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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 […]

Isis was named a 2025 Researcher Resilience Training Fellow. The Researcher Resilience Training (RRT) program is designed to provide advanced doctoral students and early career investigators of African descent interested in child and adolescent behavioral health, with the necessary research skills to address the significant challenges that exist within resource-poor settings. RRT fellows will receive […]

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.

Two BPHS students were among the fifteen recently recognized by the university for their leadership and service activities. Raven Huiel, a double-major in public health and health systems management who has been deeply involved in Leadership & Community Engagement. She has been a STAR peer mentor for Leadership Fellows, is a graduate of the Executive Leadership […]

MPH student Unique Kumtap was selected as the bell ringer for the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony on Saturday afternoon May 11, 2024. Read the full article HERE.

Isaac Olufadewa has been awarded by the prestigious and highly competitive Diversity Fellowship to participate in the 2024 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods supported by University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost to promote quantitative training among graduate students from underrepresented groups. This scholarship, granted […]

PHS PhD student Isis Bey has been selected to join the Mecklenburg County Multicultural Tobacco-Free Coalition as a Chair member. The Multicultural Tobacco-Free Coalition is convened by the Mecklenburg County Public Health’s Office of Chronic Disease Policy & Prevention and is funded by The Center for Black Health & Equity and will launch on April 19th. The coalition aims […]

Public Health Sciences is hosting events during National Public Health Week (NPHW) from April 1st-7th, 2024. This year’s theme is “Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: We Are All Public Health.” MONDAY, April 1stDaily Theme: Civic Engagement Come use your voice to make a difference! Write a local representative to advocate for something you believe in. Prompts, […]

Ahead of Black Maternal Health Week (11-17 APR), PHS doctoral student Shanika Jerger Butts joined Chancellor Gabor and several other CHHS colleagues in a conversation with Congresswoman Alma Adams.  Shanika discussed how her dissertation work and her community activism draw upon her own experiences and her desire to give back to her community.  Shanika shared with Congresswoman Adams, […]

Assistant Professor Dr. Lorenzo Hopper was selected as one of 10 early and mid-career public health faculty members to the National Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Workforce Development Center Faculty Development Fellowship Program at Diverse Institutions. This Faculty Fellowship program will support the fellows in advancing their MCH work and scholarship in areas including public […]