Category: Cardiovascular Health
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
Blue Cross NC, UNC Health join forces to improve food security
September 23, 2021With $3.2 million in funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, a group of researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill is leading a new, large clinical study to address food insecurity among its at-ris … Read more
UNC receives $3.8 million grant to study innovative weight loss program for primary care patients
June 10, 2019The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institut … Read more
CHANGE project part of AAMC Health Equity Snapshot 2018
May 22, 2018As a part of their continued commitment to improving the health of individuals and populations, academic medical centers are conducting research to find solutions for inequities in health and health c … Read more
Samuel-Hodge receives the Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumni Award
April 23, 2018Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD, is the 2018 Barr awardee. Samuel-Hodge, who earned a doctorate in nutrition in 2000 at the Gillings School, joined the Gillings School faculty in 2003. She has won a number o … Read more
Ammerman awarded the Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for engaged research
April 16, 2018Alice Ammerman, DrPH, director of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Mildred Kaufman distinguished professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health … Read more
New Mediterranean-style diet pattern leads to weight loss and improved blood pressure
August 25, 2016A UNC research study recently published in BMC Public Health shows that incorporating a Mediterranean-style diet is likely to facilitate weight loss and reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. The Hear … Read more
Building a partnership in Hertford County, NC with Community Health Workers
July 14, 2016The Carolina Heart Alliance Networking for Greater Equity (CHANGE) is testing an innovative program to encourage healthy habits and reduce the risk for heart disease by engaging community health worke … Read more
Community shows psychological, spiritual and social components of heart health through photo research project
October 1, 2015CHAPEL HILL-People in at-risk communities see heart health as more than just physical health and include psychological, spiritual and social health as well, according to research from UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more
UNC Chapel Hill-RTI Collaboration Chosen as Prime Contractor to Support State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Chronic Disease and Promote School Health
March 9, 2015A research collaboration between the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) and RTI International has been selected as a prime contractor to support state and local public healt … Read more