Researchers receive $1.2 million grant to improve cancer screening tracking
December 4, 2023 The grant will fund research designed to facilitate more widespread cancer screening and early detection, culminating in reduced cancer mortality. Specifically, the researchers will use data from CIPHR to create new tools based on insurance claims that more efficiently measure and compare cancer screening use across small geographic areas and groups of people.
UNC Gillings School puts a global focus on water and health
December 1, 2023 Today more than 2 billion people worldwide live without access to safely managed drinking water and more than 3 billion live without safely managed sanitation services. The Water and Health Conference, hosted by the Water Institute at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, marshals global collaboration to address the world’s drinking water and sanitation challenges.
UNC Gillings employees provide advocacy for School, University peers
November 30, 2023 Staff and faculty from the Gillings School are providing representation on important opportunities, challenges and needs for UNC employees through organizations within the Gillings School and the University at large.
NC Institute for Public Health backs the work of local health departments
With funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, NCIPH leads programs that build a stronger public health workforce.
Epidemiology studies still use outdated practices when considering race
November 29, 2023 New Gillings-led research found that most studies in two prominent epidemiology journals treat race and ethnicity as confounding variables – a practice that can mask the complex connection between systemic racism and health effects.
The Abstract: November 27, 2023
November 27, 2023 Dr. Xihao Li gives job search advice in new interview, and maternal and child health experts at the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center publish a new edition of The Practical Playbook: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health.
Gillings School researchers support multi-center national study on blood pressure interventions
November 20, 2023 A comparative effectiveness clinical trial will expand from the Southeast to include two sites in Illinois.
Comprehensive antiviral landscape assessment guides Research and Development
November 20, 2023 Developed in partnership with SciVida, the first-of-its-kind database lays the groundwork for READDI’s pipeline of broad-spectrum pandemic drugs.
Fifth National Climate Assessment provides roadmap to better air quality and health
November 14, 2023 Dr. Jason West is lead author on the chapter on air quality in the new Fifth National Climate Assessment, which highlights opportunities to coordinate actions that address both climate change and air quality simultaneously.
New study shows forever chemicals found in indoor air and in clothes
November 16, 2023 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as "forever chemicals" were found in indoor air and cloth material in a newly published study.
