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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”.

Teenagers from across the region gathered at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services this month to learn to make informed decisions about their health and relationships, and how tech they may take for granted can help them along the way. The Department of Public Health Sciences partnered with the outreach organization I […]

Jim and Sarah Laditka presented four research studies at the 68th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America in Orlando, November 18-22. Feel free to contact us if you would like one or more of our posters. Expectations for Health and Aging: Is a Future Orientation Associated with Active Life Expectancy? Cumulative Childhood […]

The College of Health and Human Services is proposing a new undergraduate major that would provide an interprofessional perspective on health systems management. Unlike our college’s accredited professional programs (such as our own BSPH), this new major would not have an upper division admissions process and could serve all undergraduates interested in health studies. More […]

Second year Public Health Sciences Doctoral Student, Purva Korgaonkar, recently presented a poster at the Americon College of Epidemiology meeting in Atlanta, GA. “The title for the American College of Epidemiology poster presentation held on September 28th 2015 was “Relationship between serum cotinine and exhaled nitric oxide levels in US adults: Data from National Health […]

Dr. Susan Sell, formerly Senior Associate Dean of our Graduate School, was appointed as Interim Chair of Public Health Sciences while the college conducts a search for a new chair. The outgoing chair, Dr. Gary Silverman, returned to the faculty. Dr. Sell began her career in genetics at UC Berkeley, followed by a two-year Muscular […]

Healthcare providers from across the reigon involved in the care of COPD patients attended the 2015 Carolinas COPD Symposium at UNC Charlotte. The event was hosted by the Department of Public Health Sciences for the third consecutive year. The symposium provided an opportunity for providers involved in COPD to learn the latest information about the […]

Meghan Hamrock Charpentier, UNC Charlotte Public Health Sciences BSPH alumni, and public health program manager at Cabarrus Health Alliance, worked with the Kannapolis Intimidators Baseball Stadium to offer healthier food items (ex. fruit, hummus, veggie sticks, turkey hot dogs) this summer. Dr Racine and PHS doctoral student, Corliss Solomon, found that the sales of the […]

The UNC Charlotte Public Health Programs (BSPH, MSPH and PhD) in the Department of Public Health Science was officially awarded a full 7 year re-accreditation until 12/31/2021 by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

While a landmark study shows treating high blood pressure with more intensive management may significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, a UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health professor says the findings may be more nuanced than they first appear. The clinical trial from the National Institutes of Health confirmed that, in adults 50 years […]