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Fellow Spotlight: Douglas Lee Lauen
October 7, 2019Douglas Lee Lauen joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019.
Fellow Spotlight: Sean Sylvia
September 19, 2019Sean Sylvia joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Department: Health Policy and Management Hometown: Prattville, AL Tell us what projects you’re currently working on. I’m currently working on a few different projects, mostly in China. … Read more
Fellow Spotlight: Jessica Houston Su
September 19, 2019Jessica Houston Su joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Department: Sociology, adjunct in Public Policy Hometown: Hinsdale, NH – a small town with a population of 4,000 people Tell us what projects you’re currently working … Read more
Population Health in America: A Q&A with Robert Hummer
September 19, 2019Faculty Fellow Robert Hummer has co-authored a new book on population health. Over the past 30 years, the life expectancy of people born in the United States has not kept pace compared to other large and wealthy countries. At the … Read more
New research links early-life mortality and family structure, education, income
July 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019 Published by University Communications Article published by Maternal and Child Health Journal A new study reveals substantially higher risks of death between ages 1-24 for children living in families with lower levels of parental education, lower levels … Read more
CPC Fellow Hargrove receives Matilda White ESI Award
June 25, 2019Dr. Hargrove, an Assistant Professor of Sociology, looks at intersecting social inequalities and BMI trajectories from adolescence to early adulthood. CPC Faculty Fellow Taylor Hargrove has received a NIH Matilda White Early Stage Investigator Award and was honored at the … Read more
CPC Fellow Aiello receives Hogue Mid Career Award
June 25, 2019This text was originally published on the NC TraCS website. Allison E. Aiello, PhD, Director of the Integrating Special Populations Program at the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute and Professor of Epidemiology at the Gillings School … Read more
MEASURE Evaluation: USAID Awards UNC $36 Million to Support Malaria Control and Elimination
June 18, 2019The “Strengthening Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation for Malaria Control and Elimination (Malaria SM&E)” program just awarded for $36 million by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This piece was originally published on measureevaluation.org. CHAPEL HILL, NC—A malaria-focused program … Read more
Predoctoral trainee Iliya Gutin receives IAPHS Student Award
June 18, 2019The award recognizes “work of notable quality, potential, and/or likely impact on the field completed by a student in the population health sciences.” Iliya Gutin, a doctoral candidate in sociology and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center, received … Read more
How does exposure to extreme weather affect both people and places over time?
June 18, 2019An interdisciplinary team including several CPC Fellows has received a UNC Creativity Hub Pilot Award to investigate the long-term impact of storms Climate change is generating more frequent and more powerful extreme weather events along the Eastern seaboard and Gulf … Read more