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38 years and counting: UNC HPDP awarded CDC funding as a Prevention Research Center

August 21, 2024

The 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


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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, 2024

Drs. 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


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Berkowitz receives R01 grant to help advance health equity in type 2 diabetes care

November 8, 2021

Dr. 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


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Samuel-Hodge wins inaugural Gillings Faculty Award for Excellence in Health Equity Research

October 28, 2020

Dr. 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


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UNC receives $3.8 million grant to study innovative weight loss program for primary care patients

June 10, 2019

Thomas 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


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Samuel-Hodge receives the Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumni Award

April 23, 2018

Dr. 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


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Help from a family member can help adults with type 2 diabetes lose weight and manage their health

February 1, 2017

Dr. 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


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HPDP receives $1.5 million to develop diabetes self-management education toolkit

November 21, 2016

Alice 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, 2015

A 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, 2015

UNC’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