Research

With all the intense banging, crashing and grabbing, it’s easy to see why wheelchair rugby was originally called murderball.   The full-contact Paralympic sport isn’t for the foolhearted. It can leave athletes with concussions, crushed ribs, broken fingers and more. The Brain Injury Law Center in Hampton, Virginia solicits clients who’ve been injured playing wheelchair rugby […]

Two professors from the College of Health and Human Services have been named Gambrell Faculty Fellows by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. Alicia Dahl, Ph.D., associate professor in the College’s Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, and Roger Suclupe, MSW, clinical assistant professor in the College’s School of Social Work, are among six UNC Charlotte […]

Participants in a recent UNC Charlotte study on gender identity shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic were given the opportunity to share their personal stories through images not just interviews.      Using a method called photo elicitation where photographs are used to stimulate culturally relevant reflections during interviews, Epidemiology and Community Health Associate Professor Jessamyn Moxie and […]

UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services seeks to improve health outcomes through a new partnership with the Stratford Richardson YMCA. The initiative will increase access to clinical services, behavioral health support, and health promotion and education in the West Charlotte community.  The program and the research conducted will not only benefit West Charlotte […]

Published with permission from the Implementation Science Coordination Initiative, which  provides deep dives on research and findings from supplement projects funded by the National Institutes of Health as part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States initiative. HIV transmission disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities. In the United States, Black and African […]