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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, […]
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 […]
Professor Michael Thompson says there is more to the numbers than meets the eye. Watch the video
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 […]
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 […]
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
by: Dr. Jan Warren-Findlow, associate professor and director of the Master of Public Health program Many Americans are struggling to find ways to show their support around issues of racial injustice and systemic racism as well as other essential public health problems. Unlike public health professionals, most people are not trained in advocacy techniques. The […]
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things I cannot accept” (Angela Davis) On May 25th, 2020 the world watched as George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, slowly lost his life at hands of local law enforcement. For many in the Charlotte community, this tragedy […]
Systemic racism plagues our country and is a serious threat to the public’s health. To be part of the solution we must promote social justice for all not only in our classrooms but in the culture of our schools and workplaces. To read a statement released by The Association of Schools and Programs of Public […]
The UNC Charlotte graduate chapters of Upsilon Phi Delta (UPD) and Beta Phi chapter of Delta Omega honor societies recently celebrated new members as part of the Department of Public Health Sciences’ combined honor society induction event, which was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UPD recognizes the top 10% of the […]
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A group of UNC Charlotte health and human services students have joined with peers from the Charlotte AHEC Scholars program to create a COVID-19 PSA in response to the need for more information in communities of color regarding the virus and the myths surrounding it. “It was part of #norush social media challenge, focusing on […]
By: Anna Henderson, Communications Graduate Student College sports can take a toll on an athlete’s body that doctors, trainers and other staff work to combat every day through preventative workouts and exercises. As a former college volleyball player at UNC Charlotte, my knees crack and swell, my shoulder pops, and my back hurts sometimes. But […]
Due to COVID-19, graduation ceremonies across the state have been canceled or postponed. CHESO recognizes that many of our students will not be able to attend a graduation ceremony at a later date if they have relocated and began their post-grad careers. In an effort to honor our graduating students, CHESO put together an MHA […]
A pair of UNC Charlotte researchers, in collaboration with co-authors at Louisiana State University and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), recently published a study in the journal Personality and Individual Differences on the subject of grit, humor and suicide prevention. Andrea Kaniuka is a student in UNC Charlotte’s Ph.D. program in public health sciences […]
April 19- 25 is Careers in Aging Week, and the Erickson School of Aging Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is highlighting opportunities available in aging services and showcasing various aging professionals to celebrate. Dr. Dace Brown, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Public Health Sciences and the interdisciplinary program in […]
UNC Charlotte public health professor Michael Thompson tells Charlotte Agenda to think of the COVID-19 outbreak in the days ahead like a “smoldering fire.” READ THE STORY
UNC Charlotte public health doctoral alumna Corliss Solomon and public health professor Beth Racine shared expertise with WBTV about concerns around substance use in the current environment. WATCH