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Angela Parcesepe among recipients of Gillings School’s inaugural Research Excellence Award

UNC launches innovative web tool to combat prostate cancer disparities in NC

CPC Undergraduate 2024 Summer Internship Program

Applications for the 2024 Summer Internship program are now open. Please visit the application page to learn more.

Global Health PEARL Project looking for consultants

CPC’s new USAID-funded Global Health Program Evaluation, Analysis, Research, and Learning (GH PEARL) project is searching for consultants. Consultants are needed in various global health and technical areas, including monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL); gender integration; capacity strengthening; knowledge management and translation; and more.  If you would like to join the GH PEARL consultant…

Kathleen Mullan Harris wins inaugural Infrastructure Prize for Sociology, awarded by the Kohli Foundation

Faculty Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris has been awarded the inaugural Infrastructure Prize for Sociology for her work on Add Health by the Kohli Foundation. The prize was given at an awards ceremony in Fiesole, Italy on November 8, 2023. The Infrastructure Prize for Sociology honors substantial infrastructures that advance sociological knowledge. The prize is rewarded…

Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie testifies before U.S. Senate

On December 14th, Faculty Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie (Nutrition) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the topic of "What is fueling the diabetes epidemic?" You can see her testimony here.  

Faculty Fellow Batsis participates in National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging

Faculty Fellow Dr. John Batsis participated in a National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging on November 15, 2023. The goals of the roundtable were to: -- to shift the mindset on obesity so it is addressed as a serious chronic disease -- to discuss the Patient Bill of Rights -- to…

Faculty Fellow Perreira co-authors report on improving safety net benefit access for immigrant families in North Carolina

Many immigrant families face an array of barriers to enrolling in safety net programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Some are universal structural barriers that many program applicants confront navigating complex enrollment systems. Others are unique challenges around immigration concerns and language access. Understanding who these families are is the first…

Pop Sci Summer

Exposure to a large-scale disaster affects cortisol levels more than a decade later

Exposure to a large-scale disaster, such as a tsunami, impacts population health over a decade later. A new study by an inter-disciplinary team of researchers in the United States and Indonesia has found that women who lived along the coast of Aceh, Indonesia when it was hit by waves from the 2004 tsunami have lower…