health

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Elizabeth Wayne

Elizabeth Wayne is a postdoctoral fellow in the Carolina Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery...
More than 2,900 Americans die from gun violence each month: 50 are women shot by their partners, 212 are children, and the remaining deaths are attributed to homicides, suicides, and accidents

Gun Violence – A Public Health Perspective

How do you preserve gun owner rights, but also prevent firearm deaths? It's a question...
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Allison Mathews

Allison Mathews is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Medicine within the UNC...
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Ariana Rivens

Senior Ariana Rivens is an undergraduate researcher within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences...
seven men from a widowed fathers support group stand together and pose for a photo

Brotherhood of Hope

In October 2010, seven men embarked on a rare and unexpected journey — they joined...
a 40-something male holds a container of fruit flies -- shelves with colorful labels are in the background

Why a Fly?

The genome of a fruit fly is strikingly similar to that of a human —...

Care in the Community

Doctors, researchers, social workers, and other professionals at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community...
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The Cure Code

When Fred Sanger figured out how to sequence DNA in 1975, the world changed —...
Two women walking in chest deep water, one of them holds a pool noodle for support.

Striking a Balance

People with cerebral palsy (CP) are now living longer than they ever have before. But...