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Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2021
August 2, 2021The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected seven UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2021. There are now 78 faculty fellows who sit across 16 academic departments. Fenaba Addo, Public Policy Fenaba R. Addo is an … Read more
Elizabeth Frankenberg in The Conversation
July 6, 2021Elizabeth Frankenberg co-wrote a piece in The Conversation looking at what has been learned about recovering from the Boxing Day tsunami.
Review shows minimal, high-quality evidence dietary supplements lead to weight loss
June 23, 2021This piece was originally published by The Obesity Society. SILVER SPRING, Md.– Although Americans spend billions on them, published research shows a lack of strong evidence that dietary supplements and alternative therapies help adults lose weight, according to a new … Read more
Carolina Population Center Statement on Nikole Hannah-Jones
June 22, 2021The Carolina Population Center urges the UNC Board of Trustees to review and approve Nikole Hannah-Jones’ appointment as a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. We and many other faculty, students, staff, and alumni … Read more
Carolina Demography’s research cited in BladenOnline
June 21, 2021Carolina Demography’s recent work on the First in FAFSA School Tracker was cited in a recent article from BladenOnline.com They were also cited in the Greensboro News & Record for their analysis of college enrollment, and a recent N&O piece … Read more
Popkin interviewed for Reuters
June 21, 2021Faculty Fellow Barry Popkin was interviewed in a piece about obesity and Mexico.
A Framework for Operationalizing the Structural Racism Construct in Minority and Immigrant Health Research
June 18, 2021Racism is now widely recognized as a fundamental cause of health inequalities in the United States and health scholars are examining the role of structural racism in fostering morbidity and mortality. But much of the prior scholarship about structural racism and … Read more
Faculty Fellow Yong Cai co-writes New York Times op-ed
June 11, 2021Faculty Fellow Yong Cai and sociologist Wang Feng (University of California, Irvine) have co-published an op-ed in the New York Times entitled “The Real Reason Behind China’s Three-Child Policy.”
American Geriatrics Society 2021 Annual Meeting Offers a Chance for Reflection
June 11, 2021David Lynch, MD, and John Batsis, MD (Faculty Fellow) wrote a Doximity op-ed on key takeaways from the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Annual Meeting May 12–15. “The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2021 Annual Meeting took place virtually from May 12–15. Dr. … Read more
Measuring Convergence in Science and Engineering: Proceedings of a Workshop
June 11, 2021Measuring Convergence in Science and Engineering: Proceedings of a Workshop was released April 26, 2021. Free PDFs and printed reports are available here. Chaired by Barbara Entwistle (University of North Carolina), reported by Shadya Sanders, and sponsored by the National … Read more