Dr. Jared McGuirt (Nutrition) received new funding from the Department of Defense DA Fort Bragg Army Base for the project “Development and testing of a place-based behavioral “nudge” technology intervention to promote healthier food purchases among military service members at Fort Bragg.” A majority of military service members are overweight… Continue reading…
Dr. Wendy McColskey (SERVE Center) received new funding from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for the project “Innovative Childcare and Remote Extended Support (ICARES) Competitive Grant Program.” Based on a request from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), SERVE will: 1) conduct the Level I application… Continue reading…
Dr. Kenneth Gruber (Center for Housing and Community Studies) received new funding from Guilford Adult Health, Inc. for the project “Guilford Health/Guilford Community Care Network Evaluation.” The purpose of this project is to establish a service and working relationship with The Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS), University of… Continue reading…
Dr. Susan Letvak (Nursing) published a chapter entitled “Supporting Communities” in the “Handbook of Rural, Remote, and Very Remote Mental Health”. The handbook is available online now, and it will be released in print in 2021.
Dr. Laurie Kennedy-Malone (Nursing) received the Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award at the 2020 Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) conference, which was held virtually in late September. She is a former president of the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners, and she currently chairs the GAPNA’s education committee.
Dr. Samantha Raynor (Undergraduate Student Success) received new funding from VentureWell for the project “Transfer Articulation with Collaboration.”
George Hancock (SERVE Center) received new funding from the NC Department of Public Instruction for the project “North Carolina Homeless/Foster/21st Century/Migrant Education Programs.” Lisa Phillips and Sara Bigley are co-principal investigators on the project. SERVE Center will work with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on Federal Program Support…. Continue reading…
Dr. Zhanxiang Zhou (Center for Translational Biomedical Research) received new funding from the National Institutes of Health for the project “Lipotoxicity in Alcoholic Liver Disease.”
Dr. Christine Murray (Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships) received new funding from The Duke Endowment for the project “Facilitation of the Design Process for Ages Three to Five Strategy Development.” Dr. Anthony Chow and Dr. Catherine Scott-Little are co-principal investigators on the project. The interdisciplinary team of UNC… Continue reading…
Dr. Amanda Tanner (Public Health Education) received new funding from Wake Forest University for the project “Harnessing the power of peer navigation and mHealth to reduce health disparities in Appalachia.” Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and transgender women in Appalachia are disproportionately affected by… Continue reading…
