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CPC Fellow Perreira receives the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award for outstanding service
September 29, 2014Sep 29, 2014 The University Gazette announced in its September 24th issue that Carolina Population Center Fellow Krista Perreira will receive the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award for outstanding service. The story is posted here under the “Distinguished honorees” … Read more
Largest National Study on Adolescent Health Receives $28 Million from NIH
September 25, 2014(Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 25, 2014) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Population Center has received a five–year, $28 million grant for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Now entering its 20th year of … Read more
CPC On the Move! Over 300 people affiliated with the center moved between December 2013 and June 2014
September 25, 2014Sep 25, 2014 What did the Carolina Population Center do this summer? Everyone at CPC participated in a major office move. Over 300 people affiliated with the center moved between December 2013 and June 2014. The move was required because … Read more
New research by CPC Fellows Popkin and Ng shows initial success of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation may have stalled
September 17, 2014Sep 17, 2014 CPC Fellows Barry M. Popkin and Shu Wen Ng have published two articles in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine about their analysis of data related to the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation. The research project Evaluating U.S. … Read more
CPC Fellow Perreira contributes to a report related to increasing health care enrollment for N.C.’s immigrants
September 15, 2014Sep 15, 2014 The UNC College of Arts & Sciences issued a news release on The Carolina Population Center study, “Implementing Health Care Reform in North Carolina: Reaching and Enrolling Immigrants and Refugees.” CPC Fellow Krista Perreira co-authored this report. … Read more
CPC On The Move!
August 28, 2014What did the Carolina Population Center do this summer? Everyone at CPC participated in a major office move. Over 300 people affiliated with the center moved between December 2013 and June 2014. The move was required because of the forthcoming … Read more
Triangle Global Health Consortium Annual Conference, Sept. 14-15
July 30, 2014Jul 30, 2014 The Triangle Global Health Consortium is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Annual Global Health Conference: Innovation in Global Health: Bridging the innovation gap between research and implementation September 14-15, … Read more
JAMA study: Thirumurthy’s research shows economic incentives can increase uptake of male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa
July 21, 2014Jul 21, 2014 Male circumcision has been proven to be an effective HIV prevention strategy and in 2007, UNAIDS and WHO recommended the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsha Thirumurthy tested one scale-up approach with uncircumcised … Read more
CPC Fellow Perreira’s research about skin color and health in Latin America featured by UNC Global
July 11, 2014Jul 11, 2014 UNC Global released an announcement about recent research conducted by Krista Perreira. Perreira is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow and a UNC Professor of Public Policy. The Color of Health in Latin America: Individuals with Darker … Read more
The Next Phase of MEASURE Evaluation
July 1, 2014The United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Global Health awarded MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center and its partners, Futures Group, ICF International, John Snow Incorporated, Management Sciences … Read more