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In August, we welcomed Dr. Melinda Forthofer as the new Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Forthofer received her PhD in Sociology and Health Behavior/Health Education from the University of Michigan. Previously, she served as the Director of the Institute for Families in Society, Associate Dean for Research in the College of […]

Jason Panetta recently completed his internship with Novant Health. He worked primarily with the supply chain sector at Presbyterian Medical Center, but also spent time at the Novant Logistics Center in Kannapolis. Novant stores all of the supplies for its system at the Logistic Center until they are distributed to the various facilities. Jason helped […]

Dr. Donald Jonas is a veteran administrator and current Executive Director of Care Ring (Charlotte, NC). Previously, he served as the Executive Director of the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation and Senior Vice President of Community Philanthropy at Foundation for the Carolinas. Dr. Jonas has worked with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on workforce and welfare policies […]

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Please join us for the Public Health Sciences Graduate Programs Open House in the College of Health and Human Services building 3rd Floor Atrium. Meet students and faculty to learn more about the Master’s, Doctoral, and Graduate Certificate programs in Public Health, Health Informatics, Gerontology, and Health Services Research. Hors d’ouevres and refreshments will be […]

UNC Charlotte public health sciences professor Jessamyn Bowling recently participated in a White House community briefing on bisexuality. Held by the White House Office of Public Engagement to honor and recognize the contributions and experiences of the U.S. bisexual community, the briefing came as part of a series of events connected to Bisexuality Awareness Week. […]

Evaluation & Program Planning’s October 2016 issue includes a paper about the design of a group-based social network driven walking intervention. The program, called “Sumter County on the Move!”, was based on community-based formative research in Sumter County, South Carolina. The work was funded through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

Three UNC Charlotte MPH students, Jasmine Mickle (’16), Jenny Cooper (’17), and Keesha Corbin (’18) as employees of Benchmarks, helped to spearhead an innovative project to improve mental health services for children and families in North Carolina. Benchmarks’ Partnering for Excellence (PFE) redesigns the local child welfare/behavioral health system, changing the way Departments of Social […]

Dr. L. Michele Issel has been chosen to serve as the liaison representative of the Quad Council Coalition of Public Health Nursing Organizations to the Community Preventive Services Guide Task Force. The Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) is an independent, non-federal, unpaid panel of public health and prevention experts that provides evidence-based findings […]

Two students mentored by Dr. Elizabeth Racine recently presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Educational Conference. Katelin Hudak’s poster presentation reported on a systematic review of evidence on the relationship between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and childhood obesity. Ms. Hudak is a PhD student in UNC Charlotte’s Public Policy doctoral program. Dr. […]