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Greater diversity in genetic studies helps researchers uncover new insights

April 13, 2022
Researchers from Penn State and the Gillings School identified 42 regions of the genome related to health and growth by examining data from Hispanic/Latino individuals.

Gillings faculty, students and alumni track human rights effects of COVID-19 response

November 10, 2021
The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic was uniquely widespread and rapid, with equally widespread potential for human rights impacts across nations and throughout the world. A group of faculty members, students and alumni of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health created a database that uses media coverage to monitor potential violations of human rights.

Study shows new machine learning method may lead to optimal cancer treatment decisions

December 4, 2020
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have developed a computational framework to generate evidence-based optimal cancer treatment decisions informed by a patient’s genomic biomarkers. The findings, which may aid in the development of precision cancer treatments, are published in the Journal of the American Statistical Association.


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Linda Adair, PhDProfessor
Alice Ammerman, DrPHMildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor
Ralph S. Baric, PhDWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Melinda Beck, PhDProfessor Emerita
Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAEDProfessor
Kyle S. Burger, PhD, MPH, RDProfessor and Associate Chair for Research
Ximena M. Bustamante-Marin, PhDAssistant Professor
Ian Carroll, PhDAssistant Professor
Myron Cohen, MDYeargan-Bate Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health
Lawrence S. Engel, PhDProfessor
Nora Franceschini, MD, MPH, FAHAProfessor
John E. French, PhDProfessor
Rebecca Fry, PhDCarol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor in Children’s Environmental Health and Associate Chair for Strategic Initiatives
Melissa Gilkey, PhDAssociate Professor
Carol Golin, MDProfessor
Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhDW. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research
Emily W. Gower, PhDAssociate Professor
Rachel Graham, PhDAssistant Professor
Derek P. Hales, PhDAssistant Professor
Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhDAssociate Professor
Michael Hudgens, PhDProfessor and Chair
Folami Ideraabdullah, PhDAssociate Professor
Martin Kohlmeier, MDProfessor
Natalia I. Krupenko, PhDAssociate Professor
Sergey A. Krupenko, PhDProfessor
Feng-Chang Lin, PhDProfessor
Laura Linnan, ScDSenior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
Nobuyo Maeda, PhDProfessor
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhDCary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Katie Meyer, ScDAssistant Professor
Sandra Mooney, PhDAssociate Professor
Herbert Peterson, MDWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
Kimberly Powers, PhDAssociate Professor
John S. Preisser, PhDProfessor
Matthew A. Psioda, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professor
Bahjat Qaqish, PhDProfessor
Julia Rager, PhDAssistant Professor
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhDPhD Professor
Naim Rashid, PhDAssociate Professor
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, MPHDean and Professor Emerita
Mya L. Roberson, MSPH, PhDAssistant Professor
Wayne Rosamond, PhDProfessor
Saame "Raz" Shaikh, PhDProfessor and Chair
Jeffrey Simms, MSPHAssistant Professor and Associate Chair for Alumni and External Affairs
Susan M. Smith, PhDProfessor
Delisha Stewart, PhDAssistant Professor
Alison Stuebe, MDProfessor and Distinguished Scholar in Infant and Young Child Feeding
Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RDN, LDN, IBCLC, RLC, FANDAssistant Professor
Susan Sumner, PhDProfessor
Deborah Tate, PhDProfessor
Kimberly Parker Truesdale, PhD, MSPHAssociate Professor
Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPHAssociate Professor
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