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Time.com features research by CPC Fellows Thompson, Adair, and Bentley: Fussy infants spend more time in front of the TV
January 7, 2013Jan 7, 2013 A recent study examined the amount of time infants were exposed to television in the first 18 months of life and identified some specific predictors that can decrease or increase TV exposure. The research was conducted by Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows Amanda L. Thompson, Linda S. Adair, and Margaret E. Bentley.The…
Meet the recently elected Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows: S. Philip Morgan, Lauren Persha, Liana Richardson, Kavita Singh, and Colin West
January 2, 2013The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected five UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program. The Fellows are CPC’s permanent and vital core, and the center devotes its resources to facilitating their research. Currently, there are 63 Fellows from 15 different UNC departments. S. Philip Morgan, Professor of Sociology Phil Morgan became the…
UNC Epidemiology Professor Jim Thomas to be Director of UNC’s largest project
January 2, 2013Jan 2, 2013 James C. "Jim" Thomas, Ph.D., has been appointed the new Director of MEASURE Evaluation. In 2008, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded up to $181 million for the 6-year Project, which remains the largest award ever received by UNC-Chapel Hill. Read the full story here.
The Economist’s special report on obesity cites research by CPC Fellow Popkin
December 17, 2012Dec 17, 2012 The December 15th issue of The Economist features a special report on obesity. The report includes ten articles and two of the articles reference work by Carolina Population Center Fellow Barry Popkin. The big picture: The world is getting wider, says Charlotte Howard. What can be done about it?"Not long ago the…
CPC Fellow Siega-Riz to serve on NHLBI advisory board
December 12, 2012Dec 12, 2012 UNC-Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health announced that Anna Maria Siega-Riz has been appointed to serve on NIH's NHLBI advisory council: Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, professor of epidemiology and nutrition and associate dean for academic affairs at Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named for a three-year term…
Indian news agency interviews CPC Fellow Handa about India’s new nationwide cash transfer program
December 5, 2012Dec 5, 2012 India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced the launch of a nationwide Direct Cash Transfer Scheme to help its vulnerable citizens meet their basic needs. The initiative will begin in January 2013 and will be fully operational by April 2014. Sudhanshu Handa is an expert on cash transfer programs. He has implemented…
CPC Fellow Amy Herring receives APHA’s Mortimer Spiegelman Award
November 18, 2012Professor Amy H. Herring accepted the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association’s Statistics Section on Tuesday, Oct. 30th at the organization’s Annual Meeting. The award honors her outstanding achievements as a public health biostatistician under age 40. Herring is an accomplished teacher, researcher, and published author. She is a professor and associate…
UNC Epidemiology Professor Jim Thomas to be Director of UNC’s largest project
November 8, 2012James C. “Jim” Thomas, Ph.D., has been appointed the new Director of MEASURE Evaluation. In 2008, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded up to $181 million for the 6-year Project, which remains the largest award ever received by UNC-Chapel Hill. The Project, which works in more than 40 countries, enables improved decision…
CPC Fellow Amy Herring receives APHA’s Mortimer Spiegelman Award: Honors her achievements as a public health biostatistician
November 8, 2012Nov 8, 2012 Professor Amy H. Herring accepted the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association's Statistics Section on Tuesday, Oct. 30th at the organization's Annual Meeting. The award honors her outstanding achievements as a public health biostatistician under age 40. Read the full story here.
J. Richard Udry, esteemed population studies scholar and Carolina Population Center’s Director from 1977-1992, died in July 2012
November 2, 2012Nov 2, 2012 Read about Dick Udry's impact on CPC's mission in this feature story that includes comments by Carolyn Tucker Halpern, S. Philip Morgan, and Ronald R. Rindfuss https://www.cpc.unc.edu/news/features/udry. A gathering in remembrance of Udry will be held November 2, 2012 in room 405 of CPC East (University Square East, 123 West Franklin Street) from…