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Elizabeth Frankenberg Featured by UNC Research for Women in Science Wednesday
October 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018 By endeavors September 26th, 2018 Elizabeth Frankenberg is the director of the Carolina Population Center. Her research focuses on how individuals and families are affected by unexpected events, how they adapt to new circumstances, and the ways that interventions can help. When you were a child, what was your response to this…
MEASURE Evaluation Has Two New Awards to Combat TB and to Generate Evidence for Health Programs
October 1, 2018Oct 1, 2018 CPC's MEASURE Evaluation has two new awards to combat tuberculosis and to generate evidence for health programs. One, a five-year, $48 million award, Data for Impact (D4I), aims to strengthen the use of existing routine health data to generate rigorous evidence for decision making. The other, TB Data, Impact Assessment and Communications…
MEASURE Evaluation Awarded $35 Million to Improve Data & Impact in Fight against Tuberculosis through the TB DIAH Project
September 29, 2018Sep 29, 2018 CHAPEL HILL, NC-- A tuberculosis (TB)-focused program just awarded will provide more than $35 million in new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for MEASURE Evaluation to strengthen TB data and knowledge sharing worldwide. MEASURE Evaluation is a global health project housed at the Carolina Population Center of…
CPC Fellow Hargrove awarded NIH grant: Health Disparities: Inflammatory Response, Immune Function, and Environment (In)Congruence
September 25, 2018The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant entitled “Health Disparities: Inflammatory Response, Immune Function, and Environment (In)Congruence” to Carolina Population Center (CPC) Faculty Fellow Taylor Hargrove and former CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Lauren Gaydosh. This funding will allow researchers to examine the biological and social mechanisms underlying the relationship between socioeconomic mobility and poorer…
CPC Fellow Hargrove awarded NIH grant: Health Disparities: Inflammatory Response, Immune Function, and Environment (In)Congruenc
September 25, 2018Sep 25, 2018 The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant entitled "Health Disparities: Inflammatory Response, Immune Function, and Environment (In)Congruence" to Carolina Population Center (CPC) Faculty Fellow Taylor Hargrove and former CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Lauren Gaydosh. This funding will allow researchers to examine the biological and social mechanisms underlying the relationship between socioeconomic…
Nancy Dole, Carolina Population Center’s Deputy Director for Research Services, retires after 39 years at CPC
September 20, 2018Originally posted September 20, 2018. After 39 years at the Carolina Population Center, Nancy Dole retires on October 1. Have any of CPC's current staff worked at CPC for longer than Nancy? No! It is difficult to imagine CPC without Nancy. She has been critical in the development and evolution of the Center as we see it today. Starting at CPC as…
Nancy Dole, Carolina Population Center’s Deputy Director for Research Services, retires after 39 years at CPC
September 20, 2018Sep 20, 2018 After 39 years at the Carolina Population Center, Nancy Dole retires on October 1. Have any of CPC's current staff worked at CPC for longer than Nancy? No! It is difficult to imagine CPC without Nancy. She has been critical in the development and evolution of the Center as we see it today. Starting at CPC as a staff…
WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation with Rebecca Tippett
August 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018 By Jeff Tiberii, for WUNC Since 1990, North Carolina's population has grown by more than 3.5 million residents. Rebecca Tippett, founding director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, discusses where the bulk of that growth can be found, the varying needs that follow, and how we simply…
Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars Series
August 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018 The Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars series schedule is now available. All seminars are held from 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm in Carolina Square Room 2002, 123 W. Franklin St. Location information is available here. Download Printable Seminar Schedule for Spring 2019 and for Fall 2018. Instructors: To arrange for…
Research Seminar Friday, Sept 14: Biological Mediators and Moderators of Social Disadvantage
August 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018 On Friday, September 14, Colter Mitchell, PhD will present Biological Mediators and Moderators of Social Disadvantage as part of the Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars series.Mitchell is Research Assistant Professor of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and is a Faculty Associate of the University of…