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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
Fellow Thomas quoted on PRI
March 26, 2021Faculty Fellow Jim Thomas chatted about vaccine ethics on PRI’s The World.
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.
Faculty Fellow Elder interviewed in Gwinnett Daily Post
March 15, 2021Faculty Fellow Glen Elder was featured in a Gwinnett Daily Post article about how “Gen C” compares to children of the Great Depression.
Saving the Galápagos Islands
March 15, 2021Faculty Fellow Stephen Walsh, the Director of the Center for Galápagos Studies, developed the Galápagos Initiative to conduct research shaping science and conservation strategies for the Ecuadorian archipelago and to help conserve other fragile island ecosystems around the world. Read … Read more
Trainee Khristopher Nicholas featured on Data Night podcast
March 8, 2021From the Odum Institute podcast: In our latest episode, we chatted with Khristopher Nicholas, a fourth-year Nutrition PhD candidate at UNC Gillings School of Public Health and a trainee at the Carolina Population Center, who is interested in the intersections of health, … Read more
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