Category: Cardiovascular Health
New website provides a one-stop shop for UNC-developed health promotion interventions and resources
February 11, 2015UNC’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) recently launched Research4NC. This new website centralizes health promotion and disease prevention programs and resources that UNC rese … Read more
HPDP receives receives $3.75 million to conduct prevention research
October 7, 2014The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention continues to bring essential health promotion resources to underserved areas of North Carolina with an initial focus on heart disease in Hertford … Read more
Web-based and live counseling programs can reduce patients’ risk for heart disease
May 26, 2014Web-based and live counseling programs can effectively reduce the risk of heart disease for patients at high risk for the disease, and web-based programs are particularly cost effective, according to … Read more
Heart to Health sets baseline for evaluating heart disease prevention programs
September 6, 2013As heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the US, researchers at the UNC Office of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention are working to evaluate and develop effective prevention program … Read more
Carter-Edwards joins HPDP as deputy director for research and operations
July 25, 2011Lori Carter-Edwards has joined the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention as the new Deputy Director for Research and Operations. Carter-Edwards’ career as an academic researcher has s … Read more
Heart Healthy Lenoir investigator has unique perspective on research
August 30, 2010The 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 … Read more
UNC research center receives $3.1 million to study alternative strategies to reduce the risk for heart disease and stroke
July 19, 2010The 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 r … Read more
Heart Healthy Lenoir kicks off in Kinston
July 2, 2010More 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 … Read more
News Release: UNC project takes on heart disease in heart of U.S. ‘stroke belt’
May 3, 2010For immediate use: Monday, May 3, 2010 CHAPEL HILL — A new $10 million grant will help researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University collaborate with hea … Read more
New $10 million grant to reduce heart disease in Lenoir County
May 3, 2010May 3, 2010– Residents of Lenoir County will have access to customized programs and strategies designed to reduce heart disease and stroke through a new 5-year community-based research project awarde … Read more