Category: Diabetes
38 years and counting: UNC HPDP awarded CDC funding as a Prevention Research Center
August 21, 2024The 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 … Read more
NHLBI-NIH awards grant to a group of researchers led by Samuel-Hodge to optimize a family-based weight loss intervention for Black adults
June 12, 2024Drs. 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 weigh … Read more
Berkowitz receives R01 grant to help advance health equity in type 2 diabetes care
November 8, 2021Dr. Seth A. Berkowitz A research team led by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH has received a five-year, nearly $3 million R01 award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to better understand how addre … Read more
Samuel-Hodge wins inaugural Gillings Faculty Award for Excellence in Health Equity Research
October 28, 2020Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD, RD has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural Gillings Faculty Award for Excellence in Health Equity Research. Samuel-Hodge is an associate p … Read more
UNC receives $3.8 million grant to study innovative weight loss program for primary care patients
June 10, 2019Thomas Keyserling, MD, MPH, School of Medicine The 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 fr … Read more
Samuel-Hodge receives the Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumni Award
April 23, 2018Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge Carmen 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 … Read more
Help from a family member can help adults with type 2 diabetes lose weight and manage their health
February 1, 2017Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge CHAPEL HILL, NC – Working with a family member can help adults with type 2 diabetes lose weight and improve their health, according to a UNC study published in the January 2017 … Read more
HPDP receives $1.5 million to develop diabetes self-management education toolkit
November 21, 2016Alice Ammerman, DrPH CHAPEL HILL, NC – The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), a CDC Prevention Research Center, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded a … 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
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