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2 Gillings students to address health disparities as Schweitzer Fellows

June 1, 2023
The North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently announced the selection of 29 Schweitzer Fellows — including two from the Gillings School — will spend the next year learning how to effectively address the social factors that impact health as they develop lifelong leadership skills.

Students reflect on ‘once-in-a-generation’ UN Water Conference

May 17, 2023
The first United Nations Water Conference in almost five decades represented a once-in-a-generation opportunity for international cooperation around management of a resource that the UN’s secretary general, António Guterres, referred to as “our world’s lifeblood.” A group from the UNC Water Institute attended, including three students of the UNC Gillings School of Global Health.

A bubbling innovation for kids with visual impairment

May 9, 2023
Halima Hasan, a graduating senior in health policy and management, is part of App Team Carolina, a student iOS development team that worked with teachers of students with visual impairments to design an app to improve the reading skills of children with Cortical Visual Impairment.

The Abstract: May 1, 2023

May 1, 2023
New honors and research funding for Gillings students and faculty, including De Marco, Parcesepe, Smith Taillie, Ammerman, Sibley and Bartels!