A Closing Conversation On September 1, 2020, Dr. Bentley will step down as associate dean for Global Health after 17 years. WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM YOUR TIME AS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AT GILLINGS? … Continued

“Human rights [are] raised frequently to signal devotion to justice, but employed rarely in policy, programming or practice. As advocates respond to the public health injustices of […] an unprecedented pandemic, human rights education must be an essential foundation to … Continued

For 11 years, students of the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health have turned to global health nonprofit IntraHealth International to gain real-world experience and make an international impact while still in school. Known as UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellows, these … Continued

Suzanne Maman, professor in the health behavior department at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named associate dean for global health, effective Sept. 1. The associate dean for global health is the chief global leader and … Continued

Samuel Haddad, BSPH, a 2018 UNC Gillings Global School of Public Health nutrition alumnus, was already working in Laos (the Lao People’s Democratic Republic [PDR]) to prepare for a public health emergency when COVID-19 began spreading on a global scale. With … Continued

Exactly how does coronavirus spread in the air? What will get kids’ vaccinations back on track across the United States? How can public health practitioners work with church communities to spread accurate information about COVID-19? These are just three of … Continued

Since 1965, smoking in the United States has declined by 50%. Now, a team of student and faculty researchers from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has uncovered factors that show why this progress isn’t evenly distributed across … Continued

Two postdoctoral research associates from University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center —both of whom earned doctoral degrees at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health — have been announced as recipients of an award honoring the late … Continued

The decades-long search for a vaccine to prevent HIV reached a new milestone as results from HPTN 083, a global large-scale study, show that the long-acting drug cabotegravir (CAB LA) protects uninfected people from HIV. The study, begun in December 2016, … Continued

Dengue viruses are estimated to cause approximately 390 million infections and 100 million cases each year around the globe, ranging from mild fever to severe Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and Dengue Shock Syndrome. Because infection with one of the four unique … Continued