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Message from Dean Barbara K. Rimer

Dr. Barbara K. Rimer (photo by Lisa Marie Albert)

Welcome! Thank you for visiting our School. Our mission is to improve public health, promote individual well-being and eliminate health disparities across North Carolina and around the world. We've earned our ranking as the top public school of public health, and we are committed to keep earning it--every day!

We have a grand mission, and we make a huge impact. Nearly every day, every year, one of our faculty members or students publishes a groundbreaking, peer-reviewed article that changes how people see an issue. Each day, some of the best students anywhere are taught by our accomplished faculty members. Those students leave here to become tomorrow's public health leaders, as the students before them have done for more than 70 years!

By design, our School fosters a collegial, supportive environment in which students work closely with faculty, staff, practitioners and other students. Our strong departments are embedded within a School whose orientation is collaborative and discipline-spanning. Our faculty members are some of the most talented teachers and scholars anywhere. Yet, they are accessible and committed to students, service, research, engaged practice and teaching. Our staff members are among the finest anywhere, and our alumni are public health leaders everywhere.

We are bound together by our shared commitment to make a difference across North Carolina and around the world. We've shown that global and local are not dichotomies, but inextricably interconnected. Our School balances leading-edge research with an emphasis on engaged, informed, community-based practice that focuses especially on reducing health problems of diverse populations. A deep commitment to discovery and application guides everything we do. Our view of public health is broad, diverse and inclusive in disciplines, populations and perspectives. This results in unparalleled opportunities for interdisciplinary inquiry, engaged scholarship, innovation and impact.

We look at the world's great challenges and respond by solving them. We anticipate future health problems and, together, accelerate solutions to them.

Stay on top of current news and events at the School through our website, Twitter, and Facebook pages, or read my blog, Monday Morning. We welcome your questions and comments about the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Please contact us for more information. Feel free to email me as well.

Warmly, Barbara K. Rimer

Last updated August 15, 2011