The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a Special Interest Project (SIP) grant up to $1.5 million for a 1-3 years to Ray Tan, MD, Associate Professor of Urology at the UNC Sch...

IntroductionIn decentralized public health systems, rural public health departments have fewer economic resources and higher needs for public health programs...

This Summer, HPDP project teams welcomed student interns to explore public health research firsthand. The Community Health and Wellness Resource Team (CHWR) worked with Sarah Merrill (Fall ’26), an un...

In the DELISH (Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes) study, researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill along with collaborators from East Carolina, Duke, Harvard, and Simmons Universities explored the ef...

The 2026 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit is the premier food waste event of the year. Join us in Charlotte, NC, this May 19-21 for three days of insights, inspiration, and action.

The study, Diagnostic Timing and Ovarian Cancer Survival in North Carolina, has been published in the latest issue of JAMA Network Open. Led by a team of UNC researchers, this study explored the relat...

Validation of a Brief and Very Brief Screener to Assess Overall Diet Quality in a Southeastern US Sample, has been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNE...

This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to...

Another nearly 100,000 students are likely missing out, but lack of knowledge, difficulty, stigma keeps them from signing up.

The Caplan Foundation has awarded funding to principal investigator Dr. Falon Smith, Director of Go NAPACC and Research Scientist with the Community Health & Wellness Resource (CHWR) Team for the proj...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a Special Interest Project (SIP) grant to scale cancer prevention and control interventions. The CDC funds SIPs that address a topic of...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded funding to Dr. Erik A Willis and co-investigators at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dr. Heather Wasser, Dr. Seema Agrawal,  and Emmy ...

Lindsey Smith Taillie pushes for healthy food policies across the globe to improve eating habits for families and children.

IntroductionMajor disparities persist in heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, with rates highest among those living in the southeastern and central parts of...

Our university’s collaborative spirit is embodied by a network of interdisciplinary units that fuel discovery, attract top talent, empower students, and generate real-world impact.

Childhood Obesity has released a special issue honoring the Community Health & Wellness Resource Team’s late founder and director, Dianne S. Ward, EdD, FTOS, FACSM. Dr. Ward was a beloved friend, educ...

HPDP researchers have completed two studies into the impact of increased alcohol home delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The studies found that increased access to alcohol home delivery was associ...