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Former CPC Fellow Namboodiri has died
May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 N. Krishnan Namboodiri died in April 2015. Namboodiri was a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow from 1977 to 1985 and was among the UNC faculty members who were affiliated with CPC when it was formed in 1966. Namboodiri was a Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. His obituary says: Namboodiri Dr. Krishnan…
Big Data and Important Questions: Population Health Studies in the United States, China, and the Philippines
April 27, 2015Carolina Population Center’s researchers have decades of experience collecting, analyzing, sharing, and archiving big data sets of population research studies. CPC Fellow Barry M. Popkin is one of several CPC Fellows who are at the forefront of research efforts to assess the critical role of nutritional, social, and environmental factors in population health. One of…
Sessions by CPC researchers at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 30-May 2
February 4, 2015Feb 4, 2015 The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be held April 30-May 2, 2015 at the Hilton San Diego Bay Front. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC faculty fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff members. The titles link to the session abstract on the PAA…
CPC Fellow Bollen joins UNC’s Department of Psychology
January 8, 2015Jan 8, 2015 CPC Faculty Fellow Kenneth A. Bollen now has a joint appointment in UNC's Department of Psychology and the Department of Sociology. He is the Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Sociology. The joint appointment became effective in January 2015. Previously, Bollen's primary appointment was in the Department of Sociology. He…
Thomsen-Reuters includes CPC Fellow Popkin in its 2014 Highly Cited Researcher List
January 5, 2015Jan 5, 2015 CPC Fellow Barry M. Popkin is among the list of Highly Cited Researchers developed by Thomsen-Reuters. The list is posted here. The publisher says "Highly Cited Researchers 2014 represents some of world's leading scientific minds. Over three thousand researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated by…
CPC Fellow Gordon-Larsen awarded a Gillings Innovation Laboratory
January 5, 2015Jan 5, 2015 UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health announced that CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen has been awarded a Gillings Innovation Laboratory. The announcement was included in its "2014 in review" email which was sent to the School's faculty and students. The announcement says: "The gift from Dennis and Joan Gillings. Our Gillings Visiting…
UNC features research by CPC Fellows Jagger and Handa: Seeking a safer way to cook in developing countries
December 22, 2014Dec 22, 2014 Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows Pamela Jagger and Sudhanshu Handa are collaborating on research projects to promote and evaluate the shift from using wood and charcoal for cooking fuel to using energy-efficient cookstoves that emit fewer toxins. This story is featured on UNC's homepage as one of the carousel stories here. Excerpt:…
Jerry Hulka, UNC professor emeritus and CPC Fellow, passes away at 84
December 4, 2014Dec 4, 2014 Jaroslav F. (Jerry) Hulka, MD, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology in the UNC School of Medicine and of maternal and child health at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health, died Nov. 24. He was 84.Hulka became a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow in 1977. Read about Hulka and his contributions…
Largest National Study on Adolescent Health Receives $28 Million from NIH
November 24, 2014Nov 24, 2014 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Carolina Population Center has received a five-year, $28 million grant for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Now entering its 20th year of National Institutes of Health funding, Add Health is the largest, most comprehensive longitudinal study of the health of…
CPC Fellow Perreira receives the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award for outstanding service
September 29, 2014Sep 29, 2014 The University Gazette announced in its September 24th issue that Carolina Population Center Fellow Krista Perreira will receive the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award for outstanding service. The story is posted here under the "Distinguished honorees" subheading. Here is the text: "The University will grant the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service…