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Tomorrow's solutions today

At the Gillings School, we are impatient for change that improves public health. Our research strengths focus on urgent challenges to generate tomorrow’s solutions today. Our researchers provide teaching and training opportunities for students while catalyzing a collaborative, creative environment for the world’s top scientists to discover, test and implement solutions to health threats and problems.

 

Research at Gillings

1+ Billion

In research dollars since 2016
($192M in FY 2021)

NIH Ranking

Top Public School of Public Health for NIH funding

Local is Global

Conduct research, education and/or practice in all 100 counties in N.C., 47 countries and 5 continents

Our strategic investment priorities for research are:

  • Health Equity
  • Air, Water and Climate Resilience
  • Infectious Diseases and Pandemics
  • Chronic Diseases, particularly Cancer, Cardiovascular and Cardiometabolic Diseases
  • Machine Learning, Systems Data Science, and Precision Health
  • Implementation and Improvement Science, Evaluation and Practice

Michael Hooker Research Center
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Our Recent Research

Message from the Associate Dean for Research

Andrew Olshan, PhD
Interim Associate Dean for Research
"Researchers at UNC Gillings are pioneers in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and revolutionary research. They develop ground-breaking ideas and apply innovative ways to address the biggest public health issues in North Carolina and around the world. Equity is a fundamental principle underlying the school’s research enterprise.”
Read more about Dr. Olshan.

Research Resources

Our Research Strengths

Learn more about the important research, teaching and public-service efforts happening at the Gillings School.
A Word Art of the GIllings School Research Strengths

Gillings Strategic Themes

Across all themes are two foundations: a focus on eliminating health inequities and a commitment to improving health locally and globally.
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Our Projects Around the Globe

To date, UNC Gillings faculty and students have conducted research and service projects in more than 60 countries and all 100 North Carolina counties.
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NIH Diversity Supplement

The goal of the NIH Diversity Supplement program is to enhance the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, post doctorates and eligible faculty investigators from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be nationally underrepresented in health-related research.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Gillings School is committed to research, innovation, entrepreneurship and problem solving.
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Global Health

Through partnerships at home and abroad, our students and faculty transform health around the world and in our backyard.
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Building COVID-19 Research Collaborations Webinar Series

This series highlights research collaborations addressing public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Advancing Health Equity Solutions at UNC

For the past two years, we have organized a session for University Research Week entitled Advancing Health Equity Research at UNC.
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