October 29, 2024 Dr. William Vizuete, professor of environmental sciences and engineering, has a new title: the Gillings School’s first innovation strategy adviser. The inaugural role represents the School’s deep commitment to building a robust culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and translation for direct impact.
October 24, 2024 Unlike current models, the DeepCTM bot shows the impact of proposed development at the neighborhood level.
September 20, 2024The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Triangle-area nonprofit research organization RTI International leveraged their shared expertise to tackle important challenges related to health and the environment.
September 16, 2024 The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Public Health will serve as a hub for innovation, where ideas are cultivated, tested and implemented to improve population health outcomes using AI-driven approaches in North Carolina and globally.
December 14, 2023 As part of the eighth round of Gillings Innovation Labs, six faculty members were awarded $100,000 each to pursue research using generative artificial intelligence (gAI) that focuses on solving real-world problems over the next two years.
January 12, 2021 The release of the book — co-authored by Dr. William Vizuete in the UNC Gillings Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering — coincides with heightened concerns about air quality around the world.
November 18, 2020 New study finds high levels of fine particle pollution in the air are associated with brain shrinkage patterns that are common in Alzheimer’s.
September 1, 2020 Recent research by a team that included Drs. William Vizuete and Marc Serre adds to mounting evidence that long-term exposure to particulate matter pollution contributes to memory loss and may accelerate aging of the brain, especially later in life.
April 17, 2020 Students at the Gillings School voted recently to select eight of the School’s most innovative classroom teachers for the annual Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards.
December 19, 2019 New research from Dr. William Vizuete indicates that the emissions from cannabis cultivation factories for recreational and medicinal use could strongly impact the regional air quality in Denver, Colorado.
