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Cathi Propper

Cathi Propper

Cathi Propper is senior scientist within and interim director of the UNC Center for Developmental...
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Deep-Rooted Data

The Carolina Population Center is in it for the long haul. The 52-year-old institution leads...
Bryan Giemza, Chaitra Powell, Rachel Seidman, Steve Weiss, Elizabeth Engelhardt, and Malinda Maynor Lowery.

The South’s Time Capsule

Cherokee language resources. Dean Smith’s personal papers. A first-person account of an enslaved woman. For...
Alice Ammerman looks at cilantro along with four other people at the Carrboro Farmers' Market

Hometown Health Hero

Alice Ammerman is a powerful force for nutrition research and community-based health promotion. Her nearly...

Fighting Emerging Diseases at UNC

Imagine a drug that could cure everything from Ebola to the common cold. Utilizing the...
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Like Mother, Like Child

One in nine new moms struggle with depression — but single moms, immigrants, and those...
Cleo Samuel

Cleo Samuel

Cleo Samuel is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management within...
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A Massage for Your Brain

A series of studies by one research group in Oregon reported that, on average, children...
Sarah stands on a library stool while taking a photo of hospital ledgers, held by Lucas in the North Carolina State Archives.

Decoding Dorothea Dix Hospital

Can the creation of a new park be influenced by a centuries-old mental hospital? The...