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Meet the recently elected Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows: S. Philip Morgan, Lauren Persha, Liana Richardson, Kavita Singh, and Colin West
January 2, 2013The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected five UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program. The Fellows are CPC’s permanent and vital core, and the center devotes its resources to facilitating their research. Currently, there are 63 Fellows … Read more
UNC Epidemiology Professor Jim Thomas to be Director of UNC’s largest project
January 2, 2013Jan 2, 2013 James C. “Jim” Thomas, Ph.D., has been appointed the new Director of MEASURE Evaluation. In 2008, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded up to $181 million for the 6-year Project, which remains the largest … Read more
The Economist’s special report on obesity cites research by CPC Fellow Popkin
December 17, 2012Dec 17, 2012 The December 15th issue of The Economist features a special report on obesity. The report includes ten articles and two of the articles reference work by Carolina Population Center Fellow Barry Popkin. The big picture: The world … Read more
CPC Fellow Siega-Riz to serve on NHLBI advisory board
December 12, 2012Dec 12, 2012 UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health announced that Anna Maria Siega-Riz has been appointed to serve on NIH’s NHLBI advisory council: Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, professor of epidemiology and nutrition and associate dean for academic … Read more
Indian news agency interviews CPC Fellow Handa about India’s new nationwide cash transfer program
December 5, 2012Dec 5, 2012 India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced the launch of a nationwide Direct Cash Transfer Scheme to help its vulnerable citizens meet their basic needs. The initiative will begin in January 2013 and will be fully operational … Read more
CPC Fellow Amy Herring receives APHA’s Mortimer Spiegelman Award
November 18, 2012Professor Amy H. Herring accepted the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association’s Statistics Section on Tuesday, Oct. 30th at the organization’s Annual Meeting. The award honors her outstanding achievements as a public health biostatistician under age 40. … Read more
UNC Epidemiology Professor Jim Thomas to be Director of UNC’s largest project
November 8, 2012James C. “Jim” Thomas, Ph.D., has been appointed the new Director of MEASURE Evaluation. In 2008, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded up to $181 million for the 6-year Project, which remains the largest award ever received … Read more
CPC Fellow Amy Herring receives APHA’s Mortimer Spiegelman Award: Honors her achievements as a public health biostatistician
November 8, 2012Nov 8, 2012 Professor Amy H. Herring accepted the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association’s Statistics Section on Tuesday, Oct. 30th at the organization’s Annual Meeting. The award honors her outstanding achievements as a public health biostatistician … Read more
J. Richard Udry, esteemed population studies scholar and Carolina Population Center’s Director from 1977-1992, died in July 2012
November 2, 2012Nov 2, 2012 Read about Dick Udry’s impact on CPC’s mission in this feature story that includes comments by Carolyn Tucker Halpern, S. Philip Morgan, and Ronald R. Rindfuss https://www.cpc.unc.edu/news/features/udry. A gathering in remembrance of Udry will be held November … Read more
CPC Postdocs Albrecht and Ifatunji receive UNC’s Postdoctoral Scholars Awards for Research Excellence
November 1, 2012Nov 1, 2012 Carolina Population Center Postdoctoral Scholars Sandra Albrecht and Mosi Ifatunji will each receive a 2012 UNC-CH Postdoctoral Scholar Award for Research Excellence on November 12. Each year, ten awards are given in recognition of individuals with outstanding … Read more