UNC’s Phillip Clapp and the team at the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology are measuring the effectiveness of different masks in filtering air particles.

Toxic blue-green algae has long proven to be harmful to the environment, human and animal health. While many studies examine the effects of ingestion or skin contact, PhD student Haley Plaas looks at a different angle: aerosol.

UNC psychologist Shauna Cooper focuses on understanding the impacts of discrimination and how Black families help their children cope and promote positive development.

In response to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the #SayHerName campaign, UNC playwright Jacqueline Lawton is helping to organize a series of plays and monologues to bring awareness to the names and stories of Black women and girls who have been victims of police violence.

A UNC team is conducting a randomized clinical trial on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine — a drug used to treat malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis — in preventing novel coronavirus infections in U.S. health care workers.