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Dr. Andrew Harver collaborated with fellow BSPH program faculty members including, Ms. Davis, Dr. Piper, Dr. Platonova, Dr. Portwood, and Dr. Zuber, to conduct research entitled, “The BSPH capstone e-Portfolio: Documenting effective communication and critical thinking skills.” The poster presentation revolved around the recent mandates by UNC General Administration that all UNC graduates demonstrate not […]

Dr. Jan Warren-Findlow presented Translation and Testing of a Scale to Assess Hypertension Self-Care Activities among Latinos at a roundtable session sponsored by the Aging and Public Health section. This research was done in collaboration with BSPH alumna, Celia Karp, and current PhD in Public Health Sciences student, Erin Vinoski.

Dr. Michele Issel, professor and Director of the PhD in Public Health Sciences Program, presented three of her research projects at the APHA 2015 annual meeting in Chicago, IL. Using data from a study funded by the Health Resources Services Administration, Dr. Issel gave two oral presentations while at APHA. One presentation titled, “Measuring population-patient […]

This past summer Joseph Okeiga, BSPH ‘16, interned in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the Multidisciplinary International Research program (MIRT) hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health. This highly competitive program requires an application and interview for acceptance. This program is designed to encourage underrepresented students to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral science research. […]

Ms. Camina Davis presented at APHA for her work titled Village HeartBEAT: People, partnership, pride, and progress. Village HeartBEAT works with Black and Hispanic/Latino churches in the Charlotte area to reduce cardiovascular disease among the Black and Hispanic/Latino community. Each church formed a ten person team that competed in a weight-loss challenge against other churches. […]

Nicole Rodgers, BSPH ‘16, interned through the Washington Center Internship program at the Office of Safety and Security at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington DC. She worked with the Sexual Assault Risk Reduction and Response (SARRR) team with the goal of helping the team gain more understanding about the time response burden for the […]

This summer Obed Ohia, BSPH ‘16, had the opportunity to intern in our nation’s capital with the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) through The Washington Center, a partnering organization with UNC Charlotte. While interning at the NHMA, Obed worked on various programs that sought to increase the number of minorities working in the health care […]

Sangamithra Krupakar, MSPH ’14, received the 2015 Academic Practice-Based Research Section Student Award for her presentation entitled: “Association between hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and breastfeeding initiation and duration” at the Fall North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA) meeting held in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Krupakar’s presentation was based on her MSPH thesis. Sanga currently works at […]

This summer, Sanjana Prabhu, BSPH ‘16, completed her BSPH internship at Victoria Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Victoria is a “district” or government hospital in the southern suburb of Wynberg, which serves over 6,000 uninsured patients and approximately 100,000 patients overall. Sanjana says, “Working in this small 180-bed hospital with its narrow hallways and […]

Association of American Colleges & Universities Executive Terry Rhodes visited UNC Charlotte this week for a series of discussions with faculty, staff and campus leaders. Dr. Rhodes is the Vice President of the Office of Quality, Curriculum and Assessment and Executive Director of VALUE at AACU. He met briefly with Chancellor Phillip Dubois and conducted […]

The Department of Public Health Sciences conducted an online survey of Public Health (PH) minor students from February 25, 2016 – March 16, 2016. The drawing for the iPad was held today in the Department of Public Health Sciences. And the winner of the brand new iPad is Hanna Snyder. Hanna is a psychology major. […]

The Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is conducting a brief online survey of Public Health minors to improve our services and help ensure the academic success of students enrolled in the Public Health minor program. Those who complete the survey will have a chance to win an […]

On February 2, 2016, the Graduate Public Health Association (GPHA) hosted an event in the Student Union to raise awareness about the American Heart Association’s annual Go Red Week. The American Heart Association had a table where students could learn about the organization and how to prevent heart disease. GPHA had tables where students could […]

Why Go Red? Stroke and Heart Disease are behind 1 in 3 deaths among women each year – that’s approximately one woman every 80 seconds! For this reason, the American Heart Association started Go Red Week in 2004 to educate the public about the dangers of heart disease, how heart disease looks different in women, […]

In a news article in the January 30th issue of the Charlotte Observer, Gary Silverman provides information about the appropriate level of concern for local residents abouf the safety of their water supply. Click link to view article, The Charlotte Observer

Andrew Harver represented the Department of Public Health Sciences on a UNC Charlotte panel at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities last month. The panel – “Multiple Pathways to a Common Destination: Balancing Diverse Practices within an ePortfolio Program” – also included faculty from the University’s Communication Across the Curriculum […]

Sangamithra Krupakar, MSPH ’14, received the 2015 Academic Practice-based Research Section Student Award for her presentation entitled: “Association between hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and breastfeeding initiation and duration”.

Teenagers from across the region gathered at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services this month to learn to make informed decisions about their health and relationships, and how tech they may take for granted can help them along the way. The Department of Public Health Sciences partnered with the outreach organization I […]