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Scientists dive into esports athlete health
UNCG has joined the collegiate esports movement with a new $2.4 million arena, but students aren’t the only ones in the game. Building on a strong portfolio of athlete health and wellness research, UNCG scientists are also stepping out onto the field to study gamer health and wellness.
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Gabrielle S. Evans HHS Pacesetter Award
Gabrielle S. Evans, PhD(c),MPH, CHES(she/her) is a sexuality educator and researcher from North Carolina and a proud citizen of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe. Gabrielle is the co-founder of The Minority Sex Report, LLC, an award-winning platform, whose mission is to provide representation in sexuality education. The Minority Sex Report, LLC also addresses barriers to achieving optimal…
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Dr. Erica Payton – Pardee Rand Faculty Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Erica Payton who has been accepted to participate as a Faculty Fellow in the Pardee Rand Faculty Leaders Program!
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Juneteenth Celebration 2022
UNCG, in partnership with NC A & T and Guilford College, will be hosting Celebrate Juneteenth 2022 with events scheduled for Friday, June 17th, and Monday, June 20th.
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‘Something Greater’ For Public Health
Community is a main motivator for Will Burnett, who recently graduated with his bachelor’s in public health from the Department of Public Health Education. From working as a field data collector with the Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) to interning with the New Arrival Institute, Burnett applied public health principles to make real-world…
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Intimate Impact
Dr. Jennifer Toller Erausquin and fellow researchers were putting the final touches on a public health survey they would pilot for the World Health Organization when a stunning event took precedence: the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. She was on her way home from Kenya – from an international … Continued
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Voices for Reproductive Justice 2022
“Voices for Reproductive Justice (V4RJ),” a university-community partnership, which highlights the application of social justice and health equity approaches to reproductive health. Historically, reproductive health advocates have applied a narrower, rights-based framework that focuses on bodily autonomy and has privileged the voices of white, middle-class women.
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Public Health Student Selected for Prestigious U.N. Award
“I’ve never cried in an interview before, but I was so moved by the conversation and personal connection,” said UNCG doctoral student Mohammed Jibriel. “I knew UNCG was the right place for me.”
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NCIOM Announces Dr. Rosario as New Board Chair
Congratulations to Carrie Rosario, Dr.PH., MPH, CHES, on her recent appointment to North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) Board of Directors by NC Governor Roy Cooper!
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‘Aftershock’ an original documentary from ONYX collective and ABC news
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UNCG Veteran and Student Service Member Discuss Military Life
UNC Greensboro has a long tradition of supporting military-affiliated students. For the eleventh consecutive year, UNCG has been named a Military Friendly School by VIQTORY for excellence in supporting military-affiliated students. UNCG is in the Top 10 nationally for Tier 2 institutions (R2), and is one of just four UNC System institutions to receive this…
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“Why Storytelling Matters” Fostering Healing and Social Change for Reproductive Justice
Reproductive justice is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities (SisterSong, 2022). Reproductive justice also emphasizes amplifying the voices and lived experiences of people who are impacted by institutions that can cause harm to promote individual healing and…
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IPAHW Researchers on Abusive Coaching and Olympic Speed Skater Maame Biney
Maame Biney was the first Black woman to make it onto the U.S. Olympic Speedskating team. But she almost didn’t make it to Beijing this year after working with a coach she found abusive. In this episode of The Mental Games, Biney opens up about struggling with her mental health and how she regained her…
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Dr. Erica Payton Speaks on Gun Violence
Dr. Erica Payton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Education who’s research centers around violence prevention, was recently interviewed on 88.5 WFDD Morning Edition.
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Reducing race disparities in cancer survival
Although there have been significant improvements in cancer treatment and prevention through the years, a stark reality remains: In many communities, Black people with cancer don’t live as long as White people with the disease.
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In Memoriam of Dr. Kay Lovelace
It was with great sadness that we mourned the loss of Dr. Kay Lovelace in late November. Kay, an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Education, worked at UNCG for over 25 years. Kay embodied a steadfast commitment to organizational change.
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Resolution for Disability, Ableism, and Health Equity in Public Health Education & Health Promotion Practice
On August 11th, 2021, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Board of Trustees approved the “Resolution for Disability, Ableism, and Health Equity in Public Health Education & Health Promotion Practice” thanks to the work of 2nd year Public Health Education Ph.D. student, Rose Ewald.
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Chelimo Wins Bronze in Tokyo Olympics
Paul Chelimo won a Bronze medal in the Men’s 5000 K race during the Tokyo Olympic games on Friday, August 6th! Chelimo, a Community Health Education alumni, had a race time of 12:59.05. During the Rio Olympic Games Chelimo took home a Silver medal in the Men’s 5000 K.
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Love Odetola, Ph.D. Candidate, Working for Cleaner Water for High Point Community
Love Odetola, PHE Ph.D. candidate, recently appeared on Fox 8 News for her work with UNCG’s Center for Housing and Community Studies. Beginning in 2019, Odetola worked with the team to collect water samples and install water filters in homes located in southwest High Point. Those samples came back with … Continued
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Spartans of Excellence of Award Winners 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Erica Payton Foh and graduate student, Naglaa Raswhan, who took home Spartans of Excellence Awards during the 2021 Virtual Ceremony that was held in April.
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Spartan prepares for Yale graduate school
This fall, Jacqueline Sandoval ’21, a public health education alumna, will begin a Master of Public Health at Yale University, one of the top research universities in the world.