Category: Events
Free environmental justice workshop
March 30, 2011A free and interactive training on successful strategies to advocate for environmental equity will be offered twice during the month of April. The workshops will feature Naeema Muhammad, who works wit … Read more
Ammerman, Linnan, and Lorch receive public service awards
March 26, 2011The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention congratulates Alice Ammerman, Laura Linnan, and Claire Lorch for their awards in community service to be presented on April 1. Dr. Ammerman, … Read more
Free workshop to build skills in policy advocacy Saturday March 26th
March 21, 2011North Carolina Communities Working in Partnership, a coalition of community-based organizations from around the state which have partnered with the Kellogg Health Scholars Program at the University of … Read more
UNC-CH team needs votes to create new program to fight childhood obesity
January 31, 2011A team of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hoping to ride their Little Red Wagon to victory in a competition for the best new ideas in tackling public health problems. … Read more
Community anti-racism workshop scheduled for February 18-19
January 19, 2011Race remains an important indicator of success in US society. When other factors that are cited as the probable reasons for health or social problems (e.g., income, education, parent involvement, acce … Read more
HPDP celebrates Hunter’s retirement
December 1, 2010A beloved laugh will be missing from the halls of the UNC Center of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP). Wanda Hunter, HPDP’s deputy director for research and operations, retired November … 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
Barksdale appointed to national health-care research panel
September 27, 2010HPDP Research Fellow Debra Barksdale, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, was appointed on September 23rd to Board of Governors for the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (P … 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
HPDP investigators present at APHA annual meeting
November 12, 2009Researchers from the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention presented their work to the 137th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition November 7-11 in Philad … Read more