News Archive
Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute to present at APHA annual meeting
October 5, 2009 -- The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute’s (CBI) faculty and students will be presenting many sessions at the American Public Health Association (APHA) meeting in Philadelphia November 7-11, 2009. READ MORE>>
Why Global Health Matters to North Carolina
September 24, 2009 -- A statewide forum was held on Monday, September 21, 2009 in Research Triangle Park to spotlight North Carolina as a center of excellence in global health.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center and the Triangle Global Health Consortium hosted the forum, which focused on the many contributions North Carolina makes toward global health, including new knowledge, skills, jobs and global partnerships. READ MORE>>
Funding opportunity: infectious diseases and public health summer research in Malawi 2010
September 11, 2009 -- For the past 10 years, the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases and the Division of Infectious Diseases has sponsored two, first-year UNC medical students to conduct research at UNC Project in Lilongwe, Malawi for eight weeks during the summer. READ MORE>>
UNC study will test therapies to eradicate HIV infection—medicine’s holy grail
September 4, 2009 -- Researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases have received $2.7 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test new therapeutic agents that may eradicate HIV infection. READ MORE>>
New NIH director makes global health a priority
September 4, 2009 -- Earlier this summer President Barack Obama nominated Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, physician and geneticist, and an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, to be director of the National Institutes of Health. READ MORE>>
UNC study shows insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
September 3, 2009 -- Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes. READ MORE>>
UNC begins Phase III malaria vaccine trial in Malawi
August 24, 2009 -- The Phase III trial of the world’s most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, known as RTS,S, got underway earlier this month in Lilongwe, Malawi. The first dose of this investigational vaccine was administered at UNC Project-Malawi under the auspices of the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases at UNC. READ MORE>>
UNC 2009 research funding totals $716 million – another record high
August 24, 2009 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s research grants and contracts totaled $716 million in fiscal 2009, the largest amount to date. READ MORE>>
Global health students blog about evacuation from Honduras in wake of military coup
August 10, 2009 -- Today begins a series of blog posts from UNC students who were to spend the summer working in Honduras with the Honduran Health Alliance (HHA). READ MORE>>
UNC researchers decode structure of an entire HIV genome
August 05, 2009 -- The structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded for the first time by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies that viruses, like the one that causes AIDS, use to infect humans. READ MORE>>
IGHID releases detailed progress report of first two years
Aug. 1, 2009 -- The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) at UNC has released a progress report detailing its activities and accomplishments during its first two years. READ MORE>>
UNC awarded $3.5 million to study HIV transmission prevention among newly infected
July 29, 2009 -- A team of researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study HIV prevention methods among people with acute HIV infection (AHI). READ MORE>>
UNC physician receives 2009 International Leadership Award From The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
July 27, 2009 – Agnes Moses, MD has been selected to receive the 2009 International Leadership Award (ILA) from The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The announcement was made during the 2009 International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, held July 19-22 in Cape Town, South Africa. READ MORE>>
Giving antiretroviral drugs to infants or mothers reduces transmission of HIV through breast milk
July 22, 2009 -- Giving daily antiretroviral syrup to breastfeeding infants or treating their HIV-infected mothers with highly active antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast milk, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill investigators has found. READ MORE>>
UNC has strong presence at 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
July 22, 2009 -- Faculty and students from UNC presented over 40 abstracts at the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, which took place July 19-22, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. READ MORE>>
IGHID hosts panel discussion to address global family planning efforts
July 22, 2009 -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty and area health researchers will meet July 30 for a panel discussion addressing the importance of scaling up family planning efforts around the world. READ MORE>>
UNC public health student wins leadership award for helping young gay men deal with health, cultural issues
July 6, 2009 -- Justin Smith, a graduate student in Health Behavior and Health Education at the Gillings School of Global Public at UNC has been named Best LGBT Young Adult Leader by the readers of Q-Notes, the largest LGBT news publication in the Carolinas. READ MORE>>
USAID awards $8.5 million to UNC water and sanitation project in Southeast Asia
June 29, 2009 -- A program started at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received an award of up to $8.5 million over five years from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The funding will help expand a project to bring clean drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene to homes in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. READ MORE>>
UNC scientists tackle viral issues
June 29, 2009 -- Scientists know that some cancers are triggered by viruses, which take over cellular systems and cause uncontrolled cell growth. Doctors – and patients who get shingles late in life – have also known for many years that some viruses, particularly the herpes virus, can lie dormant in a person’s cells for long periods of time and then reactivate, causing disease. READ MORE>>
Center for AIDS Research announces eight recipients of developmental awards
June 25, 2009 -- The UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) has awarded eight investigators with 2009 Developmental Awards. The CFAR Developmental Core provides small awards (typically up to $20,000) for one year for HIV research. The awards are given to established HIV researchers to pursue new avenues, junior investigators and investigators new to HIV research.
UNC's first Doris Duke International Fellows return from China and Malawi
June 10, 2009 -- Three medical students, including one from UNC-Chapel Hill, have recently returned from a year of clinical research in China and Malawi. The three are the first to be awarded UNC’s Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship (ICRF). READ MORE>>
UNC Project-Malawi honors beloved former lab director with new center
June 9, 2009 -- UNC has just opened a new malaria vaccine research center at the Area 18 Health Center in Lilongwe, Malawi and named it the George Joaki Centre. The research center will be used for an international malaria vaccine trial, the first of its kind, which is due to launch in July 2009. READ MORE>>
UNC to be part of Lenovo-funded Global Education Research Consortium
June 02, 2009 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be part of a new Global Education Research program being created by Lenovo to analyze and measure the impact of technology on students’ educational experiences from first grade through higher education. READ MORE>>
UNC Minority Health Video Conference to focus on educational inequities and health disparities
May 28, 2009 -- A panel of education and public health experts will discuss ways to overcome inequities in education and health in a video conference scheduled for June 9 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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18-year-old from Uganda comes to UNC Hospitals for heart repair procedure
May 13, 2009 -- UNC Project-Uganda is bringing a patient to UNC Hospitals for a heart repair procedure that can't be done in Uganda. READ MORE>>
Cohen interviewed by The Journal of Clinical Investigation on HIV prevention
May 1, 2009 -- In late March, more than 850 HIV/AIDS researchers from around the globe convened in Keystone, Colorado, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Keystone Symposia’s first HIV/AIDS conference in 1984. READ MORE>>
IGHID hosts first Morehead-Cain scholars in Malawi
April 28, 2009 -- The UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases will be welcoming its first Morehead-Cain scholars this summer at UNC Project-Malawi. READ MORE>>
Information Goes Global
April 23, 2009 -- It is fitting that the library at UNC Project in Malawi is housed in a building that’s name is a Chichewa word meaning "we should find out." READ MORE>>
Chinglish Lessons
April 23, 2009 -- I’m in a hotel room in a remote area of western China where the food is unrecognizable and the local dialect exceeds my knowledge of Chinese. There is a strange man perched on the edge of my bed with a cigarette dangling between his lips, eyeing me darkly. READ MORE>>
Global experience breeds new public health perspectives
April 21, 2009 -- Trucks rode up and down the street at various times throughout the day, instructing through loudspeakers how to deal with a cholera outbreak. READ MORE>>
UNC receives $2.7 million from NIH for AIDS research training program
April 14, 2009 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $2.7 million from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health to train AIDS researchers in China, Malawi, and Cameroon. READ MORE>>
UNC student is finalist in New York Times contest
April 8, 2009 -- Tracy Boyer, a graduate student in UNC's School of Information and Library Science, was a finalist in Nicholas Kristof's annual contest for a college student to win journalism trip to Africa. READ MORE>>
School of Medicine launches new office to address student demand for global health
April 1, 2009 -- This month the UNC School of Medicine launched the Office of International Activities. The primary function of this office will be programmatic support for UNC medical students interested in global health and providing guidance to medical student-led global health initiatives formally supported by UNC. READ MORE>>
With global health training at UNC, young investigators launch promising careers
March 12, 2009 -- Kathryn Muessig, a doctoral student at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Muessig was a UNC Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar (FICRS) in 2007 READ MORE>>
Researchers issue HIV goal: drug-free remission
March 5, 2009 -- UNC Professor David Margolis and others issue this challenge to their colleagues in the latest issue of Science. READ MORE>>
Myron Cohen to appear on Radio in Vivo
March 3, 2009 -- Cohen will discuss HIV prevention, testing, and antiretroviral therapy on WCOM-FM 103.5, Wed., March 4, 2009 at 11 a.m. READ MORE>>
Bill Miller receives 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award
Mar 2, 2009 -- Bill Miller, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health has been selected to receive a 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. READ MORE>>
The UNC AIDS Course: changing lives at UNC and beyond
Februray 27, 2009 -- For many students at UNC, the “AIDS course” has become much more than just another course on the way to graduation; rather, it is a classroom experience which dramatically changes their personal and professional outlook on the world. READ MORE>>
N.C. Public Radio - WUNC to air global health reports as part of 'N.C. Voices' series
February 23, 2009 -- Starting Mar. 2, North Carolina Public Radio/WUNC-FM 91.5 will air a special series of reports highlighting the public health connections between North Carolina and southeastern Africa. The series “North Carolina Voices: Global Health Connections” examines research and service projects organized by North Carolinians abroad. READ MORE>>
UNC professors Myron Cohen, MD and David Margolis, MD discuss curing AIDS
February 9, 2009 -- Two UNC infectious disease specialists are featured in a Bloomberg News story. READ MORE>>
UNC launches Go!, a workshop for undergraduates conducting international service, service-learning and research
February 6, 2009 -- IGHID Africa Projects Manager Mamie Sackey Harris contributed to the development of a new program designed to help students evaluate expectations, anticipate potential challenges, prepare for culture shock, and develop intercultural competencies. READ MORE>>
Faculty Spotlight: Clare Barrington, Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education
January 27, 2009 -- With support from the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases, Clare Barrington joined the faculty of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. READ MORE>>
Shaping the future of Dzama orphans
January 5, 2009 -- Nursery schools are important foundations for one's education. However, the is not the case for every child in [Malawi], especially the disadvanged and those in rural areas. It's for this reason that UNC Project established Dzama Orphan care. . .READ MORE>>
UNC infectious disease fellow Jessica Lin makes a first for ID fellowship program
January 5, 2009 -- Jessica Lin, a Maryland native who will be starting as an infectious diseases fellow in the fall, has been awarded a Pfizer Centennial Travel Award in Basic Science Tropical Disease Research from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). "This may be the first time that a UNC ID Fellow receives an award before she formally starts," says Fellowship Director and UNC Professor of Medicine Dr. Charles van der Horst. READ MORE>>
UNC graduate Dr. Joseph Tucker wins fellowship to work with UNC in China
December 21, 2008 – UNC School of Medicine graduate Joseph Tucker, MD is one of three recipients of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund/American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases. READ MORE>>
UNC surgical resident Dr. Jonathan Samuel copes with limited resources while working in Malawi
December 18, 2008 -- Dr. Samuel shares some of his experiences on the IGHID blog. READ MORE>>
IGHID director interviewed on WCHL's "Here's to your Health" about future of HIV treatment and care
December 15, 2008 -- This week's "Here's to Your Health" radio show, presented by UNC Family Medicine, features a terrific interview with Dr. Myron Cohen, director of the institute. Dr. Cohen talks passionately about the past, present and future of HIV care, vaccinations, research and public health interventions. READ MORE>>
UNC professor Peter Leone recognized for service to HIV/STD care in North Carolina
December 4, 2008 -- Associate Professor of Medicine Peter A. Leone, MD is the recipient of the 2008 Marty Prairie Award. READ MORE>>
UNC hosts another successful World AIDS Day Symposium
December 2, 2008 -- Nearly 250 people gathered at the School of Social work on Dec. 1 for the UNC Center for AIDS Research’s 10th HIV/AIDS Symposium in recognition of the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. READ MORE>>
IGHID director launches new regular column in UNC Global Newsletter
December 1, 2008 -- Beginning with the December 2008 issue, The UNC Global Newsletter will feature a column from IGHID Director Myron Cohen. READ MORE>>
IGHID director Myron Cohen, MD talks to media about new study suggesting AIDS could be eradicated in 10 years
November 26, 2008 -- UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases director Myron Cohen, MD comments on a new study for The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, and UNC Health Care blog.
UNC, others to mark 20th Annual World AIDS Day, December 1, 2008
November 25, 2008--World AIDS Day was first declared by the World Health Organization and the United Nations General Assembly in 1988. Since then, it has progressively become one of the most successful “international days” for raising awareness on a global issue. READ MORE>>
Perspectives on China: UNC students, faculty and administrators report on the Olympics
November 1, 2008 -- Anyone who watched the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics could not help but feel that they had witnessed an unbelievable moment in history. READ MORE>>
IGHID hosts first research ethics seminar for UNC undergraduates
October 31, 2008 -- With experts from across campus, the Research, Ethics, Culture & IRB seminar provided a wealth of crucial information to undergraduates considering study abroad, community programs and other educational opportunities that might involve research with human subjects. READ MORE>>
UNC pharmacy professor and expert on antiretroviral drugs is given young investigator award
October 31, 2008 -- UNC Associate Professor of Pharmacy Angela Kashuba has been awarded the 2009 Leon I. Goldberg Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
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IGHID trains NIH Fogarty scholars in China
October 29, 2008--The UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases co-sponsors the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program (FICRS) in China. READ MORE>>
Carolina Vaccine Institute has received a $4.8 million grant from National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create and test possible vaccines for dengue fever
October 16, 2008 -- The Carolina Vaccine Institute will develop several potential vaccines, each using different configurations of dengue antigens and vaccine delivery vectors. READ MORE>>
Experts convene for special seminar on acute HIV infection (AHI)
September 25, 2008 -- University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Core and the Acute HIV Infection (AHI) Topical Work Group co-sponsored a symposium entitled “Acute HIV Infection: Current Trends and Future Directions for Interventions.” READ MORE>>
UNC alumnuscommitted to safe drinking water
September 25, 2008 -- At this month's Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, Procter & Gamble announced Children's Safe Drinking Water: Help Us Share, an awareness campaign focused on water and sanitation in the developing world. READ MORE>>
Adimora named "Tar Heel of the Week" by Raleigh News & Observer
September 21, 2008 -- UNC Professor Ada Adimora sat down with the News & Observer to talk about the HIV epidemic... READ MORE >>
UNC professor Dr. Ada Adimora testifies before congress on U.S. HIV epidemic
Sept. 16, 2008 -- Dr. Ada Adimora, associate professor in infectious diseases, testified today before the congressional Oversight Committee in a hearing on “Domestic HIV Epidemic.” READ MORE>>
Global health update: a letter from the director
August 20, 2008 -- As we begin a new academic year, I would like to take the opportunity to update you on our global health activities. READ MORE >>
Dean of UNC School of Medicine documents travel to China in his blog, "Roper on Health"
August 7, 2008 -- Dean Bill Roper traveled to China to explore new collaborations (and attend the Beijing Olympics) reflects on global health. READ MORE>>
UNC students, faculty present at international AIDS conference
August 1, 2008 -- This Sunday political leaders, AIDS researchers, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals will gather in Mexico City, Mexico for the XVII International AIDS Society conference. Among the nearly 20,000 attendees will be UNC students and faculty presenting nearly 50 abstracts. READ MORE>>
UNC on the cutting edge of graduate medical education
July 1, 2008 -- The Department of Internal Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine has established a global health elective. READ MORE >>
IGHID sends record number of students for summer research
July 1, 2008 -- The Institute for Global Health an Infectious diseases is committed to providing international research opportunities for students off all levels and across campus. READ MORE >>
Fogarty scholar Nancy L. Hancock, MPH returns from a year in South Africa
June 10, 2008 -- Rising 4th year medical student Nancy L. Hancock spent a year in South Africa conducting clinical research on HIV through UNC's Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows Program. READ MORE>>
UNC Professor Joseph Duncan, MD wins career award
May 30, 2008 -- Dr. Joseph “Alex” Duncan, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been given a prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Medical Sciences. READ MORE>>
Institute director wins UNC Board of Governors' highest faculty honor
May 9, 2008 -- Dr. Myron S. Cohen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health & Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received the O. Max Gardner Award from the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina. READ MORE>>
Chancellor Moeser has launched Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
October 14, 2007 -- The newly established Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases, based in the School of Medicine, will build on the university's current global health presence in about 50 countries. READ MORE>>
