Emily McAden & peers assess the feasibility of using the Total Worker Approach in providing technical assistance for small and medium businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and find that it promotes the safety, well-being, & health of workers tinyurl.com/twa-feasible

Dr. Jennifer Momkus & colleagues find that #biomarkers associated with aging and disease, such as those suggesting presence of neurodegenerative disease and inflammation, are found in higher levels for disadvantaged sociodemographic groups #epi tinyurl.com/bio-mark-art

Dr. Julia Rager, assistant professor at UNC Public Health, has received the Outstanding New Investigator Award from NIEHS! The R01-level award recognizes her groundbreaking work in understanding the health risks associated with exposure to wildfire smoke. sph.unc.edu/sph-news/rager…

Please join us on Monday, April 29 from 3-4pm for 'Navigating Crisis, History, and Health in Haiti' with Wingdie (Didi) Bertrand Farmer.

Register here: go.unc.edu/bertrand-farmer

We look forward to seeing you there!

Just Published:  Patterns of infant fecal metabolite concentrations and social behavioral development in toddlers @unc_nri UNC Public Health Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Dartmouth 🌲 NIH #metabolomics #neurodevelopment

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Dr. Hongtu Zhu, biostatistics professor and Gillings Innovation Labs awardee, is using generative AI to explore brain disorders. Collaborating with experts across fields, his work merges tech and clinical insights, opening new paths in healthcare research. 🧠

Meet Dr. Shu Wen Ng, star of the HPM Almuni spotlight

PhD Class of 2009
Professor and Distinguished Scholar in Public Health
Nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Co-Director, Global Food Research Program

Happy National Library Week! We spotted two Gillings researchers in this awesome UNC Research story about why collaborations with UNC-Chapel Hill libraries are vital for research, fueling projects across the University. endeavors.unc.edu/beyond-the-sta…

Take a second to read about Dr. Nylander-French interview with the Society of Toxicology Occupational and Public Health Specialty Section (OPHSS)!

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Dr. Megan Evans & peers find that research on peer support addressing the unmet needs of people with mental illness, especially those with schizophrenia, should not treat these interventions as a single entity because of their categorical complexity tinyurl.com/m-evans

We are proud to share that the Gillings School of Global Public Health has once again been ranked by peer leaders as the top public school of public health in the United States — and number two overall.

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New American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) study by Pourya Valizadeh & Shu Wen Ng, PhD finds taxing high-sugar/salt/sat. fat ultraprocessed foods + using revenue to subsidize healthy fruit/veg/proteins/beverages can reduce inequalities at low cost to US gov't Healthy Eating Research Arnold Ventures
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Dr. Hongtu Zhu from our department was recently a guest on the Practical Significance Podcast from ASA to discuss the implications of #AI for our profession. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/ypkvraf9

👇Our paper on proteomic signatures overlapping in the airways of asthmatics and E-cig users is out ⁦ATS Red Journal⁩. Great teamwork by ⁦Elise Hickman⁩ ⁦Julia Rager⁩ and Neil Alexis. ⁦UNC CEMALB⁩ ⁦UNC CiTEM⁩ atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

New paper American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) shows how healthy fruit/veg/protein/bev subsidies to low-income using tax revenues on ultraprocessed (UH) foods high in sugar, sodium or sat-fat can mitigate inequalities at low cost to US govt Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill Healthy Eating Research Arnold Ventures tinyurl.com/39fjeevj

Meet Dr. Engel: He leads NC OSHERC's Occupational Epidemiology program and is a professor in the UNC Department of Epidemiology. He also holds an appointment as associate scientist in the Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Congratulations to Alexandra Lightfoot for receiving an award from UNC Rural for her project 'Through the Lens of Recovery: Photovoice Initiative for Healing in Robeson County'.

Read more here: unc.live/3vrOMNw