Category: Aging
Powering Public Health: HPDP Researchers Receive CDC Special Interest Project Grants for Arthritis, Immunization, and Cancer Control
October 4, 2024(from left to right) Drs. Leigh Callahan, Melissa Gilkey, Stephanie Wheeler, Alison Brenner, and Rachel Hirschey The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Special Interest Proje … Read more
HPDP awards $5,000 planning grant to researchers studying emotional well-being of caregivers supporting family members with cognitive impairment
September 24, 2024Dr. Kristen Hassmiller Lich (left) and PhD candidate Doyoung Kim (right) The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has awarded a planning grant of $5,000 to Dr. Kristen Hassmiller Lic … Read more
Haynes-Maslow and Ammerman receive grant from Humana Foundation to study social isolation among senior residents and home meal delivery
February 18, 2024Drs. Lindsey Haynes-Maslow (left) and Alice Ammerman (right) The Humana Foundation awarded Drs. Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, PhD, MHA, and Alice Ammerman, DrPH, MPH, a $250,000 health equity research grant. … Read more
Willis co-leads update of 2024 Compendium of Physical Activities to enhance physical activity and health research and promotion
January 18, 2024An international group of researchers has collaborated to create the updated 2024 Compendium of Physical Activities. The Compendium of Physical Activities is a fundamental physical activity and health … Read more
Willis receives Alzheimer’s Association grant to study physical activity interventions in older adults
September 27, 2022Dr. Erik Willis, PhD, MPH, has received a grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to pilot a multi-level intervention that aims to increase physical activity for individuals in adult supervised care se … Read more
HPDP awards three $5,000 planning grants to UNC faculty studying pressing issues in prevention research
October 29, 2021In 2021, the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) awarded three planning grants of approximately $5,000 each to researchers pursuing projects in health promotion and disease p … Read more
HPDP Research Fellow gives keynote address at New Mexico Conference on Aging
September 6, 2016Dr. Ellen Schneider On August 24th, Ellen Schneider, a Research Fellow at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, gave a keynote address for the 38th annual meeting of the New Mexi … Read more
“BEAUTY is a Balancing Act” to test new venue to deliver health awareness messages and falls prevention education
September 23, 2015Falls Prevention Awareness Week in North Carolina runs September 21 through 26 (Chapel Hill, N.C.—September 21, 2015) – The Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Cha … Read more
HPDP researcher named Gerontological Society of America Fellow
August 7, 2013Mary Altpeter HPDP Research Fellow Mary Altpeter was awarded fellow status with the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in July. Altpeter has been an active member of the organization since early … Read more
Falls prevention program receives recognition from National Council of Aging
August 2, 2013Tiffany Shubert, PhD Every year, one in three adults fall and suffer tremendous negative impacts on their quality of life. While the risk of falls remain high among older adults, there has been a sign … Read more