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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
Fellow Pettifor featured in The News & Observer
April 11, 2021Faculty Fellow Audrey Pettifor was featured in the News & Observer discussing a new trial to understand how well COVID-19 vaccines prevent people from spreading the coronavirus to others. Her work was also featured on ABC Action News.
Fellow Delamater featured in Penn LDI’s series on Vaccine Equity
April 9, 2021Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater was featured in a video interview with the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. The interview is part of Penn LDI’s new series “COVID Vaccine Equity Research Dialogues (CoVEReD)” featuring leading national experts … Read more
Fellow Whitney Robinson appears on Marketplace
April 9, 2021Faculty Fellow and epidemiologist Whitney Robinson appeared on Marketplace to discuss her pandemic child care decisions.
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.