Rachel Tabak received her doctorate in nutrition from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in May and recently began her new career as a post-doctoral research scientist. However, her new work should seem familiar, as she is leaving … Read more

The Heart Healthy Lenoir project seeks to improve cardiovascular health in Lenoir County using input from the community. Stephanie Jilcott offers a unique perspective on the research team, as she has been an eastern NC community member, UNC-CH student and … Read more

Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, retired director of the NC Office of Healthy Carolinians and Health Education and former member of the HPDP Scientific Advisory Council, died on Thursday, August 19 at her home in Hillsborough.

A member of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Community Action Council (CAC) has moved from guiding research to influencing state policy recommendations through her work with the CAC. Pastor Patricia Peterson served as the House … Read more

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) has bid farewell to Palma Chillón an international scholar who has participated in a cultural exchange for the past year. After a year of work for HPDP, Palma Chillón is … Read more

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) has received a two-year, $3.1 million grant  from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to research effective ways to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease. The project will … Read more

Community members looking for help with health concerns in their counties have a new resource via the updated website of the Office of Healthy Carolinians and Health Education. “Our website has tools, resources and lots of information that will help … Read more

Former HPDP graduate research assistant Amber Canto has used her experiences at HPDP to help her with her new position treating acute malnutrition among Haitian earthquake victims. A former HPDP graduate research assistant has been able to use her training … Read more

More than 100 community members, policymakers, health care providers and business owners joined researchers from the UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University Tuesday to kick off the Heart Healthy Lenoir Project in downtown Kinston. More than 100 community members, policymakers, … Read more

Researchers from the Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral and Nutrition (BAN) study have found that both infant and maternal antiretroviral therapies reduce the chances that HIV-positive mothers will pass the virus to their children through breast milk. The results were published in the … Read more