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With the approaching retirement of Jane Neese, senior associate dean of academic affairs, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke has announced a series of transitions in leadership at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services. Neese has provided Dean Tudor-Locke with formal notice of her intent to retire September 1, 2021. “Jane’s gracious early notice has […]
UNC Charlotte public health professor Dr. Michael Dulin has been selected for one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships in health policy. Dulin is among six health professionals from across the nation named to the 2020-2021 class of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows. Beginning in September, Dulin, who leads the Academy for Population […]
by: DaShawn Brown A mother and daughter made a journey together and are graduating from UNC Charlotte with master’s degrees in nursing. Beniecia Barnett said her mother, Shonicia Jones, was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer, and their bond was an important factor in beating the disease. Watch the video Benecia and Shonicia interviewed on […]
by: Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer This was to be a celebratory spring for Alison Cruise. The UNC Charlotte alumna learned last summer that the U.S. Air Force would promote her to major this May, and she was excited by the prospect of her 3-year-old daughter Shiloh pinning the new rank insignia on her uniform in […]
The UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services extends sympathy to the family and friends of former senior lecturer Roy Fielding, who passed away Friday. Fielding had been a fixture at the university since 1977 through his recent retirement. He served as lecturer, aquatics director and senior lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology during […]
By: Anna Henderson, Communications Graduate Student College sports can take a toll on an athlete’s body that doctors, trainers and other staff work to combat every day through preventative workouts and exercises. As a former college volleyball player at UNC Charlotte, my knees crack and swell, my shoulder pops, and my back hurts sometimes. But […]
“Vital” means something specific when considering the value of nurses. It’s not just that what they do is important. The literal sense of vitality is appropriate here: lives are on the line. The health of their patients is at stake, and in times like these, so is their own. On a National Nurses Day unlike […]
A pair of UNC Charlotte researchers, in collaboration with co-authors at Louisiana State University and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), recently published a study in the journal Personality and Individual Differences on the subject of grit, humor and suicide prevention. Andrea Kaniuka is a student in UNC Charlotte’s Ph.D. program in public health sciences […]
UNC Charlotte students are joining medical professionals on the frontline of the coronavirus response. WCNC highlighted their impact and the quality of UNC Charlotte’s respiratory therapy program. WATCH THE VIDEO
Brittany Akinsola ’11 is a nursing alum who left her home in Charlotte to work in the NYC-based Samaritans Purse relief hospital for COVID-19 patients. She’s one of the many dedicated professionals making a difference on the frontline. WATCH THE VIDEO