October 7, 2020 For the second year in a row, the Gillings School has been selected to receive the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for its outstanding commitment to and ongoing promotion of inclusive excellence.
October 5, 2020 One in seven Black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment, and Black women also had extended duration of treatment, according to a study led by researchers from the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
October 2, 2020 A new guide offers a roadmap for countries seeking to adopt front-of-package nutrition labels.
October 1, 2020 Dr. Michael (Mike) Demilt Aitken, age 64, professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, passed away September 19 after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
October 1, 2020 Breastfeeding is a vital component of newborn and early child health, and members of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) at the Gillings School of Global Public Health are on the case. Faculty and staff within CGBI have received a subcontract for $1,352,970 from Abt Associates to provide training and technical assistance on the implementation of the World Health Organization and UNICEF’s Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.
September 29, 2020 A new humanized mouse model represents pioneering work in the field of toxicology, paving the way for scientists around the globe to more accurately predict arsenic toxicity in humans.
September 28, 2020 Edwin Mercado came to the Gillings School to learn more about how to run a series of health care facilities in the Philippines and ensure affordable care for all. Now, he's steering a health care system through the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 18, 2020 Halei Benefield has been named the 2020 recipient of the Michael S. O’Malley Alumni Award for Publication Excellence in Cancer Population Sciences.
September 18, 2020 As emergency response director for the CDC Foundation, Turquoise Sidibe has tackled everything from hurricanes to the opioid crisis. Since her unit was activated in January 2020, she has led implementation and evaluation of the CDC Foundation’s more than 100 active COVID-19 projects.
September 16, 2020 Each year, more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests take place in the United States. An estimated 90% of the people who experience one do not survive. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a team led by Dr. Wayne Rosamond describes a new method to give bystanders life-saving access to AEDs: drone delivery.
