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Fellow Poteat’s HIV work highlighted
March 5, 2021Faculty Fellow Tonia Poteat recently co-authored a research paper entitled “HIV and women in the USA: what we know and where to go from here” which was published in The Lancet. From a story on these research efforts published on … Read more
Single Vaccine Dose May Offer Protection to Those Who Have Had COVID-19
March 5, 2021UNC-Chapel Hill research, led by CPC Faculty Fellow Allison Aiello, PhD, and Emily Ciccone, MD, shows that individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop a significant antibody response to the first dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. New research from UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more
Fellow Allison Aiello interviewed on NPR
March 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Allison Aiello was recently interviewed on NPR about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Death Rates Rising Among Middle-Aged and Younger Americans; Report Recommends Urgent National Response
March 2, 2021This piece was originally published by the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. WASHINGTON — Young and middle-aged adults (25-64 years old) in the U.S. have been dying at higher rates since 2010, according to a new report from … Read more
Fellow Angela Percesepe’s research on COVID-19-related anxiety featured in Scientific American
February 24, 2021Fellow Angela Percesepe’s preprint about COVID-19-related anxiety was featured in Scientific American and MedicalDaily.com.
Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater talks vaccines on CBS17
February 24, 2021Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater was featured on CBS17 discussing the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in NC.
Gordon-Larsen named Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor
February 24, 2021Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, associate dean for research at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, has been honored for her work in the field of nutrition with the Carla Smith Chamblee … Read more
Fellow Pettifor quoted in Higher Ed Dive
February 5, 2021Faculty Fellow Audrey Pettifor was recently quoted in Higher Ed Dive on the topic of reopening universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fellow Thompson receives conference grant
January 19, 2021Amanda Thompson received a conference grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center (through CRDF Global) for a meeting to be held in Quito, Ecuador.
Fellow Adair is investigator on new NIH/NICHD R01 grant awarded to FHI
January 19, 2021Faculty Fellow Linda Adair will be an investigator on an new NIH/NICHD R01 grant awarded to FHI, Clinical trial with the levonorgestrel intrauterine system to measure changes in hemoglobin and serum ferritin among anemic women in Kenya (R01 HD100497).