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SuperSNAP Helps Food Insecure Households Afford Healthy Foods

August 11, 2021

Led 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, 2021

The 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, 2021

The 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, 2021

The 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, 2021

Tonia 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, 2021

Paul Delamater appeared on CBS17 to talk about county transmission in NC.

Drinking among first-year college students decreases during pandemic

August 3, 2021

First-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, 2021

The 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, 2021

Faculty Fellow Chantel Martin was quoted in USA Today on the US life expectancy decrease.

Mullan Harris testifies at Senate Committee hearing

August 2, 2021

Faculty 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