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Seed grants awarded to Fellows Parcesepe and Ng
June 28, 2020In June, Fellows Angela Parcesepe and Shu Wen Ng were each awarded seed grants to investigate the impacts of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic on US families. Parcesepe’s mixed method study aims to generate knowledge and advance understanding of the impact of … Read more
Large collaboration explores social determinants of health in humans and other social mammals
May 22, 2020Humans are not the only social mammals, however, and similar research looking at other social mammals indicates that they, too, are influenced by their social environments and social adversity.
Adults in Mexico are consuming fewer soft drinks three years into a sugary-beverage tax
May 6, 2020Three years after Mexico implemented a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, the country’s adults are consuming fewer soft drinks, according to new findings from an international team of researchers.
Who gets admitted to medical education in low- and middle-income countries — and why does it matter?
April 7, 2020Recent studies have found that doctors and nurses in low- and middle-income countries are often absent from work, sometimes seek unauthorized payments for services, and may treat patients in disrespectful or abusive ways.
Can social media help track the spread of disease?
April 7, 2020In a recent article, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers explored how to effectively and ethically include social media and broader Internet tracking as part of public health surveillance efforts.
These basic public health measures can slow the spread of COVID-19
April 7, 2020The epidemiology of COVID-19 — the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 — has become clearer as case numbers rise and researchers refine their estimates of the severity and transmissibility of the virus.
‘100% Vitamin C’ marketing claims increase appeal of sugary fruit drinks
March 24, 2020Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a major factor in the obesity epidemic among both children and adults. Fruit-flavored drinks with added sugar (“fruit drinks”) are by far the most popular SSB among children.
Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China
March 13, 2020Over the last several decades in China, millions of rural residents have migrated to urban areas for work. As parents migrate, they’ve left their young children behind with other family members in the countryside. A new study co-led by Sean … Read more
Chilean policies reduce purchases of unhealthy beverages by 24%: the first national evaluation of the impact of a front-of-the-package food label law
February 12, 2020Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising, implemented in 2016, was the first national regulation to jointly mandate front-of-package warning labels, restrict child-directed marketing, and ban the sale in schools of all foods and beverages containing added sugars, sodium or saturated fats exceeding set thresholds (also called “high-in” food and beverages).
Kathleen Mullan Harris elected lifetime AAAS fellow
November 26, 2019Faculty Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris is among the 443 scientists selected this year as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. She was … Read more