Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater was featured on CBS17 discussing the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in NC.

Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, associate dean for research at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, has been honored for her work in the field of nutrition with the Carla Smith Chamblee … Read more

The record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season included 30 storms, and while North Carolina managed to dodge the 12 hurricanes that made landfall, that won’t always be the case in the future. A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UNC is combining … Read more

February 23, 2021 By Courtney Mitchell Children in Colombia are exposed to a disproportionate amount of television advertisements that market unhealthy foods and beverages, a practice which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health issues as adults. Researchers affiliated … Read more

Nutrition researchers have noticed a connection between microbes found in the human gut and certain health conditions, like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Pinpointing the specifics behind that connection has been a more difficult task, thanks to variations in microbial … Read more

Faculty Fellow Audrey Pettifor was recently quoted in Higher Ed Dive on the topic of reopening universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Because messaging has a large impact on community adherence to public health guidance, many agencies are now seeking the most effective strategies to communicate the importance of wearing a mask during the pandemic. Experts at UNC-Chapel Hill have published a new study that suggests positive messages could be critical to supporting this effort.

Amanda Thompson received a conference grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center (through CRDF Global) for a meeting to be held in Quito, Ecuador.

Faculty Fellow Linda Adair will be an investigator on an new NIH/NICHD R01 grant awarded to FHI, Clinical trial with the levonorgestrel intrauterine system to measure changes in hemoglobin and serum ferritin among anemic women in Kenya (R01 HD100497).

Faculty Fellow Lisa Pearce received a grant from The Louisville Institute, entitled: Racism Rebuked and Reproduced in Church:  How American Gigachurches Responded to the Killing of George Floyd.