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Carolina Public Health Magazine
Innovation + Discovery
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From the dean (Fall 2016)
Greetings to our readers![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/CPH_fall_2016_app-712x466.jpg)
And the winner is... an innovative sex ed app!
Two Gillings School doctoral students have received the largest award ever made to a student or student group at UNC![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_zika-712x466.png)
Collaborative lab environment leads to major weapon in Zika fight
A team from the Gillings School offers hope for a therapeutic treatment![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_soda-712x466.png)
The great unsweetening
Mexico's beverage tax moves the country toward health![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_HPM_cover-712x466.png)
Student case studies dramatically improve real-world hospital policy
Students in the Gillings School have an impact on safety![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_trajectories-712x466.jpg)
Trajectories (Fall 2016)
Young alumni prove themselves as local and global public health leaders![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/BIG-view-from-back-712x466.jpg)
Dennis Gillings speaks at 2016 commencement
Thank you, Dr. Gillings, for an inspiring commencement address!![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/Angle-Marcia-Kotch-Jonathan-WoD-2009-10-29-712x466.jpg)
Marcia Angle, MD, MPH
A mother-daughter gift helps improve the lives of children everywhere![Naomi Sadighi Ranstrom](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/sadighi-ranstrom_naomi_100-stories-712x466.jpg)
Annual Fund: 100 stories and counting
Since 2009, we have awarded more than 100 Annual Fund scholarships to Gillings students![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_acknowledgements-712x466.jpg)
Acknowledgements (Fall 2016)
Thanks to our Foundation Board, Advisory Council and others who support Carolina Public Health![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/Bartram_jamie_by-fuldner-712x466.jpg)
Thoughts on innovation leadership
Look up “innovation” in a dictionary, and you may be in for a surprise![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_gibson-712x466.jpg)
Well served?
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson investigates inequities in drinking water quality in Wake County![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_india-712x466.jpg)
The Measurement, Learning & Evaluation Project
Detailed and accurate data allow researchers to avoid 'one-size-fits-all' solutions![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_cigarette_cover-712x466.jpg)
Pictures speak louder than words — at least on cigarette packs
Cigarette packaging has long been a policy battleground![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_CF-712x466.png)
Cystic fibrosis screening for newborns transforms young lives
This research has affected every baby born in the U.S. over the past decade![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_school_news-712x466.jpg)
May — November 2016 School News
Read more at sph.unc.edu/news![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_stafford_cover-712x466.jpg)
Paula Brown Stafford
Our distinguished alumna![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/Adler-Polignano-a-Mare-712x466.jpg)
A Conversation with Dr. Amanda Adler
Keep your standards high – and then go for it!![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/COMM_CPH_fall_2016_donors-712x466.jpg)
Honor roll of donors (Fall 2016)
July 1, 2015 — June 30, 2016![](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/12/Mukoda-photo-slide-712x466.jpg)