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CPC Fellows Harris and Aiello awarded grant by NIH to study psychosocial exposures and epigenetic impacts on health
August 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018 The National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities has awarded a grant entitled "Add Health Epigenome Resource: Life Course Stressors and Epigenomic Modifications in Adulthood" to CPC Fellows Kathleen Mullan Harris and Allison Aiello. This funding will allow researchers to investigate the influence of psychosocial exposures on epigenetic processes and their…
Why China needs more babies to save its aging population
August 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018 By Josh K. Elliott for Global News The country's old one-child policy has created a future labour shortage, with not enough young workers lined up to replace the existing workforce as it retires. And with a fast-growing number of retirees, China's state-run pension system is facing a burden that threatens to drag…
Tippett presents research about NC jobs and its education pipeline: More credentials for a more diverse population
August 17, 2018Aug 17, 2018 Rebecca Tippett presented recent research at the NC Chamber's annual Conference on Education on August 15. She analyzed recent data to identify opportunities for North Carolina leaders to address educational attainment gaps that may hinder the state's job growth. Tippett is Director of Carolina Demography at UNC's Carolina Population Center. Higher Education…
How Will the Triad Look in 50 Years to Children Born Today?
August 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018 By Richard Craver for the Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem and the Triad will look to the interstates and the skies for its short- and potential long-term prospects for economic growth, according to local officials working to find success. How successful the city and 10-county region are at attracting logistics and transportation companies, along…
Penny Gordon-Larsen Interviewed by Endeavors Magazine for Women in Science Wednesday
August 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018 Penny Gordon-Larsen is a professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Nutrition within the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also a fellow within the Carolina Population Center and the Center for Urban and Regional Studies. Her research integrates biology, behavior, and environment to understand, prevent,…
CPC Summer Interns Participate in UNC’s 4th Annual Undergrad Research Symposium
July 27, 2018Jul 27, 2018 The UNC Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium is hosted by UNC's recruitment arm of Graduate Student Diversity to foster graduate school readiness and promote diversity, broadly defined. The event celebrates the work of undergraduate researchers in 14 participating research programs at UNC. This year, Carolina Population Center summer intern Mark Griffith was…
MEASURE Evaluation Receives Research Award from IAS for Study on Programs Integrating HIV and Tuberculosis Care in Ukraine
July 27, 2018Jul 27, 2018 AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--The International AIDS Society HIV Co-Infections and Co-Morbidities Initiative has awarded MEASURE Evaluation a top prize for its abstract investigating a strategy to improve outcomes for people co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis (TB). MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President's Emergency…
Study by CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Horowitz: Today’s College Graduates Facing Greater Competition for Good Jobs
July 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018 Newswise - College graduates are more likely to take less-skilled jobs in recent years than ever before, and a new study from the University of North Carolina says the expansion of higher education has made each bachelor's degree seem less exceptional to employers. Starting with the graduation classes of the 1950s, the…
Deep-Rooted Data: The Carolina Population Center is in it for the long haul
July 20, 2018Jul 20, 2018 Published by UNC Research https://endeavors.unc.edu/deep-rooted-data/ The Carolina Population Center is in it for the long haul. The 52-year-old institution leads data-driven studies that span decades, enriching population research across the world. By Megan May July 17th, 2018 Health | Society Three projects -the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add…
Deep-Rooted Data: The Carolina Population Center is in it for the long haul
July 17, 2018The Carolina Population Center is in it for the long haul. The 52-year-old institution leads data-driven studies that span decades, enriching population research across the world. By Megan May July 17th, 2018 Three projects –the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), and MEASURE Evaluation –…