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Adverse birth outcomes worse for foreign-born Latina mothers during Trump administration
March 1, 2023A number of studies have shown that the election of President Trump in 2016 generated harmful consequences for the health and well-being of Latinx people in the United States. Several students have linked Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-Latinx policies with increased levels of stress and anxiety among Latinx people in the US, as well as a…
Faculty Fellow Sachiko Ozawa serves on expert panel for new report on socioeconomic impact of science and health misinformation
January 26, 2023A new report released by the Council of Canadian Academies examines the socioeconomic impacts of science and health misinformation, and describes best practices for identifying and responding to misinformation. CPC Faculty Fellow Sachiko Ozawa, a heath economist and associate professor in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, served as a panel member for the report, entitled…
Using Collaboration to Fight a Tricky Tick-Borne Disease
January 17, 2023
Falling birth rate not due to less desire to have children
January 12, 2023For many parents or would-be parents, the “right time” to have a child may feel increasingly out of reach Birth rates are falling in the United States, but it isn’t because Americans say they want fewer kids. In fact, young Americans haven’t changed the number of children they intend to have in decades. Women born…
Lessler publishes new study in Science Advances
May 2, 2022Faculty Fellow Justin Lessler, PhD is co-author of a new study published in Science Advances on “In-person schooling and associated COVID-19 risk in the United States over spring semester 2021.” Because of the importance of schools to childhood development, the relationship between in-person schooling and COVID-19 risk has been one of the most important questions…
UNC’s New Vice Chancellor, Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen
April 6, 2022Professor Penny Gordon-Larsen was appointed interim vice chancellor for research on March 14, 2022. She previously served as the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Healthʼs associate dean for research, a position she held since September 2018. In that role, she provided intellectual and strategic leadership and vision for the schoolʼs research programs and activities,…
Consensus statement on definition and diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity published
March 7, 2022A consensus statement on the definition and diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity was released by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), and simultaneously published in Clinical Nutrition. Faculty Fellow John Batsis, MD was a member of the International Consensus Definition workgroup. He has…
Remarks from John Batsis on behalf of AGS
March 7, 2022Faculty Fellow John Batsis MD served as the American Geriatrics Society representative on the Obesity and Equitable Aging Roundtable held by the National Council on Aging Roundtable last October. Last month, the National Council on Aging held a virtual meeting with Dr. Meena Seshamani, the Deputy Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services…
Picture warnings on sodas? A promising tool to fight childhood obesity
February 1, 2022A study published today in the journal PLOS Medicine is the first to examine in a realistic setting whether pictorial health warnings on sugary drinks — like juice and soda — influence which beverages parents buy for their children. The findings are promising: The warnings reduced parental purchases of sugary drinks for their kids by…
