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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.

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 […]

UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services hosted the 2024 NC Alliance for Health Professions Pathways Summit on October 14. The College was represented by at-large Alliance member J.P. Barfield, Ph.D., who serves as professor and chair of the College’s Applied Physiology, Health, and Clinical Sciences department.  The NC Alliance for Health Professions is […]

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 […]

The ankle is the most commonly injured joint in the body. “A lot of people think it’s innocuous and not a big deal. But it is,” said Tricia Hubbard Turner, Ph.D., professor and program director of the Master of Science program in the Department of Applied Physiology, Health, and Clinical Services within the College of […]

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 […]