world's access to clean water
November 2, 2021 Royster Fellow and UNC Gillings doctoral student Riley Vickers is bringing his distinct expertise to a multidisciplinary team working to improve the world’s access to clean water.
Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists identify new antibody for COVID-19 and variants
November 2, 2021 A research collaboration between scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified and tested an antibody that limits the severity of infections from a variety of coronaviruses, including those that cause COVID-19 as well as the original SARS illness.
Cellular quality-control system identified as a culprit in coronavirus infection
November 1, 2021 MERS, caused by a coronavirus strain of the same name, holds clues for respiratory diseases like COVID-19.
NC prisons study finds better, safer outcomes with diversion program for mental, behavioral health
October 29, 2021 Researchers found that people experiencing incarceration in North Carolina who were assigned to a therapeutic diversion unit instead of restrictive housing were at least three times less likely to commit further infractions, harm themselves or require inpatient mental health treatment.
Surratt receives Kenneth T. Whitby Award for outstanding contributions to aerosol research
October 26, 2021 The American Association for Aerosol Research has honored Dr. Jason Surratt with the prestigious Kenneth T. Whitby Award in recognition of outstanding technical contributions to aerosol science and technology by a young scientist.
Financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccination are effective, finds evaluation of NC program by NCDHHS, NCCU and UNC-Chapel Hill
October 25, 2021 The $25 Summer Card pilot program operated by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) was successful in encouraging COVID-19 vaccination, according to a published research letter by authors from NCDHHS, North Carolina Central University and the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health.
