Getting the Lead Out
April 13, 2023
Jordan April is establishing a national database that will empower residents facing health concerns about lead exposure in their homes.
Public health
The Children’s Advocate
March 10, 2023
Marcia Edwina Herman-Giddens has spent her career researching hard-hitting issues in children’s health care and has changed the way doctors think about puberty.
RUNC: Margot Midkiff
October 12, 2022
Margot Midkiff strives to help communities hit by natural disasters.
Championing Public Health
September 26, 2022
The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been addressing the world’s biggest challenges for more than 80 years.
Ganga Bey
August 4, 2021
Ganga Bey is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Epidemiology within the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a fellow in the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity. She studies how people’s beliefs about identity, worth, and ability affect their stress, aging, and susceptibility to disease.
Stopping Harm Before It Starts
July 22, 2021
Researchers at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center began studying the long-term effects of injury and violence well before they were recognized as public health problems. For 30 years, they have addressed vital societal issues including domestic abuse, car crashes, traumatic brain injury, home and workplace safety, and opioid overdose — and have worked closely with practitioners to change policies and save lives.
Learning As We Go
March 23, 2021
Teachers are stressed. Students are struggling. Parents are shouldering more responsibilities than ever before. While the controversy surrounding when and how schools should reopen has led to policy debates and changes in family dynamics, UNC epidemiologists and education researchers find hope in the lessons from this year.
Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants
March 18, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 variants may seem like a scary new chapter in the pandemic, but coronavirus experts expected their arrival. Scientists in the UNC School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health are tracking the variants to learn how they differ and affect the world’s chance of ending this pandemic.