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WBTV: Getting Back to a Pre-Pandemic You
WBTV News spoke with Dr. Beth Racine, a professor of public health at UNC Charlotte, and Dr. Corliss Solomon, a recent UNC Charlotte public health doctoral program graduate, for tips on and staying on the right track when it comes to nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices. WATCH THE VIDEO
Public Health Ph.D. Class Creates Podcasts
For students in doctoral programs in public health, there’s more to the day-to-day than learning theory and research methods. For many public health professionals, connecting with the community and sharing their research with diverse audiences is also an important part of the job. The UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences addresses this role throughout […]
UNC Charlotte Work in UCITY Family Zone Boosted by $220,000 Grant
UNC Charlotte and its many partners through the UCITY Family Zone are continuing to expand their efforts to improve social determinants of health in the local community with a $220,000 grant award from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. With this funding, the UCITY Family Zone will further its work in addressing social drivers of […]
Thompson Appointed Acting Director of Academy for Population Health Innovation
Dr. Catrine Tudor-Locke, Dean of UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services, and Gibbie Harris, Director of Mecklenburg County Public Health (MCPH), have appointed Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences Dr. Michael E. Thompson as Acting Director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation (APHI) through August 2021. APHI, a novel collaborative of researchers, […]
Study Highlights Disparities in COVID-19 in Urban and Rural Areas
By: Wills Citty Monday, July 27, 2020 A new study led by UNC Charlotte public health researchers is highlighting the progression of COVID-19 in urban and rural counties and revealing geographic disparities in the prevalence of the virus and how smoking, race, obesity and age influence that divide. Using crowdsourced data on COVID‐19 and demographics, […]
Fashion Show of Masks
Faculty, staff, students, and community partners from the Department of Public Health Sciences want to encourage everyone to wear a mask to protect the public and reduce the spread of COVID-19. To show that masks are always in fashion, we’ve put together a Fashion Show of Masks. View the Image Gallery here. You can find […]
WSOC: Medical experts still concerned as COVID-19 deaths decrease in NC
Professor Michael Thompson says there is more to the numbers than meets the eye. Watch the video
College of Health and Human Services Announces Leadership Transitions
With the approaching retirement of Jane Neese, senior associate dean of academic affairs, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke has announced a series of transitions in leadership at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services. Neese has provided Dean Tudor-Locke with formal notice of her intent to retire September 1, 2021. “Jane’s gracious early notice has […]
Public Health Professor Receives Prestigious National Fellowship
UNC Charlotte public health professor Dr. Michael Dulin has been selected for one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships in health policy. Dulin is among six health professionals from across the nation named to the 2020-2021 class of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows. Beginning in September, Dulin, who leads the Academy for Population […]
Charlotte Observer: Here’s why COVID-19 spread in Charlotte has nothing to do with the protests – yet
Dr. Melinda Forthofer, chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences, spoke with the Charlotte Observer on the “delicate balance” between remaining healthy in the midst of a pandemic and addressing racism in America. Read more