Jun 28, 2010
The Duplin Times-Progress Sentinel published a story about the visit of leaders from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the local operation of the National Children’s Study in Duplin County. CPC Director and Fellow Barbara Entwisle and Nancy Dole (CPC Deputy Director for Research Services) were involved with showing the visitors how the study operates in Duplin County.
Excerpt:
Study Directors Barbara Entwisle and Nancy Dole from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Battelle Memorial Institute’s Charles Knott updated visitors on the status of the study, including accomplishments and challenges of fielding this large and important study of children’s health.
“We were pleased to have the national visitors come to Duplin County and see how the study really operates at the local level,” said Dole. “The visitors relayed how valuable it was to talk with the staff who are working with families who have volunteered to be in this study.”
The study’s website is http://centers.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/unc/locations/duplin/Pages/default.aspx
Source: “NIH National Children’s Study leaders and staff visit Duplin County” Duplin Times-Progress Sentinel (June 24, 2010)
The full story cannot be found on the web but is attached to this news announcement.