News
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 […]
Two College of Health and Human Services professors have recently been appointed to separate federal advisory committees. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control School of Social Work Associate Professor Annelise Mennicke, Ph.D. has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Her term runs […]
UNC Charlotte’s online graduate nursing program received national recognition in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online Programs rankings, which were released January 21. The University is ranked No. 21 (tie), rising five spots from 2024, in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing programs and came in at No. 3 (tie) for Best Online […]
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 Board of Trustees, along with Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber, recently visited the College of Health and Human Services to view the college’s virtual anatomy and dissection labs and Learning Resource Center. The board members got an up-close look at the high-tech simulation methods offered to students in nursing, exercise science and other programs. […]
Sarah Tesar, a Master of Social Work student in the College of Health and Human Services, won the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT competition challenges students to succinctly summarize their research to a general audience in three minutes or less. This year’s competition, sponsored by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center […]
Liyah Jones is just getting started. This month she will receive a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the College of Health and Human Services and will be right back to start phase two of her academic journey to a career in dermatology. “I’ve always wanted to go into medicine,” Jones said. “And the […]
If Justin Spencer could go back in time, he’d tell his freshman self: “It’s going to be okay. No matter what, you will be a nurse.” The gregarious senior who will graduate this month with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of Health and Human Services is heading full force into the […]
Black mothers and infants are statistically having worse health outcomes than their white counterparts. One of the goals of the Charlotte Maternal and Child Health Workgroup is to conduct crucial conversations about inequity issues such as this one and discuss solutions for improving maternal and child health broadly in the Charlotte region. “We have the […]
Daheia Barr-Anderson and Candace Brown will provide insights during a workshop hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.