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Fellow Allison Aiello interviewed on NPR
March 2, 2021Faculty Fellow Allison Aiello was recently interviewed on NPR about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Death Rates Rising Among Middle-Aged and Younger Americans; Report Recommends Urgent National Response
March 2, 2021This piece was originally published by the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. WASHINGTON — Young and middle-aged adults (25-64 years old) in the U.S. have been dying at higher rates since 2010, according to a new report from … Read more
Fellow Angela Percesepe’s research on COVID-19-related anxiety featured in Scientific American
February 24, 2021Fellow Angela Percesepe’s preprint about COVID-19-related anxiety was featured in Scientific American and MedicalDaily.com.
Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater talks vaccines on CBS17
February 24, 2021Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater was featured on CBS17 discussing the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in NC.
Gordon-Larsen named Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor
February 24, 2021Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, associate dean for research at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, has been honored for her work in the field of nutrition with the Carla Smith Chamblee … Read more
Fellow Pettifor quoted in Higher Ed Dive
February 5, 2021Faculty Fellow Audrey Pettifor was recently quoted in Higher Ed Dive on the topic of reopening universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fellow Thompson receives conference grant
January 19, 2021Amanda Thompson received a conference grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center (through CRDF Global) for a meeting to be held in Quito, Ecuador.
Fellow Adair is investigator on new NIH/NICHD R01 grant awarded to FHI
January 19, 2021Faculty Fellow Linda Adair will be an investigator on an new NIH/NICHD R01 grant awarded to FHI, Clinical trial with the levonorgestrel intrauterine system to measure changes in hemoglobin and serum ferritin among anemic women in Kenya (R01 HD100497).
Fellow Pearce receives grant from The Louisville Institute
January 19, 2021Faculty Fellow Lisa Pearce received a grant from The Louisville Institute, entitled: Racism Rebuked and Reproduced in Church: How American Gigachurches Responded to the Killing of George Floyd.
New book published by Fellows Pearce and Elder
January 19, 2021Faculty Fellows Lisa Pearce and Glen Elder have coauthored Living on the Edge: An American Generation’s Journey through the 20th Century with Richard A. Settersten Jr. Drawing from the iconic longitudinal Berkeley Guidance Study, Living on the Edge reveals the … Read more