The evolutionary origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are unknown, but a collaborative team including researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health has found new evidence to support … Continued

Margaret “Peggy” Bentley, associate dean for global health and Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been selected as the Triangle Global Health … Continued

Six students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health gave presentations about their global health research experiences during the fourth annual GillingsX talks on March 23. About 120 people attended the event. The … Continued

Josie Caves, doctoral student in epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, has received IntraHealth International’s 2017 Raluca Iosif Intimate Partner Violence Research Award. The award will support Caves’ research on … Continued

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and RTI International will collaborate to determine whether and how Zika virus is affecting plans for U.S. travelers. Co-principal investigators of the effort are Jim Herrington, executive director of the … Continued

A commentary by two University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers concludes that hookah smoking is an emerging threat to public health globally, especially in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Dilshad Jaff, research … Continued

Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) offer a promising strategy to reduce maternal mortality in Malawi and other low-income countries, according to a study conducted by researchers in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. … Continued

Leaders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health have announced the keynote speaker for the school’s annual Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture, to be held this year on Thursday, April 27 … Continued

A new report, issued on Jan. 10 by the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH),  recommends seven to eight hours of sleep each day as a way to maintain brain health, even as one ages. Established in 2015, the GCBH … Continued

A new study has found an Amerindian-specific genetic variant that influences a kidney trait in Hispanics/Latinos, thereby confirming shared genetic risk for kidney disease among Hispanics/Latinos and American Indians. The study extends earlier work by the authors, published Sept. 20, … Continued