A study by Ryan Cronk and Jamie Bartram of the Water Institute at UNC has found that over 50% of medical clinics in middle-to-low-income countries lack access to clean, piped water.
Wake up. Go to class. 3-D print a prosthetic hand? For many students, the Makerspace in Carmichael Residence Hall is making innovation more accessible to undergraduates than ever before.
Antipsychotic agents have serious side effects: agitation, vision impairments, and loss of balance. UNC scientists are working to limit these side effects while maintaining effectiveness.
A recent study from UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researcher Tonia Desrosiers found that women with low carbohydrate intake are 30 percent more likely to have babies with neural tube defects versus women who don’t restrict their carbohydrate intake.
Despite the nearly 1.4 million youth caregivers (ages 8-18) in the U.S., they are largely absent from policy discussions related to the current and future landscapes of caregiving. Learn more in this The Hill op-ed by UNC geographer Betsy Olson.
At the end of his 40-year career at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Dive Safety Officer Glenn Safrit reflects on the most important lessons he learned — and taught — in the ocean.
Johna Register-Mihalik is an assistant professor in the UNC Department of Exercise and Sport Science studying the prevention, education, consequences, and clinical management of recreation- and sport-related traumatic brain injury.
The Organization for Autism Research has pledged a $25,000 matching gift to FPG’s National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice in support of a new project on evidence-based practices for children and youth with autism.
UNC School of Medicine professor Edward Barnes found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease who showed high levels of “patient activation” were less likely to experience disease flare during follow-up,
UNC School of Dentistry professor Ching-Chang Ko and former grad student Christina Jackson have developed a new method for creating orthodontics appliances and brackets.
