Departmental News

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Why I Teach - Caroline Halfmann

   March 1, 2023

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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Researchers Examine Social Media Response to 2019 Campus Shooting

   January 20, 2023

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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Dr. Michael Thompson chosen as Delta Omega President-Elect

   November 9, 2022

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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Charlotte Public Health Sciences Team Receives CDC Grant to Develop Next-Generation Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases

   October 16, 2022

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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PHS PhD Student, Isaac Olufadewa, Attends One Young World Summit

   September 5, 2022

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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PHS Faculty Teach the Science Behind Happiness

   August 12, 2022

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, Professor Emerita, Comments in Washington Post Article

   August 3, 2022

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.  

UNC Charlotte's Niner Insider recognizes  Dr. Michele Issel

On August 2nd, Dr. Michele Issel was referenced in the Media...

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UNC Charlotte Student Shares Perspective on Ukraine and her Home Country’s Crisis

   July 19, 2022

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.

Ukrainian Immigrants Begin New Life in U.S.

Before she was born, Sasha Zabelski’s parents fled to New York City from Kiev. It had been two...

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Looking Back Home: Student Creates Nonprofit to Support the African Town That Raised Him

   June 9, 2022

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.

Going Home to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after 20 Years

Emery Ngamasana, a Ph.D. student in ...

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UNC Charlotte Graduate Helps Feed Thousands Across the City

   March 1, 2022

In 2019, Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays fed over 80,000 Charlotte residents, enough to...

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