Category: Cancer Prevention and Control
New HPDP partnership grant to guide workplace wellness
March 1, 2011CHAPEL HILL, NC–NC Prevention Partners (NCPP), in partnership with the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, has received a one-year grant from the national Centers for Disease Cont … Read more
Study: payment, shipping bans stub out cigarette-selling websites
February 22, 2011Bans on using credit cards to pay for cigarettes bought on Internet sites – combined with bans on commercial shippers delivering the products – appear to have effectively reduced the size and reach of … Read more
Linnan helps launch new barbershop intervention
October 27, 2010HPDP Research Fellow Laura Linnan, associate professor of health behavior and health education at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, will collaborate with David Jolley, associate profess … Read more
Cancer researchers gather in Chapel Hill to discuss plans for next 5 years
October 26, 2010International cancer experts got a taste of North Carolina and the strides UNC cancer researchers have made in recent years during the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) meeting in … Read more
HPDP study to help cancer survivors plan for next steps
October 18, 2010More than 1 million Americans have been diagnosed with colon cancer, and colon cancer survivors are the third largest group of cancer survivors in the country. Cancer patients often receive an abundan … Read more
Join the Hippy Dippy Heelraisers in the Race for the Cure
May 14, 2010A HPDP staff community service project seeks to raise $2,000 for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure by participating in the Triangle race on Saturday, June 12 at Meredith College in Raleigh. Seven U … Read more
New federal tobacco regulation cites HPDP research
March 31, 2010The U.S. Senate cited UNC HPDP’s Internet Cigarette Vendors (ICV) study in its unanimous decision to pass the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act, which acts to curtail the growing sales of t … Read more
New research fellows join HPDP
February 5, 2010Three new research fellows recently joined the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. The Center currently has 36 research fellows who come from a number of UNC departments and school … Read more
Five more years of health promotion and disease prevention research
March 30, 2009The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) will continue to be a part of a major federal network of prevention research centers until at least 2014. The Centers for Disease Cont … Read more