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Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen: Minor sex trafficking of girls with disabilities
June 23, 2020Franchino-Olsen is the first author on a new study, "Minor sex trafficking of girls with disabilities," published in the International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare.
Trainee Spotlight: Max Reason
June 3, 2020Max Reason is a statistician at the United States Department of Agriculture. He is a former trainee at the Carolina Population Center and recently received his PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This interview … Read more
Trainee Spotlight: Rachel Wilbur
May 3, 2020Rachel Wilbur is a fourth year doctoral candidate in Human Biology and Predoctoral Trainee in the Biosocial Program at CPC. She is interested in the impact of historical trauma and social determinants on the health of contemporary Native American and … Read more
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.
Alexis C. Dennis: Assessing Racial Differences in Socioeconomic Status across the Life Course
November 6, 2019Alexis C. Dennis, a predoctoral Trainee at CPC and a doctoral candidate in sociology, received a poster award at the 2019 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference for her poster, “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Socioeconomic Correlates of Depression Among U.S. Born Young Adults.” Her research used AddHeath data to assess racial differences in socioeconomic status across the life course.
Trainee Spotlight: Khristopher Mark Nicholas
November 1, 2019Name: Khristopher Mark Nicholas Current title: CPC Trainee; 3rd year PhD student, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health Years affiliated with CPC: 2018 – present What projects are you currently working on? My primary research centers on … Read more
Predoctoral trainee Iliya Gutin receives IAPHS Student Award
June 18, 2019The award recognizes “work of notable quality, potential, and/or likely impact on the field completed by a student in the population health sciences.” Iliya Gutin, a doctoral candidate in sociology and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center, received … Read more