Adia Louden is a fourth-year doctoral student at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. We reached out to Louden to learn more about her work, her life, and her academic journey through the following Q & A. How did … Read more
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
Attorney General Josh Stein Unveils Updates to Community Opioid Resources Engine (CORE-NC) Friday, October 25, 2024 RALEIGH – Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolinians now have expanded access to their local governments’ spending of the $1.2 billion in … 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
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
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
Congratulations to David Colston, Laurel Sharpless, and Brooke Jones, who have been awarded prestigious 2024 summer internships with the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). The internships will last for 8-12 weeks beginning in the mid-May to … Read more
David Colston is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. We reached out to Colston to learn more about his work, his life, and his academic journey through … Read more
