Speizer to lead $4M grant for evaluation of expanded contraceptive method choice for youth in Africa and Asia

November 30, 2017

Nov 30, 2017 The Carolina Population Center today announced a new program to generate and synthesize evidence to inform programs and policies to expand contraceptive method choice for youth aged 15-24 at the global and country levels. This work is … Read more

CPC’s Transfer Project awarded new grant by Hewlett Foundation to study national cash transfer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

November 22, 2017

Nov 22, 2017 The Hewlett Foundation has awarded a grant for $690,000 to CPC Fellows Gustavo Angeles and Sudhanshu Handa to improve evidence based decision-making in sub-Saharan Africa. The three year grant will support the Transfer Project, a regional research initiative led … Read more

Visualizing geographic challenges to health services is the first step to finding solutions

November 13, 2017

Nov 13, 2017 Geography matters in public health. It’s necessary to understand where things happen. Are health facilities near the people who need them? Do diseases cluster in a specific place? Where should we direct resources after crises such as … Read more

CPC Moves to Carolina Square in November

October 30, 2017

Oct 30, 2017 In November, UNC’s Carolina Population Center moves to its new home at Carolina Square, the former location of University Square. For the first time since its earliest years, CPC will be housed under a single roof, uniting … Read more

Tom Heath, Carolina Population Center’s Deputy Director for Finance and Administration, retires after 28 years at CPC

October 17, 2017

How many of you know that Tom Heath has completed two marathons during his career at CPC? One was a 26.2-mile race in 2000 and the other, as he approaches retirement from UNC, is a 26(+2)-year run at the Carolina … Read more

CPC Fellow Halpern appears on WUNC’s The State of Things: NC Teen Pregnancies at Decades Low, Thanks in Part to Contraception

October 12, 2017

Oct 12, 2017 Carolyn Tucker Halpern was interviewed by Frank Stasio, host of WUNC’s The State of Things about the historic low teen birth rate in North Carolina. Halpern is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow and is a UNC … Read more

CPC Fellow Halpern will co-lead grant investigating sexual/gender identity, socioeconomic status and health

September 29, 2017

Sep 29, 2017 A new award co-funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities will explore how sexual orientation/gender identity and socioeconomic status intersect and contribute to … Read more

A crystal ball for the Tar Heel state: Tippett studies population changes and the effects they could have in the years ahead

September 25, 2017

Sep 25, 2017 UNC spotlights Rebecca Tippett’s knowledge and expertise about recent population changes in North Carolina. Tippett is the Director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center. Excerpt: “North Carolina is still adding about 100,000 new residents every … Read more

Meet the recently elected Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows

September 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017 The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected five UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program. The Fellows are CPC’s permanent and vital core, and the center devotes its resources to facilitating their research. Currently, there … Read more

UNC receives $4.8 million grant to confront energy poverty in Southern Africa

August 29, 2017

Aug 29, 2017 The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $4.8 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to help alleviate energy poverty in Southern Africa. Energy poverty is the lack of access to modern energy … Read more

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