Public Health Programs News
PHS PhD Student Fatima Imran Awarded William F. Kennedy Graduate Fellowship for Fall 2025
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.
PhD Student, Isis Bey has been accepted to the African American Leadership Development Program (LDP)
Isis Bey, LCSW, CCTP II, TTS, a 2nd year Doctoral Student whose research interests include tobacco usage health disparities, has been accepted to the African American Leadership Development Program (LDP), Quantum Leap Cohort 4. Quantum Leap is a six-week virtual and in-person professional development program in Oakland, CA, led by the leaders of the AATCL. […]
PhD HSR Alumna Dr. Colleen Bridger Featured on PBS Charlotte, Reflects on Public Health Leadership During COVID-19
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 […]