Injury-Free NC, a collaboration between the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch and the University of North Carolina’s Injury Prevention Research Center, is excited to launch the application for the 2025 Injury-Free NC Academy on … Read more

By UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Expanding Medicaid coverage could lead to fewer deaths among those who were formerly incarcerated, but new findings from a JAMA Network Open study show significant racialized inequities in this reduction. The study, … Read more

By UNC School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine The research shows firearm injuries in N.C. are pervasive and increasing, but preventable. The findings were released earlier this year and demonstrate that firearm violence occurs in rural, suburban and urban … Read more

Brian Mann, National Public Radio For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S. “This is exciting,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute On … Read more

A message from Penny Gordon-Larsen, Vice Chancellor for Research Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Kathryn E. (Beth) Moracco has been named director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC), effective September 1, 2024. Moracco brings over … Read more

The UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and the Safe States Alliance are calling for proposals to facilitate the adaption and implementation of North Carolina’s Injury-Free Academy on Using a Shared Risk and Protective Factors (SRPF) Approach to Prevent Violence. The … Read more

By Vibhav Nandagiri, NC Health News North Carolina saw a significant rise in pedestrian and bicyclist deaths in 2022, marking it as the deadliest year for non-motorist fatalities in over three decades. The alarming statistics have prompted public health advocates and … Read more

By Mariava Phillips, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, one of the largest tribes in the Eastern United States, faces significant health challenges, including high rates of substance misuse and poor health outcomes. To address these … Read more

Extended application deadline Wednesday, September 11, 2024. The UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) seeks applications for the Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship program to begin in Fall (September) of the 2024-2025 academic year. The IVP Fellowship positions are … Read more

By UNC School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine The research findings were published in PLOS ONE. The paper was authored by applied public health researchers in the Carolina Center for Health Informatics (CCHI) in the UNC Department of Emergency … Read more