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Former CPC Director Tsui profiled in The Lancet’s family planning series
July 16, 2012Jul 16, 2012 The Lancet published an important series of articles on family planning in its July 14, 2012 issue. That issue also includes a profile of Amy Tsui who is “a scholar, an outstanding researcher, a leader in her … Read more
Add Health study: Being overweight years before pregnancy linked to bigger babies
July 6, 2012Jul 6, 2012 News story is cross-posted from the Add Health website here. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, UNC researchers have found that women who are overweight or obese years before becoming pregnant deliver babies … Read more
Morgan named new director of UNC’s Carolina Population Center
June 18, 2012S. Philip Morgan, an internationally known sociologist and population scientist, has been named the new director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will also become a UNC professor in the sociology … Read more
CPC Fellow Herring honored with 2012 Gertrude M. Cox Award in Statistics
June 18, 2012Jun 18, 2012 “Amy H. Herring, ScD, professor of biostatistics at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, accepted the 2012 Gertrude M. Cox Award on June 5 at the Washington Statistical Society annual dinner, held at RTI International in … Read more
CPC Fellow Handa awarded 3ie funds to study social cash transfer programs in Malawi and Zimbabwe
June 1, 2012Jun 1, 2012 CHAPEL HILL — UNC Chapel Hill public policy professor Ashu Handa has won two research grants, each worth $634,000 over two years, to evaluate social cash transfer programs in Malawi and Zimbabwe. The grants were awarded by … Read more
University of Wisconsin’s alumni magazine features CPC Faculty Fellow Popkin
March 14, 2012Mar 14, 2012 Barry Popkin sees the struggle against food policies and marketing practices that promote excess weight as nothing less than a battle for human rights. The Spring 2012 issue of On Wisconsin features an interview with Barry Popkin, … Read more
7 Billion: what does it mean for global population trends?
January 18, 2012This past summer the Population Division of the United Nations projected that the world would soon welcome its 7 billionth resident. The date arbitrarily selected to mark the event was October 31, 2011. By happy circumstance, on October 31 Benjamin … Read more
CPC Fellow Bentley awarded distinguished professorship at UNC
January 9, 2012Jan 9, 2012 UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health announced two new distinguished professorships, including one to CPC Faculty Fellow Margaret (Peggy) Bentley. Read an excerpt from the announcement: Two distinguished professors at UNC Gillings School of Global Public … Read more
CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Williams receives UNC Research Excellence Award
December 20, 2011Dec 20, 2011 Nathalie Williams, a Carolina Population Center Postdoctoral Scholar, is a recipient of UNC’s 2011 Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence. Williams is one of ten scholars to receive the prestigious award. All recipients received a plaque and an … Read more
Living Arrangements of Young Adults: New Add Health Research Brief released
December 15, 2011Dec 15, 2011 Data from Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) provide new insights on the living arrangements of young adults (ages 24 to 32). Compared to young men and women of 30 years … Read more