June 6, 2024 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Hans W. Paerl will join researchers at the University of Michigan for a five-year federal grant to host a center for studying links between climate change, harmful algal blooms and human health.
June 4, 2024 At the end of July, the Gillings School will bid farewell to retiring chair of maternal and child health Dr. Carolyn Halpern. Her legacy includes the hiring of new tenure-track and tenured faculty who are tackling important issues of maternal and child health equity.
June 3, 2024 The Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) has made its inaugural appointment of two executives in residence.
June 3, 2024 Founded by a group of Carolina students, the nonprofit, Middle East Refugee Aid (MERA) is working to provide equitable access to medical and dental care for Middle Eastern refugees both locally and abroad through health literacy initiatives and sustainable solutions.
May 31, 2024 Research led by environmental scientists at the Gillings School suggests that cost-effective informal water contracts could be a quicker and more affordable way to bring water to cities and homes during droughts and other emergencies.
May 31, 2024 In his role, Zhu will be responsible for overseeing around 300 submissions per year and appointing new associate editors (AEs) across varying topics.
May 29, 2024 New research led by Dr. Danyu Lin finds that boosters targeting omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 are still providing reasonably durable protection against infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but they are less protective against the now-dominant JN.1 strain.
May 23, 2024 An orally administered investigational antiviral — obeldesivir — is broadly effective against coronaviruses.
May 22, 2024 Researchers, including Dr. Kelly Evenson from the Gillings School, have found that both step and time-based exercise targets are equivalently associated with improved health outcomes, extended lifespan and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
May 20, 2024 Andrews embodied the interdisciplinarity at the root of public policy as an academic endeavor, committed to tackling public problems—especially environmental challenges—with a variety of methods over the course of a distinguished career.
