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Largest National Study on Adolescent Health Receives $28 Million from NIH
September 25, 2014(Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 25, 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…
CPC On the Move! Over 300 people affiliated with the center moved between December 2013 and June 2014
September 25, 2014Sep 25, 2014 What did the Carolina Population Center do this summer? Everyone at CPC participated in a major office move. Over 300 people affiliated with the center moved between December 2013 and June 2014. The move was required because of the forthcoming demolition of University Square East and West towers at 123 and 143…
New research by CPC Fellows Popkin and Ng shows initial success of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation may have stalled
September 17, 2014Sep 17, 2014 CPC Fellows Barry M. Popkin and Shu Wen Ng have published two articles in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine about their analysis of data related to the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation. The research project Evaluating U.S. children's food purchases and caloric intake to gauge the food industry's impact on prevention of…
CPC Fellow Perreira contributes to a report related to increasing health care enrollment for N.C.’s immigrants
September 15, 2014Sep 15, 2014 The UNC College of Arts & Sciences issued a news release on The Carolina Population Center study, "Implementing Health Care Reform in North Carolina: Reaching and Enrolling Immigrants and Refugees." CPC Fellow Krista Perreira co-authored this report. Read an excerpt from the UNC College of Arts & Sciences news release: "Most people…
CPC On The Move!
August 28, 2014What did the Carolina Population Center do this summer? Everyone at CPC participated in a major office move. Over 300 people affiliated with the center moved between December 2013 and June 2014. The move was required because of the forthcoming demolition of University Square East and West towers at 123 and 143 West Franklin St.…
Triangle Global Health Consortium Annual Conference, Sept. 14-15
July 30, 2014Jul 30, 2014 The Triangle Global Health Consortium is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Annual Global Health Conference: Innovation in Global Health: Bridging the innovation gap between research and implementation September 14-15, 2014 UNC William & Ida Friday Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Founded just four…
JAMA study: Thirumurthy’s research shows economic incentives can increase uptake of male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa
July 21, 2014Jul 21, 2014 Male circumcision has been proven to be an effective HIV prevention strategy and in 2007, UNAIDS and WHO recommended the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsha Thirumurthy tested one scale-up approach with uncircumcised men in Kenya and determined that certain economic incentives can improve the likelihood that a…
CPC Fellow Perreira’s research about skin color and health in Latin America featured by UNC Global
July 11, 2014Jul 11, 2014 UNC Global released an announcement about recent research conducted by Krista Perreira. Perreira is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow and a UNC Professor of Public Policy. The Color of Health in Latin America: Individuals with Darker Skin Color at Higher Risk for Poor Health "Individuals in Latin America with darker skin…
The Next Phase of MEASURE Evaluation
July 1, 2014The United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Global Health awarded MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center and its partners, Futures Group, ICF International, John Snow Incorporated, Management Sciences for Health, and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The objective of…
USAID Awards UNC’s MEASURE Evaluation Project with Two Science and Technology Pioneers Prizes
June 30, 2014Jun 30, 2014 Two of fourteen Science and Technology Pioneers Prizes were awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Science and Technology to the MEASURE Evaluation project, implemented by the Carolina Population Center. The prize is awarded to projects and activities funded by USAID that apply science and technology to…