Jun 28, 2016 A UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health epidemiologist whose research focuses on social and structural drivers of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa was an invited speaker at the United Nations’ 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, … Read more
Jun 7, 2016 On behalf of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Demoscope and the HSE have prepared longitudinal files containing all years of data from 1994-2014, both for the individual data (adults and children) and for the household data. Each … Read more
May 24, 2016 By Kimberly Best, MEASURE Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill You’d think that on the roof of a six-story hotel located in a “quiet” district of town, street sounds would be somewhat muffled. Not so … Read more
May 20, 2016 The Carolina-Duke rivalry is arguably one of the greatest, but when it comes to academics, the two are often close collaborators and good friends. Only ten miles apart, faculty often share expertise and research with one another … Read more
May 11, 2016 Carolina Population Center Fellow Robert Hummer was interviewed by Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s On Point show. The topic is: Why Life Expectancy Varies Greatly in the U.S. Other panelists were former CPC predoctoral trainee Tyson Brown, … Read more
May 10, 2016 Barry M. Popkin received the 2016 Population Science and Public Health Award from the World Obesity Federation. Popkin is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow. UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health announced the honor: Barry Popkin, … Read more
May 6, 2016 Margaret (Peggy) Bentley received the Bernard G. Greenberg Alumni Endowment Award, presented for excellence in teaching, research and service. The award was given by UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Bentley is a Carolina Population Center … Read more
May 3, 2016 Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow Shu Wen Ng used data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey to assess physical activity levels by Chinese adults over a 20-year period. Her findings showed Chinese adults are becoming less … Read more
May 3, 2016 Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow Carolyn Tucker Halpern will be awarded the John E. Larsh, Jr. Award for Mentorship. UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health announced the award, which will be presented during the School’s commencement … Read more
Apr 14, 2016 Harsha Thirumurthy conducted research in Kenya about HIV self-testing and explored a promising strategy for reducing the risk of HIV infection in certain populations. Thirumurthy is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow and an Associate Professor of … Read more
