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COVID-19 Publications from the Carolina Population Center
April 11, 2021as of 3/29/2021 Adhikari, Sasmita Poudel, Sha Meng, Yu-Ju Wu, Yu-Ping Mao, Rui-Xue Ye, Qing-Zhi Wang, Chang Sun, Sean Sylvia, Scott Rozelle, Hein Raat, and Huan Zhou. 2020. Epidemiology, Causes, Clinical Manifestation and Diagnosis, Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease … Read more
Rachel Woodul and Paul Delamater featured in The Daily Tar Heel
April 11, 2021Rachel Woodul and Paul Delamater were featured in The Daily Tar Heel for their work on the models they’ve built that simulate the spread of COVID-19.
Fellow Avery wins Teaching Innovation Award
April 11, 2021Christy Avery, MPH, PhD, won this years’ Gillings School of Global Public Health Teaching Innovation Award. One nominator wrote “Dr. Avery has led a sustained effort to revamp Epidemiologic training to more accurately define and measure race and racism. Although … Read more
Fellow Robinson wins award from SER
April 11, 2021Whitney Robinson, MSPH, PhD, received the 2021 Noel Weiss and Tom Koepsell Excellence in Education Award from the Society for Epidemiologic Research’s (SER), which recognizes her “substantial contributions to the field of epidemiology through teaching, training and mentoring”. T. Whitney … Read more
South African beverage tax has reduced purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages
April 8, 2021A new study shows that South Africa’s 2018 tax on sugary beverages led to a reduction in purchases of the beverages, which could mean purchasers are consuming less excess sugar and calories. Shu Wen Ng, PhD, Associate Professor and Distinguished … Read more
Trainee Cyrus Sinai publishes in The Conversation
March 26, 2021An online article co-authored by Trainee Cyrus Sinai on solar energy solutions for COVID vaccine cold chain is now up on The Conversation Africa. In addition, Sinai is part of a multi-institutional team with Duke’s Energy Access Project (EAP@Duke) and … Read more
Post-pandemic life: shifts in family roles, spending habits
March 26, 2021Carolina’s Pandemic Year: This week last March, the University shifted to remote instruction. The Well is marking the occasion with a week of special stories, including ways the University has addressed the crisis, reflections from Chancellor Guskiewicz and, below, predictions … Read more
Faculty Fellow Fruehwirth featured in The Daily Tar Heel
March 15, 2021Faculty Fellow Jane Cooley Fruehwirth was featured in The Daily Tar Heel for her recent research examining depression and anxiety in first-year college students before and after the pandemic began.
Fellow Yong Cai featured in Washington Post
March 8, 2021Faculty Fellow Yong Cai, who focuses on China’s birth policies, was interviewed for a recent Washington Post article about a drop in China’s birth rate.
Fellow Poteat’s HIV work highlighted
March 5, 2021Faculty Fellow Tonia Poteat recently co-authored a research paper entitled “HIV and women in the USA: what we know and where to go from here” which was published in The Lancet. From a story on these research efforts published on … Read more