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Join our students and faculty on campus Tuesday, January 17th from 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The College of Health and Human Services has named Dr. Susan Sell the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Sell’s tenure follows a one-year stint as Interim Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences. In her new position, Sell will work to increase research and student funding and promote graduate education, supporting the […]

Ph.D. student Kenesha Smith (left) and Sara Lovett (right), Mecklenburg County Health Department Epidemiologist, present their work with Professor Sharon Portwood, entitled “Developing a Data-informed Community Response to Youth Suicide,” at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association.

UNC Charlotte sends one student annually to participate in The Washington Center’s Presidential Inauguration Academic Seminar. This year’s winner is Alexandra Alcorn, first year MPH student. The theme of this year’s seminar will be “Can We Elevate Political Discourse?” Attending students will evaluate the transfer of power and the agenda of the next administration. Students […]

Erin Vinoski, MPH, CHES, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Public Health Sciences, was recognized by the Integrative, Complementary, and Traditional Health Practices Section for her research and poster presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Denver, CO. Vinoski was one of three students selected to receive a […]

Making predictive analytics usable will determine the future of health care, experts said this month at the 2016 U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow Conference in Washington. The panel, Hitting the Sweet Spot With Predictive Analytics, was moderated by Mudit Garg, CEO of analyticsMD. By harnessing the power of data, health care systems can provide patients […]

More than 200 healthcare providers from across the region involved in the care of COPD patients attended the 2016 Carolinas COPD Symposium at UNC Charlotte, which was hosted for the fourth consecutive year by the Department of Public Health Sciences. The symposium provided an opportunity for providers to remain current on COPD clinical care best […]

Department of Public Health Sciences student Katherine O’Hare Bernero has been awarded membership in the Pinnacle Honor Society. The Pinnacle Honor Society, created in 1989 recognizes adult students and celebrates not only their academic success, but their dedication to leadership and community engagement.

First year MPH student Gabrielle (Gabby) Purick has been selected to receive the Donna C. Arrington scholarship. A New York native, Purick received her Bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2016, where she also minored in Linguistics and Sociology. During her undergraduate career, she worked with […]

The average hourly wage for registered nurses (RNs) working for local health departments (LHDs) is significantly lower than RNs working at hospitals in the same county market, according to a new study by scholars at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Michele Issel, Professor at University of […]