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CPC Fellows Harris and Mouw win UNC awards
May 16, 2008May 16, 2008 The Carolina Population Center is pleased to announce that two of our fellows have recently received awards. Kathleen Mullan Harris has been made the James Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology, which is a permanent distinguished professorship. Ted Mouw, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been made a Bowman and Gordon Gray associate professor. This…
CPC Fellow Walsh receives teaching award
May 9, 2008May 9, 2008 CPC Fellow and Professor of Geography Stephen J. Walsh received a Post-Baccalaureate Teaching and Mentoring Award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Congratulations Steve! Read about his work with students and an excerpt from the nomination at http://gazette.unc.edu/archives/08may07/teaching-insert-lo-res.pdf (scroll to page 3 of the PDF) or at http://gazette.unc.edu/archives/08may07/file.5.html (scroll…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin’s work with Beverage Guidance Panel in news
April 30, 2008Apr 30, 2008 The Orlando Sentinel reported on CPC Fellow Barry Popkin's work with the Beverage Guidance Panel, a group of nutrition experts who developed a beverage pyramid similar to the food pyramid developed by the USDA. (Barish-Wreden, Maxine, and Kay Judge. 2008. Don't take that sip! The Beverage Council has a pyramid that suggests…
PAA Poster Blue Ribbon Winners
April 24, 2008Apr 24, 2008 Congratulations to all 2008 PAA presenters. Five CPC posters were awarded blue ribbons. Caryl Feldacker, Veronica Escamilla, and Michael Emch: Protecting Populations: Using Environmental Variables to Predict Cholera in Bangladesh and Vietnam; Carolyn Tucker Halpern and Abigail Haydon: Patterns of Risk Behavior Change From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood and Implications for STIs;…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on obesity in Mexico in the news
March 27, 2008Mar 27, 2008 In the March 24 issue of the Charlotte Observer, CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses obesity trends in Mexico. "Fueled by the rising popularity of soft drinks and fast-food restaurants, Mexico has become the second fattest nation in the world. Mexican health officials say it could surpass the U.S. as the most obese…
CPC Fellow Bentley Featured in Science Article about Careers in Global Public Health
March 21, 2008Mar 21, 2008 "Pointing to her interdisciplinary training in medical anthropology, Margaret "Peggy" Bentley, associate dean of global health at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, encourages science undergraduates considering a career in the field to think broadly and take courses in the social sciences and humanities. If you're…
CPC Fellow Jane Brown Receives Faculty Mentoring Award
March 13, 2008Mar 13, 2008 Dr. Jane Brown, CPC Fellow and the James L. Knight Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has received the Faculty Mentoring Award from the Carolina Women's Leadership Council. To read more, please click here:http://gazette.unc.edu/file.4.html
Integrating Biomarkers in Population-based Research: Summer Workshop, June 2-6
March 6, 2008Mar 6, 2008 Do you want to include biomarkers in your research but don't know how to get started? This week-long introduction to biospecimens provides a basic understanding and practical examples for collecting specimens such as blood, saliva, hair, and more. Activities will be anchored to social science and public health hypotheses and frameworks. Learn…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin quoted in the NYT and The Philadelphia Inquirer reacting to calorie-listing controversy
February 19, 2008Feb 19, 2008 CPC Fellow Barry Popkin was interviewed by The New York Times and The Philadelphia Enquirer in response to the controversy generated when the president-elect of the Obesity Society filed an affidavit presenting scientific evidence that calorie labeling may not be helpful and could actually be harmful. "It might be only a scientific…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses global obesity in Scientific American
January 17, 2008Jan 17, 2008 More people in developing countries are now overweight than hungry, says CPC Fellow Barry Popkin in the September 2007 issue of Scientific American ("The World is Fat," Scientific American 297, no. 3: 88-95). More than 1.3 billion people are now overweight. Obesity rates in many developing countries are nearing the rates in…