Relying on herself, looking out for the children (Spring, 2008)
April 28, 2008 When Sarah Morrow (then Sarah Taylor) was five years old, she went with her physician father to see a premature baby he had delivered. When the mother... Read more »
Carolina Public Health Magazine
Relying on herself, looking out for the children (Spring, 2008)
Public health leaders (Spring 2008)
April 28, 2008 Setting the goals, setting the pace, setting the example A fundamental strategy by which Carolina’s School of Public Health creates sustainable, positive changes in public health is... Read more »
Graduate certificate in public health entrepreneurship now available (Spring, 2008)
April 28, 2008 UNC School of Public Health faculty are collaborating with the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School to offer a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship. The new... Read more »
For World Bank's Briscoe, study of water is vital, moving
October 05, 2007 Dr. John Briscoe “There is going to be no more water,” says Dr. John Briscoe, stating the inevitable. “We have to be better at managing what we... Read more »
UNC faculty train North Carolina wastewater treatment plant operators
October 05, 2007 Dr. Donald Francisco More than 7,200 North Carolina wastewater treatment plant operators owe their training to Dr. Donald Francisco, clinical professor emeritus of environmental sciences and engineering... Read more »
Water tips
October 05, 2007 Join a community group to help restore a stream or clean a beach. For more information, visit: www.nrcs. usda.gov/technical/stream_ restoration. Use pest management methods in your... Read more »
Making colon cancer a community concern (Winter, 2006-07)
December 13, 2006 Beauty salons, barber shops and community health centers work with UNC researchers to get the word out about how to reduce the risk of colon cancer. If... Read more »
From the Dean's desk (Winter, 2006-07)
We chose to focus this issue of Carolina Public Health on health disparities out of a deep conviction that eliminating health disparities is one of the most important tasks before... Read more »
UNC researchers look for reasons behind colon cancer disparities
December 13, 2006 Dr. Robert Sandler Are the higher rates of colon cancer among African-Americans and their higher death rates from this disease due to differences in access to... Read more »
Overcoming disparities: highlights from our past
December 13, 2006 Dr. Milton Rosenau, Founding Dean Dr. Milton Rosenau, the UNC School of Public Health’s first dean, believed that every person deserved sufficient education and resources to “meet... Read more »