CHHS News

UNC Charlotte alumna Tchernavia Montgomery ’08, ’09 has been selected as the next Executive Director of local non-profit organization Care Ring. Each year, Care Ring serves more than 7,000 Mecklenburg County residents through its program offerings: direct primary care in the Low-Cost Clinic, coordination of donated primary and specialty care and hospital-based services through Physicians […]

UNC Charlotte researchers will soon offer virtual programming focused on education and community-building for caregivers supporting people with chronic conditions and disability. The Caregiver TLC: Thrive, Learn, Connect program, which was made possible through a grant of $265,000 from The Southminster Community Fund, will be offered to community family caregivers in Charlotte and North Carolina. […]

by: Reuben Jones, Spectrum News Kasey Carpenter, 19, is balancing a lot as a UNC Charlotte student. She’s a nursing student and a Certified Nursing Assistant at CaroMont Health. Despite the fatigue, Carpenter is all in as she readies to become a full-time nurse. “With everything going on, I see how there’s the burnout, and […]

The UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services is responding to the greater Charlotte region’s employment needs with three new graduate certificate programs that are relevant to the current and future job market. “UNC Charlotte has a long history of being nimble in adapting to the evolving needs of our students and our community […]

Throughout the fall semester, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral fellows in a variety of academic programs went to work in campus labs that are testing wastewater samples for COVID-19 and as contact tracers undertaking essential public health activities. Not only have they contributed to the campus’ efforts to mitigate the disease […]

As of today, there are 150,000 living UNC Charlotte alumni. About 70% of those alumni have stayed local and they’re making a big impact on our region. Charlotte Agenda recently talked to nine local UNC Charlotte alumni about their time at the University, what they’re doing now, and how they’re making a difference in our […]

As the fall winds down, faculty and students at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services are reflecting on a semester changed by COVID-19, but highlighted by teamwork and creative approaches to learning. Cory Sheeler is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and taught two in-person classes this semester. The first is […]

David Bellar, chair of the UNC Charlotte Department of Kinesiology, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors for American Kinesiology Association (AKA). Bellar’s tenure with the board will begin after AKA’s 2021 Leadership Workshop held on January 27 and 28. The theme for this year’s workshop program is “Leading through […]

They’re the first in their families, but achieving a long-time dream. UNC Charlotte celebrated First-Generation College Students Day on Nov. 8, 2020 in recognition of so many valuable members of Niner Nation. The video below features Zack Bryant, an exercise science major, and Savannah Houser, who was just accepted into the School of Nursing. Their […]

Comfort Olorunsaiye, a 2015 Ph.D. graduate of the UNC Charlotte’s Health Services Research program has been selected to receive a Changemakers Grant from the Society for Family Planning, allowing her to research perceived risk and impacts of unintended pregnancy and contraceptive behaviors in specific populations. The aim of the grant is to respond to institutionalized […]