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Dr. Larissa R. Brunner Huber has been awarded a grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to investigate the association between short birth intervals and under-studied adverse pregnancy outcomes using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). In addition, she will assess the relationships of selected demographic, lifestyle, and reproductive factors […]

Many thanks our friends and colleagues for your support and advice during our recent CAHME re-accreditation process. Our site visit just concluded with a preliminary finding that the Department fully met 33 of 35 criteria and have partially met the remaining two. Of those two partially met criteria, one related to a student competency-level assessment […]

On August 15th, 2016, the Department of Public Health Sciences’ MSPH program will become an MPH degree! This name change does not alter curriculum, accreditation, or commitment to preparing public health practitioner scholars. Students will continue to complete 36-39 credit hours of classroom instruction; a 3 credit field experience or internship; and a capstone experience […]

Dr. Michele Issel, professor and Director of the PhD in Public Health Sciences Program, presented three of her research projects at the APHA 2015 annual meeting in Chicago, IL. Using data from a study funded by the Health Resources Services Administration, Dr. Issel gave two oral presentations while at APHA. One presentation titled, “Measuring population-patient […]

Dr. Jan Warren-Findlow presented Translation and Testing of a Scale to Assess Hypertension Self-Care Activities among Latinos at a roundtable session sponsored by the Aging and Public Health section. This research was done in collaboration with BSPH alumna, Celia Karp, and current PhD in Public Health Sciences student, Erin Vinoski.

Dr. Andrew Harver collaborated with fellow BSPH program faculty members including, Ms. Davis, Dr. Piper, Dr. Platonova, Dr. Portwood, and Dr. Zuber, to conduct research entitled, “The BSPH capstone e-Portfolio: Documenting effective communication and critical thinking skills.” The poster presentation revolved around the recent mandates by UNC General Administration that all UNC graduates demonstrate not […]

Brad Overcash, BSPH ‘15, completed his BSPH internship with Autism Charlotte, which led to his position as Autism Charlotte’s Manager of the Preparing Adolescents to Transition from High School (PATHS) Program. The PATHS Program has locations at UNC Charlotte and Queens University. Its main purpose is to help high school students and recent high school […]

This summer, Sanjana Prabhu, BSPH ‘16, completed her BSPH internship at Victoria Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Victoria is a “district” or government hospital in the southern suburb of Wynberg, which serves over 6,000 uninsured patients and approximately 100,000 patients overall. Sanjana says, “Working in this small 180-bed hospital with its narrow hallways and […]

Sangamithra Krupakar, MSPH ’14, received the 2015 Academic Practice-Based Research Section Student Award for her presentation entitled: “Association between hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and breastfeeding initiation and duration” at the Fall North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA) meeting held in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Krupakar’s presentation was based on her MSPH thesis. Sanga currently works at […]

This summer Obed Ohia, BSPH ‘16, had the opportunity to intern in our nation’s capital with the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) through The Washington Center, a partnering organization with UNC Charlotte. While interning at the NHMA, Obed worked on various programs that sought to increase the number of minorities working in the health care […]