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Professor Adaora Adimora named to "The Root 100" list of top African-American leaders
November 9, 2009 -- Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and clinical professor of epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been selected by The Root magazine as one of the top 100 African-American leaders.
UNC awarded $2.5 million from NIH to establish collaborative STD research center
October 21, 2009 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded $2.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to establish a new cooperative research center for studies of sexually transmitted infections. The new Southeastern STI Cooperative Research Center will be based at UNC and directed by Fred Sparling, M.D., who is professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology. READ MORE>>
UNC researcher awarded grant for anti-diarrhea vaccine study in Nicaragua
October 13, 2009 -– A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has been awarded a four-year, $507,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center to study the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines in the Central American nation of Nicaragua. READ MORE>>
UNC receives nearly $2.2 million to study nutritional supplements to protect HIV-positive mothers and their infants in Africa
October 7, 2009 -- Do nutritional supplements, fortified with micronutrients and essential fats, protect the health of HIV-positive women and their infants after weaning? Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) will analyze data from a study in the African nation of Malawi to find out if the low-cost, locally-produced supplements make a difference. READ MORE>>
UNC researcher: Racial disparities in HIV infection rate are ‘indictment’ of U.S. response to epidemic
October 6, 2009 — UNC's Dr. Adaora A. Adimora and her fellow researchers examine factors responsible for the stark racial disparities in HIV infection in the U.S. and the now concentrated epidemic among African Americans. READ MORE>>
Student global health awards round-up
September 28, 2009 -- The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases proud to highlight the students and trainees who have received prestigious awards and fellowships. The institute is training non-UNC students from around the country in sub-Saharan Africa. UNC students have garnered awards to study and train in Malawi, Nicaragua, and Kenya. READ MORE>>
