Positive messaging could play a key role in increasing COVID-19 mask compliance
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.
Fellow Thompson receives conference grant
Amanda Thompson received a conference grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center (through CRDF Global) for a meeting to be held in Quito, Ecuador.
Fellow Adair is investigator on new NIH/NICHD R01 grant awarded to FHI
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).
Fellow Pearce receives grant from The Louisville Institute
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.
New book published by Fellows Pearce and Elder
Faculty Fellows Lisa Pearce and Glen Elder have coauthored Living on the Edge: An American Generation’s Journey through the 20th Century with Richard A. Settersten Jr. Drawing from the iconic longitudinal Berkeley Guidance Study, Living on the Edge reveals the … Read more
Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris named Visiting Scientist in RTI University Scholars Program
Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris will be a Visiting Scientist in the 2020-21 RTI University Scholars Program. Craig Hill, PhD, Senior Vice President, Social, Statistical, and Environmental Sciences shares, “Dr. Harris and I have — both personally and organizationally — a … Read more
Study finds no negative economic impact from Chilean food labeling and advertising law
New research from the Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill finds that the food and beverage sector in Chile did not face significant job losses or wage decreases 18 months after implementation of its food labeling and advertising law.
Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson quoted in Governing Emergency Management
Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson was quoted in Governing Emergency Management’s recent piece on Stanford Medicine’s vaccine algorithm.
Focus Carolina: Penny Gordon-Larsen
Gordon-Larsen, a Faculty Fellow at CPC, leads the Obesity Creativity Hub, a diverse group of researchers from nutrition to behavioral health to data science who are working collaboratively to solve the challenge of obesity.
A Snapshot of Reopening N.C. Schools for In-Person Learning
With funding from the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, Powers, UNC epidemiologist and co-principal investigator Allison Aiello, and their team will conduct a two-part study to determine what policies and practices schools have developed to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and to gauge how teachers in those schools feel they are working.