Gillings Innovation Laboratories (GILs)

4/16/08 – School announces $2M of funding for five new Gillings Innovation Labs

The UNC School of Public Health announced $2M of funding for five new Gillings Innovation Labs (GILs) to focus concentrated efforts on solving big public health problems. The projects were among more than 35 proposals submitted earlier this year. All were reviewed by a committee of subject-matter experts from around the country, and recommendations were given to the Dean, associate deans and department chairs for final funding decisions. Funding is for two years. Per GIL funding requirements, principal investigators are members of the School's faculty.

The five GILs selected for funding are:

1.   Portable Field Tests for Fecal Contamination of Water

Mark Sobsey, Principal Investigator  

2.   Mental Health System Improvement

Joseph Morrissey, Principal Investigator

3.   Single-dose vaccine for multiple respiratory viruses in infants and children

      Ralph Baric, Principal Investigator

4.   Innovative disease surveillance methods to link, analyze and manage large electronic data repository

David Richardson, Principal Investigator

5.   Methods to explain origins of air pollution health effects and plan effective remediation

William Vizuete, Principal Investigator

These awardees join two other GILs named last fall – the Center for Innovative Clinical Trials and the Carolina Global Water Partnership.

To learn more about these innovative projects, read the press release issued on April 23, 2008.

12/10/07 - The committee selected 16 brief Gillings Innovation Labs (GIL) proposals for second round reviews. We hope to announce the subset of proposals that will receive funding by the end of April or early May 2008. The pool of funding reserved for these awards is $2 million, and this pool is expected to grow over time. The School is grateful to all of the GIL principal investigators, their team members, and the reviewers for their participation in this inaugural round of GIL proposals.

For more information, visit GIL funding guidelines and GIL frequently asked questions (FAQs).

4/18/08 - Proposals for the coming cycle must be received by 12:00noon on July 31, 2008.
To find out more, see the Guidelines for the Gillings Visiting Professorships.

9/24/07 - School announces its first Gillings Visiting Professor
Sheila Leatherman has been named the first Gillings Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. The professorship is part of Carolina Public Health Solutions, a program established in the School through a generous gift from Dennis and Joan Gillings. As a research professor, Ms Leatherman spends much of her time as a visiting professor or visiting scholar, evaluating and analyzing health care systems and issues throughout the world. The Gillings Visiting Professorship will provide the means for her to focus a portion of UNC’s public health research on microcredit and its impact on global health.

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