NCIOM task force addresses early childhood obesity
Sept. 10, 2013 Researchers from the Gillings School of Global Public Health participated this week in a task force convened by the N.C. Institute of Medicine to develop strategies... Read more »
Gillings School News
Baric to lead $10 million NIH grant
Sept. 9, 2013 A team of researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Wisconsin has received a National Institutes of Health grant... Read more »
NIH-funded project will investigate genetic susceptibilities in minority populations
Sept. 9, 2013 Kari North, PhD, has received a four-year, $3.1 million National Institutes of Health grant that aims to uncover connections between genetic variants and some of the complex... Read more »
High school football programs not using most effective heatstroke management measures, study finds
Sept. 6, 2013 Despite their awareness of the dangers of heatstroke, trainers in most high school football programs still do not employ the most effective measures to manage the... Read more »
Westreich, Pence and Powers join epidemiology faculty
Sept. 5, 2013 The Gillings School’s Department of Epidemiology has recruited three new tenure-track faculty members who specialize in infectiousdiseases. They are Daniel Westreich, PhD (effective May 1), Brian Pence,... Read more »
Study finds genetic link in high blood pressure for African-Americans
Sept. 5, 2013 Research led by a scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified genes linked to high blood pressure in individuals of African... Read more »
Study evaluates capability of emergency medical services to care for stroke patients
Sept. 5, 2013 What happens in the back of an ambulance can save a life. The skills of emergency medical services (EMS) technicians – and how quickly and... Read more »
Ammerman leads ‘Food Explorers’ in NC schools, helps kids choose healthy school lunches
Sept. 4, 2013 A research team led by Alice Ammerman, DrPH, professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has instituted a new program this... Read more »
Moderate physical activity does not increase risk of knee osteoarthritis, study finds
Aug. 29, 2013 A new study finds that adults age 45 and older who engaged in moderate physical activity up to 2.5 hours per week did not increase their... Read more »
Survey of adolescent males and their parents shows low HPV vaccination rates
Aug. 27, 2013 Encouraging physicians to recommend human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to adolescent boys and their parents – and educating the boys and their families about the importance of receiving... Read more »