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NCIOM task force addresses early childhood obesity
Researchers from the Gillings School of Global Public Health participated this week in a task force convened by the N.C. Institute of Medicine to develop strategies targeting obesity in children from...
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Cohens Fogarty grant will help train Chinese health workers to prevent,...
Myron Cohen, MD, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Healths Fogarty International Center to train medical personnel in southern China to prevent and treat sexually transmitted...
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Blogs: an untapped resource for educating about smoking-related health risks...
A new study by a Gillings School of Global Public Health doctoral student examined lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogs and found they spent little or no cyberspace addressing one of...
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Eight students receive Class of 2013 scholarships
The Gillings School of Global Public Healths class of 2013 presented eight scholarships to current students at an alumni event at the School on Sept. 11. More than $10,000 was collected for the...
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FDA, NIH award $20M grant to create UNC Center for Regulatory Research on...
Although cigarette use has declined among Americans, regulators face the challenge of communicating the dangers of new tobacco products along with reaching smokers in diverse communities who may not...
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Bellagio Declaration asks for protection from Big Food, Big Soda lobbying
Public health and nutrition scientists are calling for greater efforts to protect healthy food policies from being undermined by the lobbying forces of multinational food corporations, or Big Food...
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Baric leads study of deadly new respiratory coronavirus
Adaptation is the secret to survival, so living organisms learn to be quick on their proverbial pseudopods. A virus skills in adapting and reproducing, however, can be lethal for its animal and human...
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Reducing greenhouse gases benefits air quality, saves lives
A new study finds that reducing greenhouse gas emissions key to slowing global climate change also will decrease outdoor air pollution and may save the lives of more than two million people...
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Gordon-Larsen elected to lead The Obesity Society
Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, professor of nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been elected vice president of The Obesity Society, the leading scientific organization dedicated...
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Rusyn to serve on new NRC committee to recommend framework for safer chemical...
Ivan Rusyn, MD, PhD, professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named to the National Research Councils committee, Design and...
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