Departmental News

We are proud to announce that Fatima Imran, an incoming PhD student in the Public Health Sciences (PHS) program at UNC Charlotte, has been awarded the Dr. William F. Kennedy Graduate Fellowship for Fall 2025. This prestigious fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate students who demonstrate exceptional academic promise.

Dr. Colleen Bridger, a distinguished alumna of our PhD program, was recently featured on PBS Charlotte as part of a special series reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic, more than five years after its onset. Dr. Bridger, who served as the Assistant City Manager for San Antonio, Texas, played a pivotal role in overseeing the city’s […]

PhD student Lindsay Miller has written her op-ed for HLTH 8600, introducing her topic on “There’s a Cheap and Effective Way to Tackle the Opioid Crisis.” Read the full article HERE.