Judith Kovenock, 1933-2017
Mar 9, 2017 Judy Kovenock’s imprint on the Carolina Population Center is etched in every aspect of the center’s success and in the outstanding staff who support its research and training. Judy came to CPC in 1968, two years after … Read more
Translating Data into Health Recommendations: MEASURE Evaluation Project Mentors 14 Zambian Health Professionals
Feb 24, 2017 Health data are essential to understanding what is working in a health system and what is not. Data alone, however, are just numbers, unless transformed into compelling information products that communicate and lead to action to improve … Read more
Demographic Changes from the Lens of a Demographer: Q & A with Dr. Rebecca Tippett
Jan 23, 2017 Rebecca Tippett, Director of Carolina Demography at UNC’s Carolina Population Center, recently participated in a strategic planning conference with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. ZSR posted a summary of Tippett’s analysis and remarks. Excerpt: “We asked Dr. … Read more
MEASURE Evaluation experts share thinking on global health challenges in a new series of short podcasts
Jan 19, 2017 Experts at the MEASURE Evaluation project at CPC develop approaches and conduct research for health information systems strengthening and improved public health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries across the globe. We gather the best of their … Read more
Speizer to examine sustainability of family planning program activities in urban Nigeria
Nov 22, 2016 CPC Fellow Ilene Speizer was recently awarded a new project that will assess longer-term implications of family planning funding in urban Nigeria. Speizer will collaborate with CPC Fellow David Guilkey. Ilene Speizer, PhD, research professor in the … Read more
Research Published in PLOS Medicine by CPC Fellow Thirumurthy Shows Giving Women HIV Self-Tests Promotes Male Partner Testing
Nov 8, 2016 The paper reports results from the CPC research study led by Harsha Thirumurthy: The Use of HIV Self-tests to Promote Partner and Couples Testing: A Randomized Trial. Thirumurthy is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow. Read the … Read more
A Smarter Way to Build Health Information Systems? An Essay by Jim Thomas, MEASURE Evaluation Director and CPC Fellow
Oct 21, 2016 By Jim Thomas, PhD Originally posted on the MEASURE Evaluation project website. The 25 health indicators in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created with the hope that the global health advances of the last … Read more
Applications Being Accepted for Carolina Population Center’s Next Director
Oct 12, 2016 Excerpt from the job posting: “Applications and nominations are invited from all scholarly fields concerned with population issues for the position of Director of the Carolina Population Center (CPC). The Director has institutional responsibilities for promoting and … Read more
CPC Fellow Speizer named to RTI International’s 2016-2017 class of University Scholars
Sep 26, 2016 Ilene Speizer, PhD, research professor of maternal and child health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and faculty fellow at UNC’s Carolina Population Center, is one of six scholars selected to spend up to … Read more
Grabbing the Golden Goose
Upon celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Carolina Population Center is presented with the Golden Goose Award for its National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. The Golden Goose Award ceremony was held on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the … Read more