Doctoral student invited to serve with APHA’s 2019 Think Tank
February 5, 2019
Caitlin Williams, doctoral student in maternal and child health, has been selected as a member of American Journal of Public Health’s 2019 Student Think Tank.
UNC, Ribisl found to be highly ranked producers of scholarly information on e-cigarettes
February 5, 2019
An independent analysis by researchers at Rutgers found UNC-Chapel Hill to be one of the top three producers of scholarly articles about e-cigarettes. Dr. Kurt Ribisl was recognized as one of the top individual researchers on the topic. Photo by Vaping360.
Ramaswamy is co-lead of prestigious award to improve maternal care in Ghana
January 31, 2019
Dr. Rohit Ramaswamy will lead a project team that will scale up an innovative triage system to high-risk obstetric hospitals. Photo of maternity clinic in Ghana courtesy of USAID.
HIV intervention provides opportunity to explore the nature of resilience among young black men
January 25, 2019
“This work is particularly timely in the context of broader social movements toward greater health equity across race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation,” said Dr. Kate Muessig, senior author of the study. Photo by Gabriel Antonio.
Gillings School students selected as injury and violence prevention fellows
January 21, 2019
Anna Austin, Natalie Blackburn, Jess Bousquette, Venita Embry, Alex Gertner, Sarah Treves-Kagan, Kathleen Shumaker and Venera Urbaeva are inaugural Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) fellows at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center.
Restrictive firearm legislation may greatly lower the rate of female intimate partner homicides
January 14, 2019
Doctoral student Josie Caves and Drs. Shabbar Ranapurwala, Beth Moracco and Steve Marshall are co-authors of a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Photo by Hayley Rivera.
Improved training, learning opportunities would help to meet UN’s ambitious water, sanitation, hygiene goals
January 14, 2019
New research from doctoral student Karen Setty and Dr. Jamie Bartram could benefit the WaSH community by engaging multiple parties to develop a set of common global research priorities. Photo by Shawn/Creative Commons.
ESE student wins TriCEM fellowship
January 9, 2019
Alyssa Grube has received funding from the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine for her project, 'Lessons From the Environmental Resistome in Galápagos: A One Health Perspective.'
Study examines relationship between length of hospital stay and time of discharge for pediatric patients
January 8, 2019
Health policy and management researchers examined the discharge records of pediatric patients at N.C. Children's Hospital. Photo by Carlos Ebert.
Doctoral student publishes three studies about women’s reproductive health
January 1, 2019
Doctoral student Isabel Morgan recently published the results of three projects on women's reproductive health, conducted while she worked at the CDC. Photo by Andre Adjahoe.
