Helping a smoker quit: do's and don'ts (Fall, 2009)
September 14, 2009 Most smokers struggle to give up cigarettes.You, as a family member or friend, can help out by following these tips from the American Cancer Society: Do respect... Read more »
Carolina Public Health Magazine
Helping a smoker quit: do's and don'ts (Fall, 2009)
"Hero for the Planet" to keynote School's Foard Lecture in April 2009 (Fall, 2008)
September 26, 2008 William McDonough, an internationally renowned “green” architect and planner, will keynote the School’s 2009 Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture on the evening of April 1, 2009.... Read more »
Water filter project wins Kenan-Flagler Carolina Challenge (Fall, 2008)
September 26, 2008 “Carolina liquid assets,” part of Carolina Global Water Partnership, run by a team of students from both the public health and business schools, took first prize in... Read more »
Awards & Recognitions (Fall, 2008)
May 2008 – September 2008 For more information on these and many other faculty, student, alumni and staff awards, honors and recognitions, visit www.sph.unc.edu/school/recognitions. Faculty Dr. Myron S. Cohen ,... Read more »
From the Dean's desk (Fall 2008)
September 26, 2008 I wrote this flying over the Cascade Mountains, going home from the annual Association of Schools of Public Health Deans’ Retreat in Vancouver, B.C. The mountains are... Read more »
Dare County health director "identifies the win-win and works to that end"
April 28, 2008 As director of Dare County Department of Public Health since 1996, Anne Thomas has been making change happen in her organization and community for over a decade.... Read more »
From the Dean's desk (Spring, 2008)
April 28, 2008 Warren Bennis, internationally renowned leadership scholar, said that leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality. That’s a tall order and even more challenging than it... Read more »
Tyroler memorialized for transformative influence on field epidemiology (Spring, 2008)
April 28, 2008 Dr. Herman Alfred (Al) Tyroler, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health, died Feb.18, 2007. He was 82. A memorial service... Read more »
Leading the way (Spring, 2008)
April 28, 2008 School programs focus on creating leadership opportunities for working public health professionals While every academic program at our School embraces leadership development as a principal foundation, several... Read more »
Building partnerships to stop disease (Spring, 2008)
April 28, 2008 Dr. Victor Cáceres is a lot of things: board-certified clinician, researcher, and a field epidemiologist who has investigated disease outbreaks. His friend and colleague Dr. Augusto Lopez... Read more »