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UNC is one of six sites nationwide to start study on environment’s effects on children; Duplin County to be UNC’s study location
September 29, 2005Sep 29, 2005 The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has selected the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as one of six institutions nationwide – and the only institution in the South – to kick off an unprecedented effort examining the effects of environmental, social, behavioral, biological and community factors…
Kalsbeek Chair-Elect for ASA Section on Survey Research Methods
September 22, 2005Sep 22, 2005 William Kalsbeek, CPC Fellow and Professor of Biostatistics, was recently elected chair-elect for the section on Survey Research Methods for the American Statistical Association at its national meeting. For information about the Survey Research Methds section, visit http://www.amstat.org/sections/srms/. For more information about Kalsbeek, visit https://www.cpc.unc.edu/bios/index.php?person=wkalsbeek.
CPC Fellow Popkin Awarded Grant from NIH
September 19, 2005Sep 19, 2005 CPC Fellow and Professor of Nutrition, Barry Popkin has been awarded a 5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. "Diet, Activity, Obesity & the Built Environment Dynamics" is a longitudinal study with work continuing until June of 2010. Co-Investigators of the project are Penny Gordon-Larsen, CPC…
MacArthur Foundation Awards Grant to CPC Fellow Leslie
September 10, 2005Sep 10, 2005 Paul Leslie, CPC Fellow and professor of anthropology, has been awarded a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. The 18-month study, entitled "Alternative Consequences of Migration for Land Use and Conservation in Northern Tanzania", was co-awarded to Terrence McCabe at the University of Colorado Boulder. Work on this study is underway, as the…
CPC Fellows Walsh and Bilsborrow Awarded Grant from NASA
September 7, 2005Sep 7, 2005 NASA has awarded a grant to Stephen J. Walsh, CPC Fellow and and Professor of Geography, and to Richard E. Bilsborrow, CPC Fellow and Professor of Biostatistics, for a two-year study entitled "Multi-Agent Models of Land Cover/Land Use Dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: Coupling Human & Natural Systems through Pattern-Process Relationships…
Anna Maria Siega-Riz President-elect of SPER
August 12, 2005Aug 12, 2005 Anna Maria Siega-Riz was elected president-elect of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (SPER) at their annual meeting in June. She will serve as president in 2006-2007 and will preside at the annual meeting in Boston in June 2007. Congratulations to Anna Maria!
Barbara Entwisle President-elect of PAA
July 28, 2005Jul 28, 2005 CPC is pleased to announce that Barbara Entwisle has been elected President-elect of the Population Association of America. She will serve as President during 2006-2007 and will preside over the PAA meeting in New York City, March, 2007. Congratulations to Barbara on this well-deserved recognition of her commitment to the population field.
New National Survey of Children’s Health Data Web Site
May 23, 2005May 23, 2005 The following news item was sent by Christina Bethell, Director, The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. The National Survey of Children's Health Data Resource Center is now posted as a public site. The link is www.nschdata.org <http://www.nschdata.org>. Please send contact information (e-mail lists, etc) of people and organizations you think should…
New UNC Library Catalog Search Interface
May 17, 2005May 17, 2005 The UNC Library system has launched a new online catalog, which has an updated look and improved functionality. The catalog is accessible from http://webcat.lib.unc.edu/. The key improvement is in the search function: you can search the CPC Library catalog and all other campus library catalogs at the same time, or narrow your…
CPC Fellow Lisa Pearce Wins Award
May 3, 2005May 3, 2005 Lisa Pearce, CPC Fellow and assistant professor of sociology, has been selected as one of five William T. Grant Scholars nationwide. The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports early career scholars who conduct research on youth development. A $300,000 5-year research grant accompanies the award. Dr. Pearce's project is entitled "Religion's Role…