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In April, AUPHA awarded MHA student, Thomas “Tommy” Roache, the Foster G. McGaw scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to students in Health Administration based on the recommendation of program faculty. Since the inception of this scholarship program in 1975, AUPHA has awarded over 900 scholarships to students most deserving of recognition. Tommy received his Bachelors […]

Lecturer and BSPH Internship Coordinator Ms. Camina Davis, MS (’03), CHES, passed away on Sunday January 14, 2018, surrounded by family following an extended illness. Camina joined the Public Health Sciences faculty in Fall 2007 as Lecturer and Internship Coordinator, concurrent with the launch of the BSPH program. After completing her master’s in the department […]

The Internship (HADM 6400), a vital part of the MHA program, is typically completed halfway through the program. This experiential course allows students to gain valuable real-world experience. In previous years, this course has been graded as pass/fail, with the main product, a report documenting the internship, often submitted the following semester. This mid-point capstone […]

In April, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce hosted Health Care Summit 2018, which focused on mental health and the opioid epidemic. Of the many UNC Charlotte students attending the Summit, Health Informatics and Analytics student Michael Sholes commented, “I thoroughly enjoyed the discussions at the conference and networking with local business leaders.” Health Administration student, […]

In August, we welcomed Dr. Rajib Paul as an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Paul received his PhD in Statistics from Ohio State University. Dr. Paul joined us from Western Michigan University, where he was an Associate Professor of Statistics. Currently, Dr. Paul teaches Public Health Data Analysis, Decision Analysis […]

Since November of 2017, the College of Computing and Informatics’ Technology Solution Office has been developing a new custom data system, called the Public Health Sciences Data and Reporting System (PHSDARS), to our specifications. The first phase of this customized system supports our student record creation and admissions processes. This phase went live in January […]

The UNC Charlotte MPH Program is expanding! In addition to totally redesigning its core curriculum to meet the recently revised CEPH accreditation requirements, the MPH Program will offer two new concentrations beginning in Fall 2018: Population Health Analytics and Epidemiology. These concentrations join the current Community Health Practice Concentration. Each concentration will include its own […]

Amanda Deese, MHA and MS Health Informatics student, completed her internship this past summer with Novant Health’s Logistics and Supply Chain Operations, where she worked under the Director of Supply Chain Operations, Tyler Ross, M.S. She discovered this internship opportunity through an email distributed to students by the MHA Program. Amanda interviewed with two Directors […]

Ken Nanney, in-house attorney for Atrium Health, stepped in to help UNC Charlotte when he learned that Windsor Schmidt would be unable to teach this semester. Mr. Nanney heard the news a few days before classes began and graciously agreed to teach Professor Schmidt’s Health Law and Ethics class. Fortunately, he was not unfamiliar with […]

UNC Charlotte and the Camino Community Center have officially dedicated The Communiversity at Camino. The program, whose name recognizes the combined power of the pair, builds on and amplifies the efforts of Camino, a community-based organization that has provided resources to the Latino immigrant community of Charlotte since 2004, and serves over 20,000 people annually. […]