Infectious Diseases and Pandemics News Feed

Remdesivir pill can provide greater access, early treatment

March 22, 2022
A pill form of remdesivir expands the work of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health to develop effective and easy-to-use treatments for COVID-19.

Evidence suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted through wastewater

Feburary 16, 2022
There is no proof that people can contract COVID-19 from wastewater, according to a report by Dr. Mark Sobsey published in the Journal of Water & Health.

Looking at the impact of COVID-19 on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya and beyond

February 14, 2022
An ongoing project reveals a perceived sense of milk insufficiency among mothers in Kenya due to food insecurity caused by the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Highlighted Leaders in the Field

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Alice Ammerman, DrPHMildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor
Edward L. Baker Jr., MD, MPHAdjunct Professor
Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPHAssociate Professor
Noel Brewer, PhDGillings Distinguished Professor in Public Health
Myron Cohen, MDYeargan-Bate Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health
Stephen R. Cole, PhDProfessor
Molly De Marco, PhDAssistant Professor
Leah McCall Devlin, DDSProfessor of the Practice
Marisa Domino, PhDAdjunct Professor
Karine Dubé, DrPHAssistant Professor
Andrew Edmonds, PhDAssociate Professor
Jessie K. Edwards, PhDAssociate Professor
Michael Emch, PhDW.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Claudia S. Plaisted Fernandez, DrPHProfessor
Edwin B. Fisher, PhDProfessor
Bill Gentry, MPAAssociate Professor and Director of CPDM certificate program
Yvonne Golightly, PhDAssociate Professor
Carol Golin, MDProfessor
Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhDW. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research
Emily W. Gower, PhDAssociate Professor
Misa Graff, PhDAssociate Professor
Rachel Graham, PhDAssistant Professor
Lisa Gralinski, PhDAssistant Professor
Sherri Green, PhD, MSW, LCSWAssociate Professor
Sandra B. Greene, DrPHProfessor of the Practice
Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhDAssociate Professor
Abigail M. Hatcher, PhDAssociate Professor
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPHProfessor
Mark Holmes, PhDProfessor
Michael Hudgens, PhDProfessor and Chair
Anastasia Ivanova, PhDProfessor
Erin Kent, PhDAssociate Professor and Associate Chair for Research
Michael R. Kosorok, PhDW.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Lisa M. LaVange, PhDProfessor Emeritus
Feng-Chang Lin, PhDProfessor
Danyu Lin, PhDDennis Gillings Distinguished Professor
Laura Linnan, ScDSenior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
David M. Margolis, MDProfessor
Stephanie L. Martin, PhDAssistant Professor
Gene W. Matthews, JDAdjunct Professor
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhDCary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Sonia Napravnik, PhDAssociate Professor
Kari North, PhDProfessor
Leena Nylander-French, PhD, CIHProfessor
Andrew Olshan, PhDBarbara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Professor in Cancer Epidemiology
Aunchalee E. L. Palmquist, PhD, MA, IBCLCAdjunct Associate Professor
Brian Wells Pence, PhDProfessor
George H. Pink, PhDHumana Distinguished Professor
Kimberly Powers, PhDAssociate Professor
David Richardson, PhDAssociate Professor
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, MPHDean and Professor Emerita
Nora Rosenberg, PhDAssociate Professor
Aaron Salzberg, PhDJennifer and Don Holzworth Distinguished Professor
Saame "Raz" Shaikh, PhDProfessor and Chair
Christopher M. Shea, PhDProfessor
Timothy Sheahan, PhDAssistant Professor
Rebecca Slifkin, PhDProfessor Emeritus
Jennifer S. Smith, PhDProfessor
Mark D. Sobsey, PhDProfessor (Retired, Part-Time)
Samir Soneji, PhDAdjunct Associate Professor
Jill Stewart, PhDPhilip C. Singer Distinguished Professor
Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhDNancy A. Dreyer Distinguished Professor and Chair
Sean Y. Sylvia, PhDAssociate Professor
Deborah Tate, PhDProfessor
James Thomas, PhD, MPHProfessor Emeritus
Douglas W. Urland, MPADirector
Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPHAssociate Professor
Anissa I. Vines, MS, PhDAssociate Professor
David Jay Weber, MDProfessor
Sharon Stucker Weir, PhDAssistant Professor
Daniel Westreich, PhDProfessor
Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD, MPHMichael S O’Malley Distinguished Professor
Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH, CPHAdjunct Assistant Professor
Donglin Zeng, PhDAdjunct Professor
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