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US News & World Report features research by CPC Fellows Guo and Harris that suggests genetic factors could influence behavior
August 18, 2010Aug 18, 2010 US News & World Report published an article from ScienceNews which discusses the presentation of research by CPC Fellows Guang Guo and Kathleen Mullan Harris at a recent meeting of the American Sociological Association. The findings suggest teenage boys with two copies of a particular gene variant are less likely to engage…
CPC Fellow Siega-Riz’s opinions featured in Time article on the findings of a maternal weight gain and birth weight study
August 16, 2010Aug 16, 2010 In a recent Time article, CPC Fellow Anna Maria Siega-Riz discusses the findings of a study on the connection between a child's birth weight and maternal weight gain during pregnancy. The study looked at a sample of women who gave birth at least twice between 1989 and 2003 to determine that low…
Advice from CPC Fellow Siega-Riz featured in article on weight gain during pregnancy
August 10, 2010Aug 10, 2010 In a recent article in the U.S. News & World Report, professor of nutrition and CPC Fellow Anna Maria Siega-Riz discusses healthful ways to gain weight during pregnancy. Her advice serves as a focal point for Angela Haupt's article on how to avoid extra weight gain during pregnancy. Siega-Riz stresses the importance…
Malawi study may lead to new approach to improve health and survival of HIV-positive mothers and their infants
July 18, 2010For more than 20 years, Peggy Bentley, Professor of Nutrition and Associate Dean of Global Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, has blended her background in medical anthropology, nutrition, and public health to examine influences of social and behavioral factors on maternal and child health and nutrition. Her early work at UNICEF…
German Youth Institute interviews CPC Fellow Elder about youth and economic recessions
July 13, 2010Jul 13, 2010 Glen H. Elder, Jr. recently participated in the "Youth and the Great Recession" conference in Munich, Germany. He was also interviewed by the German Youth Institute about the impact of recessions on young people. The transcript of the interview is now available at http://www.dji.de/. In the "Internationales" section, click on "zum Interview"…
CPC Fellow Gordon-Larsen receives 2010 Lilly Scientific Achievement Award
July 13, 2010Jul 13, 2010 Penny Gordon-Larsen, a CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Nutrition at UNC, has received the 2010 Lilly Scientific Achievement Award from The Obesity Society. The award recognizes excellence in an established research career and is funded by an annual grant from the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company. Recipients are awarded a plaque and…
Research by CPC Fellow Elder featured in New York Times stories about current economic downturn and its affects on young people
July 13, 2010Jul 13, 2010 The New York Times has recently published two articles about young people in the United States and the current economic recession. Both articles refer to research by Glen H. Elder, Jr. about children in the Depression era and how they coped with economic hardships. The most recent New York Times story, Will…
CPC Fellow Harris to speak at Congressional Briefing on effects of economic recession, July 12
June 30, 2010Jun 30, 2010 CPC Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris will speak at a Congressional Briefing entitled "Recession and Recovery: How are Americans Affected?" on Monday, July 12, 2010. The briefing will focus on how the nation's most vulnerable populations are affected by economic downturn. Dr. Harris is Director and Principal Investigator of the Add Health study…
New NIH requirement to use My NCBI’s “My Bibliography” instead of eRA Commons for bibliography management
June 28, 2010Jun 28, 2010 NIH recently announced a new requirement for Project Investigators and Program Directors related to their publications listed in eRA Commons. As of July 23, 2010, PIs and PDs are required to use the My Bibliography feature in My NCBI to develop their publications lists. NIH lists three goals for this change: ease…
Duplin Times-Progress Sentinel features NIH officials’ visit to National Children’s Study offices in Duplin County, NC
June 28, 2010Jun 28, 2010 The Duplin Times-Progress Sentinel published a story about the visit of leaders from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the local operation of the National Children's Study in Duplin County. CPC Director and Fellow Barbara Entwisle and Nancy Dole (CPC Deputy Director for Research Services)…