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SuperSNAP Helps Food Insecure Households Afford Healthy Foods
August 11, 2021Led by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers, a new JAMA study showed that an additional $40 per month for SNAP beneficiaries substantially increased the purchase of healthier food options for people who struggle with food insecurity. CHAPEL HILL, NC – Food insecurity … Read more
Q&A: Growing concern over the prevalence of ultra-processed foods in American diets
August 10, 2021The accessibility, affordability and convenience of ultra-processed foods have made them a common staple in stores and pantries. But these foods, which are high in added sugars, oils, fats and other substances that normally wouldn’t be used in cooking, are … Read more
Concern grows over the prevalence of ultra-processed foods in American diets
August 10, 2021The accessibility, affordability and convenience of ultra-processed foods have made them a common staple in stores and pantries. But these foods, which are high in added sugars, oils, fats and other substances that normally wouldn’t be used in cooking, are … Read more
Boyce Awarded Doris Duke Funding for Malaria Study in Uganda
August 8, 2021The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has selected Ross Boyce, MD, as a recipient of a 2021 Clinical Scientist Development Award for his research proposal titled, “Getting malaria off the back of women and children in western Uganda.” Ross Boyce, MD … Read more
Poteat, Colleagues Publish Breast Cancer Care Research
August 8, 2021Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, a core member of the Center for Health Equity Research and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, and colleagues published research on delays in breast cancer care by race and sexual orientation. Tonia Poteat Tonia … Read more
Paul Delamater on COVID-19 in NC
August 8, 2021Paul Delamater appeared on CBS17 to talk about county transmission in NC.
Drinking among first-year college students decreases during pandemic
August 3, 2021First-year college students are reporting drinking less alcohol and having fewer episodes of binge drinking four months into the coronavirus pandemic than they were before the pandemic started, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more
UNC to Lead $15 Million Statewide COVID-19 Surveillance Program Funded by NC Policy Collaboratory
August 2, 2021The surveillance program, led by UNC SOM’s Dirk Dittmer, PhD, Amir Barzin, DO, and Gillings’ Audrey Pettifor, PhD, will collect, sequence, and share data on SARS-CoV-2 samples from across the state, providing real-time information on variants circulating in North Carolina. … Read more
Chantel Martin quoted in USA Today
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Chantel Martin was quoted in USA Today on the US life expectancy decrease.
Mullan Harris testifies at Senate Committee hearing
August 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris, the James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina and Chair of the Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, testified before … Read more