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CPC Fellow Deborah Bender named a Fulbright Scholar
October 30, 2008Oct 30, 2008 Deborah Bender, CPC Fellow and professor of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach in China. Bender will lecture about putting public health policy into practice at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, through…
National Children’s Study appears in New York Times
October 28, 2008Oct 28, 2008 The New York Times features an article about the National Children's Study, a study which will follow children from conception to age 21. In North Carolina, the Carolina Population Center will lead the research in the 6 study counties.To read the entire article, click here:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/health/research/Some media outlets may require free user registration…
CPC Fellow Gordon-Larsen receives NIH funding to study gene-environment interactions and weight gain
October 24, 2008Oct 24, 2008 Penny Gordon-Larsen, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), has been awarded funding for the study "Gene-Environment Interactions and Weight Gain." Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, the study will…
Fayetteville Observer highlights importance of National Children’s Study
October 15, 2008Oct 15, 2008 The National Children's Study will include Cumberland County, North Carolina, where Fayetteville is located. Here is an excerpt from the Fayetteville Observer article about the value of the study."The National Children's Study is to most other studies what a video is to a snapshot. On a given day, a snapshot-type study can…
CPC Fellow and Director Entwisle interviewed by Fayetteville Observer about the National Children’s Study
October 14, 2008Oct 14, 2008 Barbara Entwisle, Fellow and Director of the Carolina Population Center, was recently interviewed about the National Children's Study and the role of Cumberland County, NC within the study. Here is an excerpt: "Cumberland County was recently chosen as one of 105 counties nationwide to participate in the largest longitudinal children's study ever.…
CPC Fellow Adair awarded funding from NIH’s Fogarty International Center to study stress and cardiovascular disease risk
October 9, 2008Oct 9, 2008 Linda S. Adair, CPC Fellow and Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was awarded funding for the project "Relating Multiple Dimensions of Stress to CVD Risk in Filipino Adults." The project will examine the role of psychosocial, environmental and behavioral factors that contribute…
CPC Fellow Siega-Riz awarded funds to study children’s risks of becoming overweight during preschool years
October 9, 2008Oct 9, 2008 Anna Maria Siega-Riz, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received funding for the study "Intra-uterine and Early Childhood Factors Related to Weight Status at Age 3." The study will examine the influences of prenatal and early childhood factors on children's risk…
Burke County, N.C. added to landmark National Children’s Study: UNC directs the study in N.C.
October 3, 2008Oct 3, 2008 News ReleaseFriday, October 3, 2008CHAPEL HILL - Burke County, N.C. will be added to the National Children's Study, a multi-million dollar, decades-long project which focuses on the health and well-being of children throughout the United States. Burke County is one of 105 counties in the United States selected to participate in the…
Cumberland County, N.C. chosen to be part of National Children’s Study: UNC directs the study in N.C.
October 3, 2008Oct 3, 2008 News Release Friday, October 3, 2008CHAPEL HILL - Cumberland County, N.C. has been selected to be part of the National Children's Study, a multi-million dollar, decades-long project which focuses on the health and well-being of children throughout the United States. The National Children's Study researches the effects of social, behavioral, biological, community,…
UNC and N.C. roles expanded in landmark children’s health and development study
October 3, 2008Oct 3, 2008 UNC News Release Available at uncnews.unc.edu Friday, October 03, 2008 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has added three more areas of North Carolina and is expanding the role played by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a long-term, wide-ranging study of the nation's children. The NIH has announced…