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New book published by Fellows Pearce and Elder
January 19, 2021Faculty Fellows Lisa Pearce and Glen Elder have coauthored Living on the Edge: An American Generation's Journey through the 20th Century with Richard A. Settersten Jr. Drawing from the iconic longitudinal Berkeley Guidance Study, Living on the Edge reveals the hopes, struggles, and daily lives of the 1900 generation. Most surprising is how relevant and…
Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris named Visiting Scientist in RTI University Scholars Program
January 19, 2021Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris will be a Visiting Scientist in the 2020-21 RTI University Scholars Program. Craig Hill, PhD, Senior Vice President, Social, Statistical, and Environmental Sciences shares, “Dr. Harris and I have — both personally and organizationally — a long-standing and solid relationship dating back to the late 1990s, when RTI began the data…
Focus Carolina: Penny Gordon-Larsen
January 5, 2021This piece was originally published in The Well. Gordon-Larsen, a Faculty Fellow at CPC, leads the Obesity Creativity Hub, a diverse group of researchers from nutrition to behavioral health to data science who are working collaboratively to solve the challenge of obesity. Jane Calloway, The Well, Monday, January 4th, 2021 Penny Gordon-Larsen leads the Obesity…
A Snapshot of Reopening N.C. Schools for In-Person Learning
January 5, 2021This story was originally published by UNC Research. Co-principal investigator Allison Aiello is a Faculty Fellow at CPC. As schools across the state operate online or with limited in-person learning plans, North Carolina families face complex concerns about viral transmission, mental health, educational challenges, and childcare needs. School re-openings have been at the forefront of…
The latest COVID-19 science — easily understood through a new dashboard
January 4, 2021The world has been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly a year and we still have so many questions. Even when questions are answered, however, the new knowledge may not filter out to everyone who needs it. Enter researchers with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, led by 15 faculty members at…
Faculty Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen featured on WRAL
January 4, 2021The UNC Gillings COVID-19 Dashboard provides a resource center for information about COVID-19 in North Carolina. Using modern epidemiologic tools, the dashboard is a resource for policy makers, researchers and anyone interested in learning more about COVID-19 in the state. Penny Gordon-Larsen, CPC Faculty Fellow and associate dean for research at UNC-Chapel Hill's Gillings School…
Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson publishes COVID-19 response in Insight
January 4, 2021Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson published a response "Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, and Unknown Unknowns: the Complexities of COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization" in Insight, a new publication started by UNC SILS Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci. An excerpt: Using a black marker, my kids’ crayons and a large peanut butter jar, I drew three overlapping circles. The one…
UNC Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Extreme Weather Events with Interdisciplinary Approach
November 2, 2020This piece was originally published on November 2, 2020 by Alyssa LaFaro for UNC Research. There’s still one month left of the 2020 hurricane season, and meteorologists are well into the Greek alphabet, with Hurricane Zeta making landfall as a Category 1 storm on October 26 in the Yucatán Peninsula north of Tulum, Mexico. Zeta…
A Snapshot of Reopening N.C. Schools for In-Person Learning
October 28, 2020This piece was originally published by UNC Research on October 28, 2020. As schools across the state operate online or with limited in-person learning plans, North Carolina families face complex concerns about viral transmission, mental health, educational challenges, and childcare needs. School re-openings have been at the forefront of parents’, teachers’, and school administrators’ minds…
Viewpoint: Unhealthy food needs prominent warning labels
October 11, 2020The United States should require prominent warning labels on the front of product packaging to alert consumers when food products contain high levels of unhealthy nutrients, according to an October 1 2020 JAMA Viewpoint article. The piece, coauthored by Faculty Fellow Marissa Hall, details how five countries (Chile, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay) have passed legislation…