CHHS News

School of Nursing alumna Connie Mele (BSN ’84, MSN ’96) has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Carolina Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Studies (NCFADS), for her outstanding career in substance abuse prevention and treatment. Mele currently serves as assistant public health director for Mecklenburg County, where she is responsible for the administration […]

Charlotte is a hot spot for human trafficking. North Carolina is a top-ten state for the practice and because of its geography, Charlotte is the number one city for human trafficking in the state. Young people are particularly vulnerable to this and some groups are jumping in to respond. School of Social Work alumna Shawna […]

A new UNC Charlotte study is set to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention aimed at supporting grandparents raising their grandchildren. Led by Dr. Julian Montoro-Rodriguez, director of the interdisciplinary Gerontology Program and supported by a grant from the Southminster senior living community, the study will evaluate the effectiveness of a psycho-educational intervention to […]

Engaging summer opportunities are an important part of the educational experience at the College of Health and Human Services, and help students prepare for successful careers in their respective fields. The Charlotte Research Scholars and Charlotte Community Scholars programs are two among many summer experiences available to UNC Charlotte students. Five public CHHS undergraduate students […]

Community-based learning is an essential part of the scholastic experience at CHHS, and through a bi-annual community health fair hosted at local schools, students in the School of Nursing have been helping families across Charlotte for more than 20 years. Each semester, UNC Charlotte nursing students teach sound health practices in K-12 schools. Since 2014, […]

School of Social Work professor Roger Suclupe has received the 2017 Accessibility Excellence Award for Outstanding Faculty/Staff, presented by the UNC Charlotte Office of Disability Services. The award is presented in recognition staff or faculty with a strong commitment to accessibility and disability-related issues. Recipients were chosen through student submissions that detailed the nominee’s extraordinary […]

by: Amanda O’Hara “It’s something you wouldn’t think could have a big impact on your health….sitting. Many of us do it at home and at work, but experts say too much of it can be bad for your health and that’s it’s time to take a stand.” UNC Charlotte Athletic Training Clincial Coordinator Julie Marino […]

by: Amanda O’Hara Spectrum News On the campus of UNC Charlotte in North Carolina, a health risk assessment program is not only researching health patterns and a person’s health risks, but providing health numbers to people within minutes. It’s considered a hidden gem on the campus, but the health risk assessment program has already helped […]

Video courtesy UNC Charlotte Alumni Affairs

A group of UNC Charlotte students took part in a spring break to write home about this year, but not for the reasons you might expect. The 30 students from degree programs across campus eschewed familiar vacation destinations to travel to Nicaragua on a volunteer medical mission trip. The group, hailing from pre-health, pre-business, international […]