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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Office of Research
138 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
919-966-0123
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GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
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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Spotlight on Research

Researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health are improving peoples lives in North Carolina and beyond in all areas of public health. Click on a title below to learn more about the work of each researcher. For further examples of research at the School, read the Office of Research Annual Report, found here.

Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD
Nutrition

Show Me the Intervention

Nora Franceschini, MD
Epidemiology

Social- and Behavioral-Specific Genetic Effects on Blood Pressure Traits: The Strong Heart Family Study

Rebecca C. Fry, PhD
Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Genomics and Systems Biology Approaches: Understanding the Biological Impact of Environmental Exposures and Predicting Inter-Individual Susceptibilities

Sandra B. Greene, DrPH
Health Policy and Management

Development and Use of Data to Improve Health Care Policy Decision Making

Eugenia Eng, PhD
Health Behavior and Health Education

Burden of Cancer Among African Americans

Marlyn A. Allicock, PhD
Nutrition

Evaluating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Research

Stephen R. Cole, PhD
Epidemiology

Causal Inferences from Cohort Studies

Jill Rene Stewart, PhD
Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Detecting and Tracking Pathogens in Surface Waters

Bryan J. Weiner, PhD
Health Policy and Management

Who Am I and What Do I Do?

Clare L. Barrington, PhD
Health Behavior and Health Education

Social Network Influences on Sexual Behavior and HIV in the Dominican Republic

Jesse A. Satia, PhD
Epidemiology
Nutrition

Health Behaviors and Cancer Health Disparities

Eric A. Whitsel, MD
Epidemiology

The Environmental Epidemiology of Arrhythmogenesis

Fred A. Wright, PhD
Biostatistics

Research and Impact

Marisa Domino, PhD
Health Policy and Management

Agency Relationships in Health Care and Health Insurance

Arjumand A. Siddiqi, ScD
Health Behavior and Health

Disparities in Health from a Cross-National Comparative Perspective: the United States versus Canada

Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, RD
Epidemiology
Nutrition

The Importance of Gestational Weight Gain for Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

James A. Swenberg, DVM, PhD
Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Formaldehyde, an Essential Metabolite of all Cells, a Rat and Human Nasal Carcinogen, and Possible Leukemogen: Can Research Provide Critical Information for Risk Assessment?

Vijaya K. Hogan, DrPH
Maternal and Child Health

Developing an Evidence Base for Addressing Social Determinants Underlying the Black/White Gap in Preterm Birth

Dianne S. Ward, EdD
Nutrition

Promotion of Health Weight at Child Care

William R. Carpenter, PhD
Health Policy and Management

Select Research Projects

Robert F. Devellis, PhD
Health Behavior and Health Education

Supportive Social Relationships and Adjustment to Chronic Illness

Cathy L. Melvin, PhD
Maternal and Child Health

Dissemination and Implementation Research

William C. Miller, MD PhD
Epidemiology

HIV and STDs in Limited Resource Populations: NC, Malawi and Russia

Carolyn T. Halpern, PhD
Maternal and Child Health

Sexual Behavior Trajectories from Adolescence to Adulthood: Implications for Young Adult Health

Kari E. North, PhD
Epidemiology

The Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Obesity

Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD
Health Policy and Management

The Socio-economic Impacts of AIDS Treatment: Evidence from Western Kenya

Haibo Zhou, PhD
Biostatistics

Biostatistics in Environmental Health Research

Melinda Beck, PhD
Nutrition

Role of Nutrition in the Response to Infectious Diseases

Michael G. Hudgens, PhD
Biostatistics

Biostatistics and Infectious Diseases

Jon M. Hussey, PhD
Maternal and Child Health

Health Disparities and the Life Course

William G. Vizuete, PhD
Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Atmospheric Chemistry and Public Health

Last updated October 30, 2009

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