CHHS News

April 29, 2026 Alicia Dahl, associate professor at the College of Health and Human Services, is the 2026 recipient of UNC Charlotte’s Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship in Teaching. Dahl was honored April 28 at the Spring Faculty Awards ceremony held at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center. Named after UNC Charlotte’s founder, the Bonnie E. […]

Though she’s now president of the North Carolina Public Health Association, early in her collegiate journey Nina Beech ’15, ’24 MHA toyed with systems engineering. Turned out she wasn’t crazy about math. Then she considered nursing. Turned out she wasn’t crazy about blood. Eventually she made her way to public health and a match was […]

Apryl Alexander, Metrolina Distinguished Scholar in Health and Public Policy and Director of the Violence Prevention Center at the College of Health and Human Services, will be a featured speaker during Boston University School of Public Health’s “A Vote for Health: Preventing Violence” webinar Oct 23. The online conversation will consider the intersection of the […]

UNC Charlotte’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program rose 58 spots to No. 54, its highest-ever ranking, in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 24. The ranking places Charlotte among the top 10% of nursing programs in the nation.  U.S. News began ranking undergraduate nursing programs in 2022. The […]

UNC Charlotte students are using sports analytics to change the way soccer players and coaches view the game. Recently, a group of students from the sports analytics program entered research projects into a global competition hosted by renowned sports data and analytics company Stats Perform. The UNC Charlotte team was selected to present their findings […]

Public health, healthcare administration and nursing all climb in national rankings. Three UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services graduate programs rose in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Public health, nursing and healthcare management all moved up in U.S. News’ 2023-2024 Graduate Schools rankings, which were released on April 25. Public […]

Name: Tamer Hammad What I teach: I teach Health Information courses with focus on management patient data My goals as an adjunct professor: Promote a real-world discussion about the healthcare industry and help students understand what they will experience when they enter the field. Years of experience in career: I have almost 30 years of […]

Welcome to “Why I Teach.” Here we’ll highlight the contributions of the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services instructors who bring their knowledge and expertise from the professional world to the classroom. “Our adjunct instructors are well-positioned in their companies and our community and represent a broad spectrum of highly experienced content experts, […]

by: The American Red Cross A powerhouse in transfusion medicine, Dr. Yvette Miller is helping to shape clinical practices, broaden awareness and understanding into the plights of those living with sickle cell disease and how blood donors who are Black can help. With a long-distinguished career at the American Red Cross, she serves as the […]

Welcome to “Why I Teach.” Here we’ll highlight the contributions of the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services instructors who bring their knowledge and expertise from the professional world to the classroom. “Our adjunct instructors are well-positioned in their companies and our community and represent a broad spectrum of highly experienced content experts, […]