“Geography of risk” impacts analysis of racial inequities in COVID-19 deaths
April 5, 2021 COVID-19 has placed a disproportionate burden on communities of color, reflected in the higher rates of positive cases, long-term health effects and deaths. While public health leaders analyze and quantify these inequities, a group of UNC epidemiologists … Read more
Whitney Robinson featured in The New York Times
Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson was featured in a New York Times piece on how epidemiologists are planning to vacation with their unvaccinated kids.
Manish Kumar to particpate in PAHO policy workshop
Manish Kumar, the Senior Technical Specialist-Health System Strengthening in the USAID-MEASURE Evaluation project, will be participating in the kick-off policy workshop organized by the Pan American Health Organization. He also recently participated in the IS4H conference organized by PAHO and … Read more
Carolina Demography’s work featured on CBS17
In a CBS17 report on the drastic improvement in NC Latinos’ vaccination rates, Carolina Demography’s work on the Latino population in NC is highlighted.
Whitney Robinson pens guest essay for Insight
Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson has written a guest essay for Insight on how she navigated the difficult and complicated information landscape early in the pandemic to puzzle through whether to send her two children to childcare.
Taylor Hargrove featured in ASA Footnotes
Faculty Fellow Taylor Hargrove writes about racialized health inequalities in the American Sociological Association’s Footnotes.
For a healthier world, target ultra-processed foods
Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Global Food Research Program (GFRP) have spent years evaluating the role that food plays in health, obesity and disease, as well as the public health policies that can moderate the negative impacts of unhealthy food and … Read more
COVID-19 Publications from the Carolina Population Center
as of 3/29/2021 Adhikari, Sasmita Poudel, Sha Meng, Yu-Ju Wu, Yu-Ping Mao, Rui-Xue Ye, Qing-Zhi Wang, Chang Sun, Sean Sylvia, Scott Rozelle, Hein Raat, and Huan Zhou. 2020. Epidemiology, Causes, Clinical Manifestation and Diagnosis, Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease … Read more
Rachel Woodul and Paul Delamater featured in The Daily Tar Heel
Rachel Woodul and Paul Delamater were featured in The Daily Tar Heel for their work on the models they’ve built that simulate the spread of COVID-19.
Fellow Avery wins Teaching Innovation Award
Christy Avery, MPH, PhD, won this years’ Gillings School of Global Public Health Teaching Innovation Award. One nominator wrote “Dr. Avery has led a sustained effort to revamp Epidemiologic training to more accurately define and measure race and racism. Although … Read more