The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) awarded Drs. Falon Smith, PhD and Maihan Vu, DrPH, MPH a one-year grant to conduct a qualitative study to better understand moral injury, how it affects Veterans’ health, and inform research and treatment. The study … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Special Interest Project (SIP) grants to three projects led by HPDP researchers. The SIP-funded projects seek to improve arthritis management, immunization services, and cancer prevention and control. The SIP grant … Read more
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded primary investigators Drs. Derek P. Hales, PhD, and Deborah J. Jones, PhD, a 5-year grant to conduct a cluster-randomized control trial to evaluate the potential … Read more
The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has awarded a planning grant of $5,000 to Dr. Kristen Hassmiller Lich and Doyoung Kim to study relational dynamics of emotional well-being among family caregivers and care-recipients who have cognitive impairment. … Read more
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year competitive renewal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The grant will strengthen HPDP’s infrastructure … Read more
The Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group is excited to launch their new website and introduce their new team name and logo. After a thoughtful process, they are proud to call themselves the Community Health & Wellness Resource Team – a … Read more
The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and Leah Ranney, PhD, MA a five-year, R01 grant to continue their research on best practices for cannabis warning labels. Their research was previously supported by a 2022 planning … Read more
Drs. Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Candice L. Alick (UNC), and Shiriki Kumanyika (UPenn) will continue their work promoting healthy lifestyles among Black families. This study will optimize a behavioral weight loss intervention for Black adult family pairs or dyads. Black adults, especially … Read more
Three local high school students—Abhinav Meduri, Arnav Meduri, and Siddharth Maruvada—collaborated with Dr. Alice Ammerman, one of her students, and a Food Bank partner to publish research about food waste practices in food pantries in central and eastern North Carolina. … Read more
A team of HPDP researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, has received a five-year, $3 million R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the impact of colorectal cancer screening delivered through community pharmacies in … Read more
