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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
170 Rosenau Hall | CB 7400 | 135 Dauer Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400 | 919.966.3215
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Public health blog central


Dean Barbara K. Rimer, our faculty and staff, and many of our students have blogs about public health and other issues of interest. Some of the blogs, along with a select few from our partner organization, are listed below.

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Student and faculty blogs -- ongoing

Blog title

Author Topic

Monday Morning

Barbara K. Rimer, Dean, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Issues of the day and a variety of topics

Student Affairs

Felicia Mebane, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, and student organization leaders

A forum on student affairs and public health at UNC-Chapel Hill

Gillings Sustainable Agriculture Project

Alice Ammerman, Professor of Nutrition and Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Updates concerning her Gillings Innovative Laboratory, which studies the public health impact of moving toward a local, sustainable food system

Public Health Business Planning: A Practical Guide

Management Academy for Public Health

Public health business planning

Wright on Health

Brad Wright, doctoral student, Department of Health Policy and Management

The ins and outs of our health care system

Global Bioethics Blog 

Stuart Rennie, research assistant professor, Health Policy and Management 

Reflection on bioethics and research ethics issues in sub-Saharan Africa

UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Lisa Chensvold, UNC students and faculty 

Blogging all things global health at UNC-Chapel Hill

topnaman

Naman Shah, MD/PhD student, public health and medicine

Malaria news and discussion

My Favorite Diseases

Amy N. 

Principles and Methods of Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Partner and media blogs

Blog title

Author

Topic 

The Pump Handle

Environmental health academics and practitioners

Public health and the environment

Get Ready for Flu 

American Public Health Association 

Personal hazard and disaster preparedness

Health Marketing Musings 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health marketing 

Health Blog -- Public Health 

Wall Street Journal 

News and analysis on health and the business of health.

NC Conservation Network Blog

North Carolina Conservation Network 

North Carolina's air, water and quality of life 

Roper on Health 

William L. Roper, Dean, UNC School of Medicine 

Varies 

Student and faculty blogs -- Summer 2009 and 2008 

Blog title

Author

Topic

AGRADU Summer Internship

UNC undergraduate students

Advocates for Grassroots Development in Uganda

Perspectives in Global Health

Peggy Bentley, Associate Dean for Global Health

Global health

Aimee's Geneva weblog

Aimee McHale, MPH student, Health Policy and Management

Internship at the World Health Organization in Switzerland

Katie in Bolivia

Katie Massey, master's student, Maternal and Child Health

Research study in Bolivia on the efficacy of school-based health and nutrition programs

Life in Mahango Village

Innes Gamble, MPH student, Maternal and Child Health

Orphan and Education Center in Tanzania

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health does not manage nor endorse the content of the blogs on this page. Please address concerns about a particular blog to the blog author, and concerns about this compilation to sphcomm@listserv.unc.edu.
Last updated September 16, 2009
 
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