April 17, 2014 People who work outdoors are at high risk for tick-borne diseases. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) offers excellent recommendations for people who work... Read more »
April 17, 2014 Kelly Weidenbach, DrPH, is the new executive director of the Casper-Natrona County Health Department in Casper, Wyo. A 2013 alumna of UNC Gillings School of Global Public... Read more »
April 17, 2014 Scott Zimmerman, DrPH, alumnus of what is now the Gillings School of Global Public Health, was recently appointed director of the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public... Read more »
April 17, 2014 The Water Institute at UNC, part of UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, will present the 2014 Water Microbiology Conference: Microbial Contaminants from Watersheds to Human... Read more »
April 17, 2014 Daniel Westreich, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Society of Epidemiologic... Read more »
April 11, 2014 The resignation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius could mean hard times for advancing policies about breastfeeding, says Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH. Labbok is... Read more »
April 9, 2014 Margaret (Peggy) Bentley, PhD, Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of nutrition and associate dean for global health at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been... Read more »
Daniel Westreich appointed AJE associate editor Daniel Westreich, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology, was appointed recently as an associate editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Westreich, a 2008 alumnus of... Read more »
April 8, 2014 Prestigious awards established at the Gillings School to honor outstanding alumni and faculty members will be presented on April 10 to C. Marjorie Aelion, PhD, and David... Read more »
April 7, 2014 A new University of North Carolina finds little to cheer about in the fight against childhood obesity, despite a recent report to the contrary. The study, published... Read more »
