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Welcome to "Why I Teach." Here we'll highlight the contributions of the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services instructors who bring their knowledge and expertise from the professional world to the classroom.
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by: Jessamyn Bowling, associate professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Rob Cramer, associate professor, Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Health Research, Department of Public Health Sciences,...
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During its National Council meeting held in conjunction with the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, Dr. Michael Thompson was chosen as President-Elect of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health.
Dr. Thompson’s two-year term as President-elect begins on January 1, 2023 and runs through the end of 2024. The role also carries...
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A UNC Charlotte team, led by Dr. Shi Chen, has received nearly $750,000 in a highly competitive three-year U01 (cooperative agreement) grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop novel mathematical models of infectious diseases and train the next-...
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Isaac Olufadewa was selected to attend as one of the moderators/speakers on the 'health equity' theme at the prestigious One Young World 2022 Manchester Summit.
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In the last 20 years, happiness has emerged as a study with a scientific basis. UNC Charlotte faculty and students are finding how it can teach us all to lead better and more rewarding lives.
At the height of the pandemic, two public health professors—Deborah Beete and ...
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Dr. Michele Issel, a public health professor emerita at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses how the division between political parties in the United States is negatively impacting the public's health.
On August 2nd, Dr. Michele Issel was referenced in the Media...
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Sasha Zabelski’s parents fled Ukraine months before she was born. Now she rediscovers a connection to her home country through political activism and outreach on the conflict.
Before she was born, Sasha Zabelski’s parents fled to New York City from Kiev. It had been two...
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Emery Ngamasana went home after almost two decades away. What he saw moved him to create a nonprofit that improves the conditions of the rural communities he came from.
Emery Ngamasana, a Ph.D. student in ...
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In 2019, Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays fed over 80,000 Charlotte residents, enough to...
