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38 years and counting: UNC HPDP awarded CDC funding as a Prevention Research Center
August 22, 2024
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at UNC-Chapel Hill has received a five-year competitive renewal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Working to help improve health outcomes, address substance misuse in the Lumbee Tribe
August 20, 2024
UNC Eshelman's Ronny Bell and Delesha Carpenter will join a multi-disciplinary group to utilize existing community and academic research resources to understand and address the underlying factors associated with substance misuse and pain management among Lumbee Indians.
A single mom’s journey to becoming a renowned telomere scientist
August 16, 2024
Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki, a postdoctoral researcher in the UNC Lineberger lab of Jack Griffith, describes her long, difficult, and rewarding journey of becoming a telomere scientist as a first-time mother at the UNC School of Medicine.
Decoding anti-vaping campaigns
August 15, 2024
Seth M. Noar and Sarah D. Kowitt investigate the factors that make vaping prevention ads effective for adolescents and young adults.
Ultrasound for the future
August 13, 2024
A first-of-its-kind, NIH-funded program that emphasizes ultrasound research commercialization will be housed in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Researchers learn how cancer cells divide despite treatment
August 9, 2024
Jean Cook’s lab in SOM has identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to stop rapid cell growth in tumors.
Tar Heel engineers unlock science behind swimming
August 9, 2024
A collaboration between the College and USA Swimming seeks to tackle fundamental questions on swimmer performance in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Rooted: Jonathan David Crabtree
August 6, 2024
Jonathan Crabtree is the inaugural director of the Research Data Management Core within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. He has been contributing to research at Carolina for 31 years.
UNC junior researches childhood food insecurity’s effects on structural brain development
July 30, 2024
With a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Ria Patel is analyzing data and MRI scans to explore possible anatomical changes in adolescents’ brains — and the behavioral changes that could follow.
Weaving recycling knowledge into practice
July 25, 2024
Former UNC-Chapel Hill professors Matthew Parrott and Chris Luft are ushering the polyester industry into a more sustainable era.Â