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WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation with Rebecca Tippett
August 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018 By Jeff Tiberii, for WUNC Since 1990, North Carolina’s population has grown by more than 3.5 million residents. Rebecca Tippett, founding director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, discusses where the bulk … Read more
Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars Series
August 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018 The Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars series schedule is now available. All seminars are held from 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm in Carolina Square Room 2002, 123 W. Franklin St. Location information is available here. … Read more
Research Seminar Friday, Sept 14: Biological Mediators and Moderators of Social Disadvantage
August 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018 On Friday, September 14, Colter Mitchell, PhD will present Biological Mediators and Moderators of Social Disadvantage as part of the Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars series.Mitchell is Research Assistant Professor of the Survey Research Center … Read more
CPC Fellows Harris and Aiello awarded grant by NIH to study psychosocial exposures and epigenetic impacts on health
August 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018 The National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities has awarded a grant entitled “Add Health Epigenome Resource: Life Course Stressors and Epigenomic Modifications in Adulthood” to CPC Fellows Kathleen Mullan Harris and Allison Aiello. This funding … Read more
Why China needs more babies to save its aging population
August 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018 By Josh K. Elliott for Global News The country’s old one-child policy has created a future labour shortage, with not enough young workers lined up to replace the existing workforce as it retires. And with a fast-growing … Read more
Tippett presents research about NC jobs and its education pipeline: More credentials for a more diverse population
August 17, 2018Aug 17, 2018 Rebecca Tippett presented recent research at the NC Chamber’s annual Conference on Education on August 15. She analyzed recent data to identify opportunities for North Carolina leaders to address educational attainment gaps that may hinder the state’s … Read more
How Will the Triad Look in 50 Years to Children Born Today?
August 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018 By Richard Craver for the Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem and the Triad will look to the interstates and the skies for its short- and potential long-term prospects for economic growth, according to local officials working to find success. … Read more
Penny Gordon-Larsen Interviewed by Endeavors Magazine for Women in Science Wednesday
August 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018 Penny Gordon-Larsen is a professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Nutrition within the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also a fellow within the Carolina Population Center and the Center … Read more
CPC Summer Interns Participate in UNC’s 4th Annual Undergrad Research Symposium
July 27, 2018Jul 27, 2018 The UNC Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium is hosted by UNC’s recruitment arm of Graduate Student Diversity to foster graduate school readiness and promote diversity, broadly defined. The event celebrates the work of undergraduate researchers in 14 … Read more
MEASURE Evaluation Receives Research Award from IAS for Study on Programs Integrating HIV and Tuberculosis Care in Ukraine
July 27, 2018Jul 27, 2018 AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands–The International AIDS Society HIV Co-Infections and Co-Morbidities Initiative has awarded MEASURE Evaluation a top prize for its abstract investigating a strategy to improve outcomes for people co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis (TB). MEASURE Evaluation … Read more