Gillings School of Global Public Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health Adjunct Professor Doris Rouse Contributes to FDA Approved Breakthrough Drug to Treat Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
In August, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of pretomanid, a new drug developed to treat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and treatment intolerant/non-responsive multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. RTI International (RTI) scientist and Gillings School of Global Public Health adjunct professor Doris Rouse, Ph.D., and her team have collaborated closely with the TB Alliance… Read more »
Gillings Students Conduct Interdisciplinary Research in the Galápagos
Over the summer, students and faculty from the Gillings School of Global Public Health joined forces with students from Universidad San Francisco de Quito to conduct a study in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. The group piloted an investigation among households on Isabela Island to evaluate health, water quality and community perceptions of water and… Read more »
Researchers Propose Action Plan to Improve Quality Health Services for Nations Facing ‘Extreme Adversity’
In order to help the World Health Organization (WHO) meet its goal of better protecting one billion people from health emergencies by 2023, a team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health has proposed an evidence-based framework to improve the quality of health services in… Read more »
Leatherman to Receive Award for Contributions to Global Health Care
Sheila Leatherman, professor of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, will receive the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service Award later this year. The society’s board is recognizing Leatherman’s work to improve the quality of… Read more »
Salzberg to Direct UNC-Chapel Hill’s Water Institute
An international leader in global water policy, peace and security, Aaron Salzberg, has been selected to be the Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor and director of The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Gillings Graduate Rawan Ajeen Recognized for Documenting Food Insecurity in Yemen
Rawan Ajeen, a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public health, is the recipient of the fifth annual Susan M. McHale Award for Outstanding Psychological Research. She earned the award on the merit of several projects involving psychiatry, nutrition and the design and interpretation of psychological research.
Packard Foundation to Support ‘Score Card’ Intervention for Family Planning in Kenya
Katherine Tumlinson, assistant professor of maternal and child health and a fellow of the Carolina Population Center, wants to help women in low-income countries access family planning.
Researchers Awarded NIAID Grant to Examine Dengue and Zika Interplay During Gestation and Childhood in Nicaragua
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will lead a study to examine how dengue and Zika interplay during gestation and childhood, thanks to a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Suzanne Maman Elected Faculty Director of Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center
Suzanne Maman, professor in the health behavior department at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and co-leader of the Master of Public Health global health concentration, has been named the new UNC faculty director at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center.
On San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos, Lack of Fresh Food Contributes to Obesity
A new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health provides insight into the food landscape and nutrition-related behaviors on San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands, adding to ongoing research on the global nutrition transition and related changes in diet and lifestyle that lead to obesity and chronic disease.