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Social work student Brittany Anderson is among the top honorees from the Charlotte Research Scholar Symposium, where undergraduate students from various fields share projects annually. Anderson’s research surrounding pediatric onset multiple sclerosis landed her first place in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, and the Arts category.
The symposium takes place in the Barnhardt...
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Experts project that by 2025, 9 out of 10 counties in North Carolina will have more people over the age of 60 than under 18. In Mecklenburg County, seniors are projected to make up 15 percent of the total population by 2030. As Charlotte and the surrounding area experience rapid growth and the demographic shift of an aging population, UNC Charlotte researchers are soon to release findings that...
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Physician and UNC Charlotte graduate candidate Saugat Karki was selected recently for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) prestigious Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP). This two-year training program is for doctoral- or master’s-level professionals, applying computer science and information technology to solve complex health problems.
PHIFP...
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Dr. Dena Evans, director of the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing, has been selected to participate in a leadership training program offered by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Evans is among 30 academic nursing leaders...
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You don't know how you'll respond in an emergency until you face one. Across UNC Charlotte’s campus, hundreds of students in health-related majors study to become professionals trained to step in at those critical moments. Over the spring semester, two exercise science...
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Picture this: A 50-year-old patient schedules her annual checkup. When she visits the doctor’s office, she completes paperwork and then receives an iPad and headphones before the doctor visit. On the iPad, she has the ability to self-order a test that could save her life – a screening test for colorectal cancer.
The patient hadn’t thought about this screening until now, but she clicks...
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As director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation, Dr. Michael Dulin operates on the leading edge of the industry, exploring how technology can help communities address their most pressing public health challenges. Among the models gaining traction with practitioners is precision medicine, an approach to healthcare with the...
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Joseph Konstanzer, a graduate of UNC Charlotte’s dual master’s program in public health and health informatics, has been named a public health fellow at Public Health Institute (PHI)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working out of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health...
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UNC Charlotte’s Devin Clegg sees a strong linkage between his selection for a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and lessons he learned when conducting research and playing football with the Charlotte 49ers.
Clegg, who completed his bachelor’s degree in exercise science at UNC Charlotte in 2016, is pursuing a master’s degree in biology at UNC Charlotte...
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