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Jack E. Wilson, PE, MSENV Cynthia H. Cassell, Phd Joseph F. John, MHA, FACHE Celette Sugg Skinner, Phd President Health Scientist, Epidemiology Team Administrator Professor and Chief, Behavioral and Member of the Board of Directors Birth Defects Branch Clinical Operations Communication Sciences TEC Inc. Division of Birth Defects and The Emory Clinic Inc. Department of Clinical Sciences Developmental Disabilities Associate Director for Cancer Control Delton Atkinson, MPH, MPH, PMP Mark H. Merrill, MSph National Center for Birth Defects and & Population Sciences Vice President Developmental Disabilities President and Chief Executive Officer Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center Deputy Director Centers for Disease Control and Valley Health System University of Texas Southwestern Division of Vital Statistics Prevention Medical Center National Center for Health Statistics Stephen A. Morse, MSPH, PhD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deniese M. Chaney, mph Associate Director for Environmental Jeffrey B. Smith, MHA, cpa Partner Microbiology Partner Barbara K. Rimer, Drph Accenture Health and Public Service National Center for the Prevention, Ernst & Young LLP Executive Vice President Detection and Control of Infectious Ex Officio Stacy-Ann Christian, JD, MPH Diseases Paula Brown Stafford, mph Dean Associate Director Centers for Disease Control and President Alumni Distinguished Professor Research Administration and Finance Prevention Clinical Development UNC Gillings School of Global Northeastern University Quintiles Public Health Douglas M. Owen, PE, bcee Michael (Trey) A. Crabb III, Vice President John C. Triplett, MD, MPH Peggy Dean Glenn MHA, mba Malcolm Pirnie Inc. Regional Medical Officer Executive Director/Secretary President Bethesda, MD Jonathan J. Pullin, MS Ex Officio Health Strategy Partners LLC Edgar G. Villanueva, MHA, FACHE Associate Dean for External Affairs President and Chief Executive Officer David Dodson, MDiv UNC Gillings School of Global The Environmental Group of the Owner/Principal Public Health President Carolinas Inc. Leverage Philanthropic Partners MDC Inc. Winston Salem, N.C. Charlotte Nuñez-Wolff, EdD Roy J. Ramthun, MSph Treasurer Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH President G. Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH Ex Officio Senior Director, Department of HSA Consulting Services LLC Veterinary Outreach Coordinator Epidemiology Global Alliance for Rabies Control Associate Dean for Business and Finance Laura Helms Reece, Drph UNC Gillings School of Global Merck Research Laboratories Shelter Veterinarian Chief Operating Officer Champaign County (Ill.) Humane Society Public Health Alma (Gibbie) Harris, MSPH, RN Rho Health Director Alice D. White, PhD David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, James Rosen, MBA, MSph PhD, FACP Buncombe County (N.C.) Department Vice President Partner Senior Vice President and Chief of Health (Retired) Intersouth Partners Worldwide Epidemiology Department Quality Officer Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, RN Jacqueline vdH Sergent, MPH, GlaxoSmithKline Baylor Health Care System Assistant Surgeon General RD, LDN Executive Director and BHCS Associate Administrator Chen-yu Yen, PhD, PE Endowed Chair HIV/AIDS Bureau Health Promotion Coordinator/ President and Chief Executive Officer Institute for Health Care Research Health Resources and Services Health Education Supervisor TerraSure Development LLC and Improvement Administration Granville-Vance (N.C.) District Vice President Health Department Gannett Fleming Inc. P. LaMont Bryant, PhD, rac Joan C. Huntley, PhD, mph Senior Vice President Product Director, Global Marketing Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology Ethicon Endo-Surgery Gannett Fleming Sustainable UNC Gillings School of Global Ventures Corp. Johnson & Johnson Public Health

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health ADVISORY COUNCIL

Donald A. Holzworth, MS Gail H. Cassell, PhD, DSc (hon) James R. Hendricks Jr., MS Paul M. Wiles, MHA Chair Vice President, Scientific Affairs Vice President, Environment, Health and President and Chief Executive Officer Chairman (Retired) Safety (Retired) Novant Health Inc. Futures Group Global Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar Duke Energy Markus Wilhelm for Infectious Diseases James Rosen, MBA, MSPH Michael E. Kafrissen, MD, MSPH Eli Lilly and Co. Chief Executive Officer Public Health Foundation Board Research scientist Strata Solar LLC Liaison to Advisory Council Willard Cates Jr., MD, MPH Massachusetts Institute of Technology Louise Winstanly, LLB, MSB Partner President, Research John McConnell Intersouth Partners FHI 360 Attorney and Medical Ethicist Chief Executive Officer Chapel Hill, N.C. Marcia A. Angle, MD, MPH Michael J. Cucchiara McConnell Golf Lloyd M. Yates, MBA Adjunct Professor Managing Partner Jesse Milan Jr., JD Nicholas School of the Environment Graypants Inc. and Pangea Foods President and Chief Executive Officer Duke University Vice President and Director Progress Energy Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH Community Health Systems William K. Atkinson, PhD, MPH Gillings Visiting Professor Altarum Institute Members Emeriti President and Chief Executive Officer UNC Gillings School of Global James Patrick O’Connell, PhD, MPH WakeMed Public Health Chief Executive Officer Nancy A. Dreyer, PhD, MPH Mark E. Brecher, MD Jeffrey P. Engel, MD Acea Biosciences Inc. Chief of Scientific Affairs Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice North Carolina State Health Director Jane Smith Patterson OUTCOME President N.C. Division of Public Health LabCorp Executive Director Carmen Hooker Odom, MS Ken Eudy The e-NC Authority President Chief Executive Officer Virginia B. Sall Milbank Memorial Fund Capstrat Co-founder and Director Sall Family Foundation contentswinter 2011-2012

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2 From the dean’s desk 26 Jonny Crocker 29 Lexie Perreras 3 spotlight on our students 30 Nora Rosenberg 3 Why Public Health? 31 Heather Wasser 7 4 Urooj Amjad 4 Kang Chang 10 school news 5 Kapuaola Gellert 6 Gift Kamanga 13 Awards & Recognitions 6 Caitlin Kleiboer 7 Layla Lavasani 16 research annual report 8 Meghan Lewis 2010–2011 9 8 Jon Hibbard 9 Camille McGirt 18 our donors 22 Victor Zhong 18 Honor Roll of Donors and Partners 24 Carolina Batis 32 Calling all alumni: Reconnect! 25 Mehul Patel 33 Annual Fund

As we went to press, we learned of the death on Dec. 14 of nutrition professor 10 and cancer researcher Marci Campbell, PhD. Read a short tribute on p. 10. We dedicate this issue to her.

Dean Contributing Writers 16,500 copies of this document Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Ramona DuBose were printed at a cost of $11,057.90 22 Linda Kastleman or $0.67 per copy. director of communications managing editor Send correspondence to Editor, Carolina Public Health (ISSN Ramona DuBose Carolina Public Health, Gillings 1938-2790) is published twice School of Global Public Health, yearly by the UNC Gillings School editor Campus Box 7400, Chapel Hill, of Global Public Health, 135 Dauer Linda Kastleman NC 27599-7400, or email Dr., Campus Box 7400, University Associate Dean for [email protected]. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, External Affairs Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400. Subscribe to Peggy Dean Glenn Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2011–2012. Carolina Public Health

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P In spite of serious budget cuts over the last three years, our faculty and staff members remain dynamic, committed and focused Dr. Barbara K. Rimer upon teaching the next generation of public health leaders and solving some of the great public health challenges — here in North Carolina and around the world. In this issue of Carolina Public Health, we place our students at center stage. Many of them are here through the generosity of donors. Thank you for enabling them as the next generation of problem solvers.

Our students offer an antidote to gloom and cyni- really matters. Their passion propels our students cism about the state of the world. These smart, through classes, exams, labs, fieldwork, theses and highly motivated, socially networked, exuberant dissertations. They learn on their own, with and young people give me hope that the world may be from people in communities, from one another, and in better shape when it is in their hands. With skills especially, with faculty mentors who often become and knowledge acquired at our school, there’s no lifelong colleagues. stopping these young people. Remarkable personal transformations occur In our classes, students learn, as have many of as students experience the world through public our readers before them, the discipline and skill health. As have many of our readers, these stu- of identifying a research problem. They master dents will become professors and practitioners, evidence-based methods that separate science from health department directors, government leaders and entrepreneurs, physicians, dentists and nurses who understand populations and individuals, and The world may be in better shape so much more. We take pride in all they accomplish. Recently, one of our alumni, Garry Conille, MD, when it is in [our students’] hands. MPH, became prime minister of Haiti. Never has public health been more important. Our faculty, staff, students and alumni are on the front lines, speculation. In collecting and analyzing data, they solving the world’s greatest public health problems. “ come to understand the nature of public health problems and what might be done to address them. Often, these questions and problems” have real- world application to public health practice, and that Barbara K. Rimer

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Spotlight y layla lava on our students Photo b Dr. Peggy Bentley (far left), in Senegal

Why public health?

“It is through following their careers that I he answer is evident to the more than 1,700 can behold the real and meaningful impact students at UNC Gillings School of Global from our work.” Eng speaks knowingly. She T recently received the ASPH/Pfizer Faculty Public Health. They want to stop the spread of Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Practice. disease, end poverty, promote health and education, Michael Aitken, PhD, chairs the Depart- stop wars — save the world. ment of Environmental Sciences and Engi- neering, which attracts students with a wide range of scientific interests, from ecology “Disease and poor health limit opportuni- funds, research support and technology to engineering. “Many students choose our ties for individuals and societies, especially improvements. It is appropriate to feature department because we’re based in a public among vulnerable populations,” says Jess students’ research in this issue, which focuses health school,” he says. “They want to make Edwards, doctoral student in epidemiology. especially on the School’s research and on the a difference, and they perceive that public “Public health removes these barriers.” donors who make much of it possible. health focuses on that. They have a con- “The need for good health is a crucial Whether students are earning degrees in nection to the ‘human side’ of the fields we component of people’s well-being around epidemiology or environmental sciences and represent, which is different than the culture the world,” says Kimberley Geissler, doctoral engineering, nutrition or health policy and of other programs.” student in health policy and management, management, their enthusiasm is contagious. Here, students are challenged to make “and the cost of poor health, both physically Sometimes, a student’s asking Why not? their research count — to choose topics for and financially, is often staggeringly high.” can open the door to creativity and innova- class work, theses and dissertations that Students’ research contributes sig- tions that would not have occurred without anticipate public health problems and accel- nificantly to the School’s overall research the question. erate public health solutions. Our students’ endeavors, and it provides them with the “It is such a gift to be on the faculty of a many awards at the UNC Graduate School’s valuable experience of conducting research school of public health that attracts students annual Impact Awards ceremony (see http:// under the mentorship of experienced fac- and postdocs who are not only the best and gradschool.unc.edu/student/awards/impact) ulty members. Training grants and research brightest but who are committed to making a reflect the impact of their research. assistantships support students, as do gifts difference,” says Eugenia Eng, DrPH, profes- to the School — through scholarships, travel sor of health behavior and health education. — Ramona DuBose

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Urooj Amjad, PhD Kang Chang Postdoctoral research associate Master’s student Environmental Sciences and Engineering/ Environmental Sciences The Water Institute at UNC and Engineering

Urooj Amjad’s original inspiration for work- ing on water issues was to explore water’s use as a tool for cooperation rather than conflict. Dr. Urooj Amjad In 1998, she researched Israel-Palestine water management issues. In emphasizing coopera- tion, she explored her related interest in how management of our resources. As a society, societies adapt to difficult political, economic we design formal and informal rules to and environmental circumstances. guide our behavior for desirable outcomes. “Water management is a window to Understanding the relationship between the understanding these complicated and life- intentions, rules that get us there, and the relevant issues,” Amjad says. “Inspiration desirable outcomes are motivation for me Kang Chang for continuing my research on water issues to analyze institutional behavior, regulation evolved toward providing water services for and policy, as I did more recently in the fully all household water users and the efficient privatized water sector in the U.K.” Chang writes:

I was raised in a typical suburban com- munity. As I grew older, I became aware Water management needs to be understood and concerned with the disparity in as part of a wider system. One of the Water the quality of life of people around the world. This became evident through the Institute at UNC’s research programs now examines types of questions people asked them- how decision-making works and the role information selves. My questions revolved around “ How should I best live my life? or What plays in contributing to improved water, sanitation should I do to be happy? Others of my same age must ask How can I make and hygiene. These background motivations form money to pay for my mother’s medica- part of my growing interest in the relationship tion? or Will this job pay enough so that I can send my children to school? between water, energy and food. —Urooj Amjad How is one to feel about these very different realities? I don’t know the answer. I do know that, by chance, I am part of a very small percentage of the e

d global population with the advantages Rainwater is collected for household use in this West Bank town of Beit Sahour, Palestine. to respond to these inequalities. I believe everyone should have the ” c hael Sha right to grow in an environment in which y Mi y b they can achieve to the best of their abili- ties. This is a distant dream for the cur- s Photo rent state of the world, but I believe it is a goal worth striving toward. Oftentimes, we are kept from the dream by environ- ments that cause poor health outcomes or vulnerability to poor health out- comes. Improving water and sanitation

4 | Winter 2011–2012 Kang Chang Kapuaola Gellert Master’s student Doctoral student Environmental Sciences Epidemiology and Engineering

Kapuaola Gellert (left) with mentor Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz

I realized I could help Hawaiians the most if I left Moloka`i to pursue my doctorate in epidemiology at UNC. —Kapuaola Gellert g “ g Chan “My Aunty Dot died of lung cancer soon mentor and introduced her to UNC, and

y Kan after I entered college,” Kapuaola Gellert subsequently, to Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, recalls. “She never smoked. Her death made professor of epidemiology and nutrition and Photo b me wonder whether Hawaiians have a higher associate dean for academic” affairs at the Chang hopes to reduce disparities between incidence of cancer compared to other ethnic School. “Dr. Siega-Riz has advised me while his life and that of this Cambodian boy. groups.” I collaborate with colleagues on Moloka`i The loss of her aunt was the beginning of to develop research plans focused on the Gellert’s interest in epidemiology, leading Hawaiian community,” Gellert says. her to complete a Master of Public Health is a cornerstone to basic public health. degree. After graduation, she worked with I am especially interested in the role the Native Hawaiian Health Care system, of water, sanitation and health in eco- Na Pu`uwai, serving the islands of Moloka`i nomic development. My studies at UNC and Lana`i. “During the three years I lived have allowed me the opportunity to on Moloka`i,” she says, “I developed a healthy begin bridging my knowledge gap so I lifestyle program, which included visits by might understand ways to develop pro- doctors and dietitians from Oahu to evalu- active solutions to complex water and ate the medical conditions of the program’s sanitation problems. participants. The results showed statistically Extraordinary peers and eminent significant improvements in the participants’ professors at this world-class public blood pressure, cholesterol and weight. I health institution have given value to realized I could help Hawaiians the most my years at school beyond just the if I left Moloka`i to pursue my doctorate in classes. UNC is a place in which I have epidemiology at UNC.” taken a step closer to achieving my own On Moloka`i, Gellert met Ron Aubert, potential. This experience is a gift and PhD, alumnus of UNC Gillings School of a call — giving me the opportunity to Global Public Health’s epidemiology doc- Gellert helped shoppers make healthful choices in Moloka’i. grow such that I, too, can help others toral program, who was working as a consul- achieve their potential. tant on the island. Aubert became Gellert’s

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Gift L.F. Kamanga, MSc Caitlin Kleiboer Doctor of Public Health student Master’s student Health Policy and Management, Health Behavior and Executive Leadership Program Health Education

Donald and Jennifer Holzworth Merit Scholar “I have a long-standing passion for two things: public health and pho- Gift Kamanga tojournalism,” says Caitlin Kleiboer, Master of Public Health candidate Gift Kamanga believes in his potential to “When I joined the Malawi College of in health behavior and health educa- contribute to the well-being of his society. He Health Sciences,” he says, “I saw a way to con- tion at UNC Gillings School of Global remembers having that goal as early as age tribute. I am particularly passionate about Public Health. “At Carolina, I am 10, and having it clarified when his grand- advancing interventions with vulnerable exploring the intersection of these two mother died of antepartum hemorrhage in groups in the areas of sexual and reproduc- disciplines.” a place where there was no hospital. Many tive health. Public health requires multi- Kleiboer, an Americorps VISTA of his relatives — some of them family bread sectional collaboration and good leadership. volunteer in 2009–2010, earned a Bach- winners — also have died from preventable I am aspiring to be one of the top leaders to elor of Fine Arts from the University infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. bring about this effective coordination.” of Michigan. It was there she became interested in social justice and began to use photography as a tool for change. Public health requires multi-sectional “Through domestic and international work, I kept returning to the nagging collaboration and good leadership. I am aspiring questions in my head about the links between poverty and disease,” she says. to be one of the top leaders to bring about this She credits her public health class effective coordination. —Gift Kamanga in qualitative research methods with “ teaching her how to develop interview questions that get to the heart of indi- viduals’ experiences with their health. In her photojournalism class, she gains r oe

b firsthand experience in long-term documentary projects. As a research ” assistant in the dean’s office, she has explored how social media can help y Caitlin Klei students and educators, artists and

Photo b scientists across the globe connect on important issues. “Photography is not going to end war or poverty,” Kleiboer says. “It will not cure disease. But time and time again, it has made a difference. I want to make a difference in the field of global health through my photographs.”

This mother and child took part in a UNC malaria vaccine trial in Lilongwe, Malawi, in August 2011. One child in Africa dies every minute from malaria, according to the WHO.

6 | Winter 2011–2012 Photography Layla Lavasani, MHS is not going to end Doctoral student Maternal and Child Health war or poverty. It “will not cure disease. But time and time again, it has made a difference. I want ani to make a difference s in the field of global y layla lava Lavasani worked to improve health through children’s nutrition in Senegal. Photo b my photographs. Layla Lavasani —Caitlin Kleiboer Layla Lavasani, who received her master’s inces. Recently, she traveled to Senegal and degree in international health at Johns Hop- Indonesia on a UNC-ChildFund project kins Bloomberg School of Public Health, aimed at improving maternal child health works to reduce maternal and child mor- and nutrition. bidity and mortality in resource-poor set- “At UNC, I continue to be inspired by my ” tings. Her areas of technical expertise are in mentors, Dr. Peggy Bentley and Dr. Cyril monitoring and evaluation of maternal and Engmann, who have worked tirelessly to newborn health programs, survey design and improve the lives of vulnerable populations implementation, and quantitative methods through innovative solutions,” Lavasani says. and analyses. Lavasani’s work has taken her to Afghani- stan, where she supported the design and Bentley is professor of nutrition and associate dean for global health at UNC Gillings School of Global implementation of a national disability Public Health. Engmann is clinical assistant professor assessment and later developed facility and of pediatrics in the UNC medical school and adjunct household-level surveys for assessing mater- assistant professor of maternal and child health in the nal and neonatal care services in two prov- public health school.

Lavasani’s work has taken her to Afghanistan, where she supported the design and implementation of a national disability assessment and later developed facility and household-level surveys for assessing maternal and neonatal care services in two provinces. Recently, she traveled to Senegal and Indonesia on a UNC-ChildFund project to improve maternal and child health and nutrition. Kleiboer at work in Kenya

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Meghan Lewis Jon Hibbard Master’s student Doctoral student Public Health Leadership Program Biostatistics

Meghan Lewis says one of the highlights of 2011–2012 Fryer Fellow her time at UNC was a summer 2011 practi- cum as a Public Health Leader in Practice with Cabarrus Health Alliance, in Kannapo- Meghan Lewis lis, N.C. Lewis worked with Barbara Shep- pard, the program director of the Healthy Maps Lewis developed during her practicum Cabarrus Initiative, a partnership certified in Cabarrus County, N.C. I saw by the North Carolina Governor’s Task Force Food Deserts for Healthy Carolinians (www.healthycaro- firsthand the passion linians.org). in the department Lewis was part of a state-mandated Com- munity Health Assessment, reporting sta- for making tistical indicators to a planning council. She “ was asked to lead discussions about what the humanitarian indicators meant for the county. After one contributions such presentation, council members began a City/Town Location

conversation that led to new funding being Food Desert Census tract to society. allocated to meet a need in the county. Census Tracts —Jon Hibbard “Being a part of that experience reminded me why I chose public health,” Lewis says. Percent of Children Living Below The experience gave her a chance to learn the Federal Poverty Line, 2005–2009 more about the community assessments ini- tiative sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the important role assessments play in improving health. ” Her interest in evaluation led her to write a master’s paper about her work in Cabarrus County. “It is my hope that after this research method is piloted in Cabarrus, it will be a City/Town Location useful tool for other counties in the state,” Percent of Children in Poverty Less than 5% she says. 5%–10% 10%–15% 15%–25% 25% or Higher

My training allows me to start conversations, improve the body of knowledge in the field and propose new ways of looking at old data. This ultimately leads “to innovative programs that are both effective and efficient in their use of resources. —Meghan Lewis 8 | Winter 2011–2012 ” Jon Hibbard started out as a mathema- Jon Hibbard tician, pure and simple. It’s a subject Camille McGirt he loves. But when one of his friends Undergraduate underwent a career change and began to work as a nurse, he was jealous of Health Policy and Management how fulfilled his friend felt at work and of the positive impact he was having. “This led me to wonder whether I also could use my training to have impact on health matters,” Hibbard says. “And then I found biostatistics!” Camille McGirt Hibbard says he was thrilled to be offered a place at UNC. “When I inter- viewed at the school of public health,” he says, “I came away with a flavor The girls who participate in “Healthy Girls of the school’s academic rigor. Since Save the World” say they enjoy the program. We have enrolling, I have not been disappointed. I am loving my new direction — and the reached out to about 60 girls, with the goal of reaching UNC school of public health!” 500 by December 2012. —Camille McGirt Hibbard received a Fryer Fellowship “ in Biostatistics, established by Diane Fryer Medcalf in 2003 in memory of her late husband, John Fryer, PhD.

Dr. Fryer was a research professor of McGirt held a “Healthy biostatistics at UNC and taught in the Girls” workshop in Durham, department for many years before his N.C., in October” 2011. death in 2001. an m tle s a a k d ” Hibbard (left), with Diane Fryer Medcalf y lin Photo b r ne d l m fu

y to Camille McGirt spent the 2010–2011 aca- The program she started, “Healthy Girls demic year as an intern in Washington, Save the World,” promotes healthy bodies,

Photo b D.C. “I met so many inspiring people [at the healthy minds and healthy relationships White House and on Capitol Hill],” she says. for girls ages 8 to 15 in North Carolina. “I participated in several service projects The program provides information about and even helped with the First Lady’s ‘Let’s exercise and nutrition and integrates Move’ campaign.” lessons on self-esteem, good study habits, When McGirt returned to North Caro- and the importance of respectful and positive lina, she was motivated to spread the “Let’s relationships. Move” message (see www.letsmove.gov). She In November 2011, McGirt was awarded decided to implement a program in her com- the Robert E. Bryan Social Innovation Fel- munity, Durham, N.C., to address childhood lowship from UNC’s APPLES (www.unc.edu/ obesity. “Over the past three decades, child- apples), a program that builds sustainable hood obesity rates in America have tripled,” service learning partnerships. She will use she says. “In North Carolina, the numbers the $1,500 prize to fund more workshops for are even more alarming.” young women.

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Friends, colleagues mourn Inaugural Department of Veterans Affairs. HPDP was selected to host the inaugural event because loss of Dr. Marci Campbell training of its experience with dissemination and institute implementation research. marci campbell, phd, professor Among the public health school’s speakers of nutrition, died Dec. 14 after facing connects were Dean Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH; nutri- cancer with grace and caring for almost two research and tion faculty members Marci Campbell, PhD, years. She was program leader for cancer practice and Carmen Samuel Hodge, PhD; health prevention and control at UNC Lineberger Dr. Alice Ammerman policy and management faculty members Comprehensive Cancer Center and member Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhD, Joseph P. of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and unc’s center for health pro- Morrissey, PhD, and Bryan Weiner, PhD; and Disease Prevention. motion and disease prevention Timothy Carey, MD, director of the Cecil G. Throughout her career, Dr. Campbell (hpdp), led by nutrition professor Alice Sheps Center for Health Services Research was committed to reducing risks for cancer, Ammerman, DrPH, hosted 34 researchers and adjunct epidemiology faculty member. especially among low-income and minority from across the U.S. for the first Training populations. She was known for her work in Institute for Dissemination and Implemen- developing innovative, research-tested inter- tation Research in Health. The Institute, a ventions for five-day workshop that aims to introduce Ammerman also contributed to an Insti- an impres- resources, enhance skills and provide strate- tute of Medicine policy report on child- sive number gies for those involved in dissemination and hood obesity. See http://tinyurl.com/ of health implementation research, is sponsored by the IOM-childhood-obesity. risks and National Institutes of Health and the U.S. conditions. She worked with many organi- z a t i o n s , UNC, NC community colleges partner to prevent cancer including churches, as part of the university cancer research fund’s community (ucrf) Health-e-NC program, public health researchers and others Dr. Marci Campbell groups and from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are partner- voluntar y ing with the state’s community colleges to assess needs and preferences health organizations, and had collaborators for adopting and implementing evidence-based interventions for around the world. In 1984, she was awarded cancer prevention. the Order of the Longleaf Pine, one of the “We received overwhelming participation in our initial health survey state’s highest civilian honors, for her work — 100 percent of the state’s community colleges responded,” said Laura to improve the health of North Carolinians. Linnan, ScD, CHES, the project’s principal investigator and professor of Dr. Laura Linnan Read more at www.sph.unc.edu/news. health behavior and health education. “This level of participation in a Tributes may be offered online at http:// survey is fairly remarkable. We were extremely grateful for the excellent response.” marcicampbellremembered.web.unc.edu. The UCRF was established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2008 to accelerate the battle against cancer in North Carolina.

10 | Winter 2011–2012 Sobsey co-authors hold water treat- Millikan awarded $19M ment option reduces WHO report on household waterborne patho- to study breast cancer water treatment gens sufficiently to protect health. The robert millikan, phd, dvm, Bar- bara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Profes- mark sobsey, phd, Kenan Distin- resource is especially sor of Epidemiology, has partnered with guished Professor of environmental sci- intended for set- scientists from Roswell Park Cancer Institute ences and engineering, is co-author of a tings in which water and Boston University to conduct an ambi- newly published World Health Organiza- quality laboratories Dr. Mark Sobsey tious study of breast cancer among younger tion (WHO) report, “Evaluating Household may have limited African-American women. Water Treatment Options: Health-based capacity and incremental improvements Data from UNC Lineberger Comprehen- Targets and Microbiological Performance of household water treatment could have sive Cancer Center’s Carolina Breast Can- Specifications.” a substantial impact on public health. cer Study show that The document is the first to offer global See the report at http://tinyurl.com/ African-American criteria for evaluating whether a house- WHO-Sobsey-water-treatment. women younger than 45 are more likely to be diagnosed with an aggressive form of Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more breast cancer than are likely to suffer postpartum depression women of European Dr. Robert Millikan ancestry. The current five-year project was women who have breastfeeding difficulties in the first awarded $19.3 million from the National two weeks after giving birth are more likely to suffer postpartum depres- Cancer Institute to understand this sig- sion two months later compared to women without such difficulties. For nificant health disparity. The basal subtype, that reason, women with breastfeeding difficulties should be screened for more common in younger, African-Ameri- Stephanie Watkins depressive symptoms, according to a new study led by Stephanie Watkins, can women, may explain why these women MSPH, MSPT, epidemiology doctoral student at UNC Gillings School are more likely than white women to die from of Global Public Health. Watkins also found that women with severe postpartum breast pain breast cancer. were twice as likely to be depressed as women who did not experience pain.

U.S. adults not just eating on us. Negative changes in diet, activity and ing signs of diabetes) obesity are leading to explosions in health- than rats with high- more, but more often … care costs and causing us to become a less fat diets. healthy society.” The study, featured over the past 30 years, adults in on the cover of the the U.S. have been eating more and eating … and eating snack foods June 2011 issue of more often, say UNC researchers. “First, Obesity, shows that the food industry started ‘super-sizing,’ makes the problem worse the “cafeteria diet” then snacking increased, and we were con- (CAF), which mim- Dr. Liza Makowski vinced we needed to a high-fat diet can be bad for your ics buffet-style access drink constantly to be health. However, a snack-food-based to junk food such as cookies and processed hydrated,” said Barry “cafeteria”-style diet of highly palatable, meats, contributed more to diet-induced Popkin, PhD, one energy-dense foods is even worse, accord- obesity than common high-fat diets typi- study’s senior author ing to a study by UNC nutrition researchers. cally used in rodent studies. Rats fed the and W.R. Kenan Jr. They showed that rats that ate snack foods CAF diet consumed about 30 percent more Distinguished Profes- commonly eaten by children and adults in calories than those eating high-fat or high- sor of nutrition. “This the U.S. ate more, gained more weight, had sugar diets, says Liza Makowski, PhD, UNC study shows how the more tissue inflammation and were more nutrition assistant professor and the study’s epidemic has crept up Dr. Barry Popkin intolerant of glucose and insulin (warn- senior author.

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NC Breast Cancer Screening Program a national model

the north carolina breast cancer screening program, designed to address health disparities between African-American and white women in eastern North Carolina, has been designated a Research-tested Intervention Program (RTIP) by the National Cancer Institute, making program information available to others throughout the U.S. Led by Jo Anne Earp, ScD, professor of health behavior and health education, and developed by Earp and other UNC faculty members and students, the program continues to be requested Dr. Andrew Olshan Dr. Ivan Rusyn by community organizations nearly two decades after its launch. Read more at http://tinyurl. com/nc-bc-screening. Olshan, Rusyn serve on NRC committee Study: Health-funded National Longitudinal Study a panel of the National Academy of of Adolescent Health. They found that 19 Sciences’ National Research Council final- Nearly one percent of the more than 14,000 men and ized a report in spring 2011 evaluating the in five young women participants who were between 24 Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) adults has and 32 years old in 2008 had elevated blood assessment of formaldehyde, a chemical pressure (hypertension). About half of those commonly used in industry and medicine. hypertension had been told by a health-care provider that Andrew Olshan, PhD, professor and chair of they had the condition. epidemiology, was a vice-chair of the 15-per- Quynh Nguyen “The findings indicated that many young son panel, and Ivan Rusyn, PhD, professor of adults are at risk of developing heart disease environmental sciences and engineering, was in a study published in the journal but are unaware they have hypertension,” a panel member. Epidemiology (see http://tinyurl.com/young- says epidemiology doctoral student and lead The report is available at http://tinyurl. adult-hypertension), UNC researchers ana- author Quynh Nguyen. com/formaldehyde-report. lyzed data from the National Institutes of

Water and health conference brings Control and Prevention, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Save the Children, The World Bank and others. international experts to Chapel Hill Sponsors included the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Procter & Gamble Children’s Safe Drinking Water program, Pfizer Inc., more than 450 attendees, including International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the world’s leading water experts, gathered in Aquatest, Environmental Science & Technology journal, FHI 360, Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 3–7, 2011, for the sec- Neerman Research & Consulting, ProCleanse Water Filtration, Suez ond annual conference on “Water and Health: Environnement/United Water, and Water and Sanitation Rotarian Where Science Meets Policy.” Hosted by the Action Group. Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Water Pfizer Inc. sponsored a keynote lecture by Jeff Chapin, senior Institute at UNC and the College of Arts and designer at global design firm IDEO (www.ideo.com). Chapin designed Sciences’ UNC Institute for the Environment, an award-winning, low-cost latrine — 40,000 of which have been sold Dr. Jamie Bartram the conference focused upon water-related in rural Cambodia. See a video of Chapin’s talk at http://tinyurl.com/ research, policy and practice. unc-water-chapin-talk. Jamie Bartram, PhD, director of the Water Institute and professor “The water and health conference is part of an ongoing effort to of environmental sciences and engineering at UNC’s public health bring UNC’s WaSH [water, sanitation and hygiene] expertise to bear on school, and Lawrence E. Band, PhD, director of the Institute for the the growing challenges of providing safe water and adequate sanitation Environment and Voit Gilmore Distinguished Professor of Geography, to the people of North Carolina, the nation and the world,” Bartram were co-directors. says. “It is the annual event in the field where real issues are tackled Attendees from nearly 35 countries represented a wide range of with imagination, innovation and commitment.” organizations, including the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, The 2012 conference is scheduled for Oct. 29 – Nov. 2 in Chapel the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CARE, U.S. Centers for Disease Hill. Learn more at www.waterinstitute.unc.edu.

12 | Winter 2011–2012 u nc gi l l i ng s s c ho ol of glob a l pu bl ic h e a lt h AWA R DS & RecognitionS m ay – nov em ber 2011

Read more at www.sph.unc.edu/recognitions_and_awards.

Dr. Wizdom Powell Dr. Eugenia Eng Dr. Bahjat Qaqish Dr. Noel Brewer Dr. Barry Popkin Dr. Bonnie Rogers Hammond

Powell Hammond selected as White Society of Radiologic Technologists’ Jean I. is an endowed faculty position awarded to House Fellow Widger Distinguished Author Award. He outstanding scholars and teachers. Popkin wizdom powell hammond, phd, co-authored “Survey of R.T.s with doctor- has been a nutrition faculty member at UNC assistant professor of health behavior and ates: Barriers to conducting research,” which since 1977. health education, was named to the 2011– appeared in the May/June 2010 issue of the Popkin also received the Obesity Society’s 2012 class of White House Fellows, serving journal Radiologic Technology. 2011 Mickey Stunkard Lifetime Achieve- in the U.S. Department of Defense. Read ment Award, presented to those who have more at http://tinyurl.com/powell-hammond. Brewer wins Hettleman Prize made outstanding contributions to the field noel brewer, phd, associate profes- of obesity through scholarship, mentorship Eng receives ASPH/Pfizer award sor of health behavior and health education, and education. He presented the Stunkard Lecture at the Society’s 2011 meeting, held eugenia (geni) eng, drph, profes- received the 2011 Hettleman Prize for Artis- Oct. 1–5 in Orlando, Fla. sor of health behavior and health education, tic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Fac- received the 2011 Association of Schools of ulty at UNC-Chapel Hill. Brewer conducts Rogers to lead NIOSH board Public Health (ASPH)/Pfizer Faculty Award research that is “demanding, meticulous, for Excellence in Academic Public Health creative” and that influences disciplines far bonnie rogers, drph, associate pro- Practice. The award recognizes those whose beyond the field of public health, says depart- fessor of public health leadership and nurs- careers have advanced and integrated schol- ment chair Jo Anne Earp, ScD. ing, was appointed in June as chair of the arly public health practice through research, National Institute for Occupational Safety teaching and service. Popkin named Kenan Professor, wins and Health’s Board of Scientific Counselors. lifetime achievement award NIOSH is part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Qaqish wins author award barry popkin, phd, was named a W.R. Control and Prevention. bahjat qaqish, md, phd, associate pro- Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutri- fessor of biostatistics, received the American tion, effective July 1. The Kenan Professorship

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Dr. Michael Aitken Dr. Curt Rhodes

Bonnie Lyon and Dori Steinberg

examines better ways to measure blood pressure and assess people’s overall cardio- vascular disease risk.

students

(L–R) Dr. Jon Hussey, Amanda Holliday and Fifteen students received 2011–2012 Gillings Pearl Kaplan Claire Lin Dr. Gerardo Heiss Merit Scholarships. They are Valerie Smith (biostatistics); Wendy Marth (environmental sciences and engineering); Alexandre Lock- Heiss, Hussey and Holliday honored for Pearl Kaplan, master’s degree candidate hart (epidemiology); Marissa Hall and Lauren teaching and mentorship in environmental sciences and engineer- Mary Hill (health behavior and health educa- ing, received a Fulbright grant to conduct three faculty members were hon- tion); Autumn Locklear, Makenzie McIntosh, research in Montréal, Canada, on the tox- ored at the School’s May 7 commencement LeVelton Thomas and Kerone Walker (health icity of ozonated wastewater containing for their roles in developing the next genera- policy and management); Molly Ruben and pharmaceuticals. tion of public health leaders. Gerardo Heiss, Melissa Sanchez (maternal and child health); MD, PhD, was presented with the John E. Stephanie Mazzucca and Emma Tzioumis Elaine Lo, second-year Master of Public Larsh Jr. Award for Mentorship, and Jon (nutrition); and Jennifer Neumann and Scott Health student in health behavior and health Hussey, PhD, and Amanda Holliday, MS, Owens (Public Health Leadership Program). education, was selected for the Graduate received the Edward G. McGavran Award Education Diversity Internship Program, for Excellence in Teaching. Representatives from UNC’s Department sponsored by the American Evaluation of Biostatistics were in top form at the 2011 Association. Aitken and Olshan reappointed as chairs Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held July 30 michael aitken, phd, professor of – Aug. 4 in Miami. Graduate students won Bonnie Lyon and Dori Steinberg received environmental sciences and engineering, and a video competition, a statistics team bowl 2011–2012 Gillings Dissertation Awards to Andrew Olshan, PhD, professor of epidemiol- competition and individual bowl awards. advance their dissertation research. Lyon, in ogy, have been reappointed for five years as Participants in the video, “A Statistical New environmental sciences and engineering, is chairs of their respective departments. Dean World,” included director Diana Lam and evaluating public health impact of ultraviolet Barbara K. Rimer praised them as ‘outstand- fellow students Eric Jay Daza, Christian treatment of water. Steinberg, in nutrition, ing’ leaders. Both began their terms as chairs Douglas, Alison Wise, Jennifer Clark, Supra- studies whether daily self-weighing by adults in 2006. teek Kundu and Annie Green Howard. The affects weight loss. JSM is the largest gathering of statisticians Viera honored with faculty award held in North America, attracting more than Shoshana Goldberg, master’s student in anthony viera, md, mph, received 6,000 people. The video is available at http:// maternal and child health, was selected as the UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. James tinyurl.com/StatisticalNewWorld. an American Public Health Association W. Woods Junior Faculty Award. Viera is (APHA) student fellow for 2011–2012. co-associate director of the Health Care and Prevention Master of Public Health Explore the School through social media! Diana Chirovsky, MS, and Ching-Ching concentration in the School’s Public Health Visit www.sph.unc.edu/connections. (Claire) Lin, MHS, health policy and Leadership Program. His current research management doctoral students, received

14 | Winter 2011–2012 He most recently served with the U.N. in Niger and as an adjunct research scientist on community health care at Columbia Univer- sity Earth Institute.

Denise Jean Jamieson, MD, MPH, 1991 maternal and child health alumna, received one of UNC’s five 2011 Distinguished Alumni Diana Chirovsky Emma Din Awards. She accepted the award on Oct. 12, Charletta Sims Evans Dr. Denise Jamieson during University Day, an annual event com- memorating the University’s founding.

Emma Din, a May 2011 health policy and management graduate, received a Fulbright fellowship to teach English in Colombia from July 2011 to May 2012.

Three recent alumnae received fellowships Dr. Andrew Olshan Lisa Perry from the Centers for Disease Control and Dio Kavalieratos Brittan Wood Prevention. Undergraduate alumnae Rachele Bowman (2010) and Katie Byerly (2011) are fellowships in global health economics and part of the CDC’s Public Health Associate staff outcomes research sponsored by Bristol- Program. Elise Lockamy, MSPH (2011), was Brittan Williams Wood, MPH, received Myers Squibb (BMS). awarded a three-year CDC Public Health the Charles G. Jordan Memorial Award at Prevention Service Fellowship. the N.C. Public Health Association/South- Dio Kavalieratos, doctoral candidate in ern Health Association joint conference in health policy and management, was selected Alyzza Dill, health policy and management Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 22. Wood, accredi- for a one-year term as the student member on alumna, was selected as a 2011 Barbara tation administrator with the School’s N.C. the American Journal of Public Health edito- Jordan Health Scholar. She served during Institute for Public Health, also won the N.C. rial board (http://ajph.aphapublications.org). the summer in the office of U.S. Rep. Jesse Public Health Association’s Special Award Jackson Jr., of Illinois, learning about health and “Public Health All Star” citation. Anand Kurup, a health policy and man- policy issues that affect racial and ethnic agement student in the School’s executive minorities and underserved communities. Lisa Perry, maternal and child health busi- doctoral program in health leadership, was ness manager, received the School’s 2011 first prize winner in the public health section Mahyar Mofidi, PhD, DMD, received the Staff Excellence Award. The annual award of the 2011 British Medical Book Awards. A Junior Officer of the Year Award from the recognizes excellent attitude, leadership and resident of Geneva, Kurup was recognized by United States Public Health Services Com- outstanding initiative. the British Medical Association for Equity, missioned Corps. Mofidi received master’s Social Determinants and Public Health Pro- (2000) and doctoral (2005) degrees from Charletta Sims Evans, MEd, was named grammes, co-authored with Erik Blas (World the School. He serves as chief dental officer the School’s new assistant dean for student Health Organization, 2010). for the U.S. Health Resources and Services affairs, effective Oct. 3. Evans leads the Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau. Office of Student Affairs, providing student alumni outreach and recruitment, advising and Curt Rhodes, PhD, founder and interna- A 1999 alumnus of UNC Gillings School counseling on academic and career choices, tional director of Questscope (www.quest- of Global Public Health was named Haiti’s managing orientations and commencement, scope.org), a nonprofit social development prime minister on Oct. 4. Garry Conille, and conducting other duties. She succeeds organization, was named a Social Entre- MD, MPH, senior U.N. development special- Felicia Mebane, PhD, who had served in the preneur of the Year in October 2011 by the ist and former aide to president Bill Clinton, position since 2005. Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepre- received a Master of Public Health degree in neurship (www.schwabfound.org). Rhodes health policy and administration (now HPM). received a master’s degree in parasitology and laboratory practice from the School in 1976.

carolina public health | 15 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Annual Research Report 2010–2011

An interview with Sandra L. Martin, PhD

Martin has served since 2007 as associate dean for How would you characterize the School’s research research at UNC Gillings School of Global Public efforts over the past year? Health. Having joined the School’s faculty in 1990, We are doing very well. We received $165 million in she is professor and associate chair for research grants and contracts this year to fund an amazingly in the Department of Maternal and Child Health. broad and rich research program. We averaged Recent honors include UNC’s Carolina Leadership 2.65 grants/contracts per faculty member — which Council Faculty Mentoring Award for 2010 and is impressive, considering how much work goes into nomination for the Best Paper of Year Award (2011) writing proposals. About 80 percent of our research from the journal Violence Against Women for her was funded by the federal government. The fact work on “Substance use by soldiers who abuse that we don’t know how much federal support will their spouses.” be available in coming years underscores the impor- Dr. Sandra Martin tance of our individual and corporate donors.

Types of funding for grants and contracts awarded to principal investigators at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (fiscal years ending June 30)

The majority of external funding in fiscal year 2011 (80 percent) was from the federal government.

$175

$150

$125

$100 Other state governments $75 Industry Dollars in millions

$50 N.C. government Other nonprofit organizations $25 Foundations

0 Federal government FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011

16 | carolina public health winter 2011–2012 How has the economy affected funding for School What about funding for students? researchers? Our faculty members have a strong track record in There is no doubt that this economy is very chal- the area of training-grant funding, awards that help lenging, but I’m so pleased to tell you that this year, to fund many of our students’ educational experi- our faculty members have been awarded a record ences. This year, we received more than $4.4 million amount of research funding — quite an accomplish- for training grants from the National Institutes for ment in light of today’s harsh economic realities. Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, What does one say about research that continues and other nonprofit agencies. to be supported despite a decrease in the overall research dollars available from funders? I see it as testament to the innovative and important nature of the research being done here at Gillings School The research conducted at our School of Global Public Health. not only helps to find solutions to Is there opportunity for students to be involved in some of the most vexing public health faculty members’ research at the School? Absolutely. The research conducted at our School problems; it also serves as an ideal training not only helps to find solutions to some of the most “ vexing public health problems; it also serves as an ground for our students. —Dr. Sandra Martin ideal training ground for our students. Most of our research projects include student research assis- tants. Working alongside faculty members, students Our training grants focus on infectious disease, get real-world research experiences — valuable train- maternal and child obesity, environmental health, ing that will help them to develop into independent cancer, health disparities, toxicology, mental health researchers. services and systems, and reproductive, perinatal and pediatric health. The grants provide support to ” cover tuition and stipends as well as training-related activities for our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows so they can enter the workforce as highly trained leaders in the field of public health.

Number of awards for grants and contracts to principal Dollars awarded from grants and contracts to principal investigators at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health investigators at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (fiscal years ending June 30) (fiscal years ending June 30)

Principal investigators at the School were awarded 429 grants Members of the School’s faculty were awarded $165 million and contracts during fiscal year 2011, an average of 2.65 per for grants and contracts in fiscal year 2011. faculty investigator.

450 $175

400 429 $150 164.8 400 399 350 384 380 150.2 370 $125 142.4 300 117.4 250 $100 114.5 103.8 200 $75 Dollars in millions Number of awards 150 $50 100 $25 50

0 0 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011

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“Your gifts are an investment in impact. You help us recruit and retain the strongest faculty, support innovations in research, practice and teaching, and train the next generation of public health leaders. Your support enables us to achieve the bottom line on our most important balance sheet — to find solutions to some of the greatest health threats and problems across North Carolina and around the world. That’s the differ- ence your gifts make and the difference we can make together!”

– Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor

Gillings School of Global Public Health Honor Roll of Donors and Partners

july 1, 2010 – june 30, 2011

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$1,000,000 to $5,000,000 Anonymous Sloan-Kettering Institute North Carolina Public Health Centers for Disease Control Southern California Coastal Water Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Research Project Penn State University Jill & Michael Edwin Kafrissen ChildFund International Susan G. Komen for the Cure Barry Michael Popkin Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Children’s Hospital – Boston University of California – Research Triangle Institute Connecticut Children’s Medical San Francisco Right to Care $500,000 to $999,999 Center Washington University in St. Louis Triangle Community Foundation Anonymous (2) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute The Wistar Institute United Health Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Duke University University of Georgia Columbia University Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS $50,000 to $99,999 University of Massachusetts Electric Power Research Institute Foundation American Chemistry Council Virginia & John Sall Harvard University American Diabetes Association $25,000 to $49,999 Ohio State University International Association of Cannon Foundation Anonymous (3) Plumbing and Coca-Cola Company Association of State & Territorial Mechanical Officials $250,000 to $499,999 The COPD Foundation Health Officials King Abdullah University of Amgen Inc. Mathile Institute for the AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals of Donors and Partners Anonymous Science & Technology Advancement of Human LP – US Kraft Foods Inc. Rhode Island Hospital Nutrition Boston University Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium University of Washington Medical University of South Brigham and Women’s Hospital Merck & Company Carolina Carolinas Center for Medical Mount Sinai School of Medicine Mid-Course Coalition/Baker Excellence $100,000 to $249,999 Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation Botts LLP Case Western Reserve University American Heart Association San Diego State University North Carolina Coalition Against CEFIC European Chemical American Institute for Cancer Research Foundation Domestic Violence Industry Council Research Sanofi

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Charles River Laboratories Esther Maria John Jo Eaddy & Gerardo Heiss Alice D. White Clinical Services Michael Edwin Kafrissen Hologic Inc. Susan Willey & Allen Spalt Eisai Research Institute CL Lassiter Peter Bert Imrey Ann & Ronald Wooten Gilead Sciences Louisiana Bucket Brigade in honor of Gary Koch Jennifer & Donald Holzworth Diane & Ralph Medcalf Betty Kenan $1,000 to $2,499 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Michigan State University Carolyn J. & Gary Koch Michael Aitken & Betsy Rudolph Research Center Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Anne & Jonathan Kotch American Legacy Foundation Jackson Medical Mall Foundation Development America Inc. Miriam Labbok Association of NC Boards Amy Lansky Mpex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Terese S. & Mark H. Merrill of Health Makhteshim-Agan of North Mylan Inc. Stephen Allen Morse Kathleen D. Barboriak America Inc. NeurogesX Inc. David Edward Pinsky James Joseph Barry III Momentum Research James E. Nix Christopher J. 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Clements III & Schering-Plough Research Institute Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Inc. in honor of Dana Quade Martha Ann Keels Schwarz BioSciences Inc. Greg & Paula Brown Stafford Michela Caruso & David J. Ballard Joann C. & Ralph Cook Gauri & Pranab Sen Stop Hunger Now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in honor of Carl Shy Tellus Educational Foundation Inc. Teva Pharmaceuticals Stacy-Ann Christian in memory of Al Tyroler UNICEF Theravance Inc. Kourtney Johnston Davis David E. Cooper Universidad del Valle de Mary S. Thompson Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Alan L. Copland Guatemala Douglas Blair Tully Futures Group Global Inc. David J. Couper University of California at Davis University of Florida Research Paula Billingsley Harrison in memory of James Hosking University of Texas at Austin Foundation Hydro Research Foundation Georgia G. dela Cruz Wake Forest University School of University of Kentucky Research Hong Li Keith Allen Demke Medicine Foundation Julie MacMillan Chester W. Douglass Louise & Derek Winstanly University of Minnesota John P. McConnell Foundation Ramona & Alan DuBose University of Texas at Houston Felicia Mebane Jo Anne & Shelley Earp University of Wisconsin – Madison $10,000 to $24,999 Mary L. & James A. Merchant Sara Anne Ephross Phyllis & Robert Verhalen Abbott Laboratories New Connections: Increasing Kenneth L. Eudy Jr. XenoPort Inc. Marcia Angle & Mark Trustin Diversity of RWJF Programming in honor of Dave Potenziani Chen-yu & Ray-Whay Chen Yen Arena Pharmaceuticals OMG Center for Collaborative MaryAnn Cross Farthing Gail L. Young H. Michael & Barbara Arrighi Learning Edwin B. Fisher in honor of Julie & David Potenziani Lyne Gamble & Kathryn Yandell Marion and Victor Schoenbach $5,000 to $9,999 Jennifer & James Rosen Jay Marshall Goldring Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sheryl Wallin Abrahams Akenji Satia Andrea & Michael Griffin of Minnesota in memory of Linda Southern Anna Pittman & Barbara & Jim Grizzle Laura & Fred Brown Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention James Simpson Schenck IV in memory of Celgene Corporation Coalition of North Carolina Christopher Roman Schulz Regina Elandt-Johnson Children’s Hospital Medical Center American Water Works Anna Maria Siega-Riz Priscilla Alden Guild Nancy Ann Dreyer Association Ilene C. Siegler & Leslie & Philip Gura EMD Sereno Inc. Anonymous Charles D. Edelman Nancy Haigwood Florida State University Delton Atkinson Carolyn & Steven Sloate in honor of Forest Laboratories Inc. Sterling Wilson Bell Paul Edward Stang Benjamin Paul Scandella Sandra Bartholomew Greene Patricia W. & Lydia Lansangan Tiosejo Richard Hammel Estate of Anita Marie Harris Edward Carroll Bryant in honor of Rosanne Hanratty Howard County (Md.) Health Nivedita Buzzetta Dr. Norman F. Weatherly Lucy S. & C. David Hardison Department Deniese May Chaney Together Rx Access Karen & David Harper Human Genome Sciences Inc. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia John Chester Triplett Naomi & Wayne Harris InterMune Inc. Leah McCall Devlin David Marc Turner James R. Hendricks International Council on Clean Howard J. Dunn William J. Tyroler Suzanne Havala Hobbs Transportation Bodil & George Gellman in memory of Deborah Parham Hopson International Water Association Cynthia Girman Marilyn & Al Tyroler Spencer Brian Howard Jewish Community Foundation of Peggy & Cam Glenn University of Wisconsin Sallie Craig Huber MetroWest New Jersey Bob & Kristen Greczyn Population Health Institute Barbara & Jerry Hulka

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The Rosenau Society is named in honor of Milton J. Rosenau, the first dean of UNC’s public health school. Membership in the Rosenau Society is limited to benefactors making a minimum unrestricted contribution of $1,000 or more to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health or one of its departments. Membership must be renewed on an annual basis.

Rosenau S ociety Membership July 1, 2010–June 30, 2011

President’s Circle Charles Wayne Kinsey Jianwen Cai & Haibo Zhou Molly Loomis ($5,000–$25,000) Peggy Leatt & George Pink David Wayne Campbell Robert Martin Hong Li Cynthia Cassell & Sandy Martin & Larry Kupper Marcia Angle & Mark Trustin Julie MacMillan Richard Botwright Terese S. & Mark H. Merrill Sterling Wilson Bell Danita McAllister Ward Cates Jesse Milan Deniese May Chaney Kit & John McConnell in honor of Barbara K. Rimer Robert C. Millikan Cynthia Girman Felicia Mebane Dennis A. Clements III & Mona Marie Moon Peggy & Cam Glenn Sarah Taylor Morrow Martha Ann Keels Dara Lee Murphy Bob & Kristen Greczyn Charlotte & Miguel Nuñez-Wolff Joann C. & Ralph R. Cook Jeanenne Little Nelson Jennifer & Donald Holzworth Julie & David Potenziani in memory of Al Tyroler Sharon Nicholson-Harrell Peter J. Imrey Rebecca Raymond & David E. Cooper Jeffrey Oberhaus & Brent Wishart in honor of Gary Koch Michael Stangl Leah McCall Devlin James P. O’Connell Esther Maria John Jennifer & James Rosen Ramona & Alan DuBose Andrew Olshan & Linda Levitch Michael E. Kafrissen Anna Pittman & Jo Anne & Shelley Earp Edith Parker Betty Kenan James Simpson Schenck IV Kenneth L. Eudy Jr. John E. Paul Carolyn J. & Gary G. Koch Anna Maria Siega-Riz in honor of Dave Potenziani Herbert B. Peterson Diane & Ralph Medcalf Ilene C. Siegler & Edwin B. Fisher Jerry Salak Barbara K. Rimer & Charles D. Edelman Lyne Gamble & Kathryn Yandell James K. Schaefer Bernard Glassman Celette Skinner Jay Marshall Goldring Marion & Victor Schoenbach Virginia & John Sall Carolyn & Steven Sloate Andrea & Michael Griffin Mary & Ernie Schoenfeld Louise & Derek Winstanly Allen & Susan Willey Spalt Priscilla Alden Guild Jacqueline van der Horst Sergent Paul Edward Stang Leslie & Philip Gura Brian Shinoda Chancellor’s Circle Penny Thompson Nancy Haigwood Ruth Ann Shults Lydia Lansangan Tiosejo Richard Hammel Sylvia & Steven Snapinn ($2,000–$4,999) in honor of Rosanne Hanratty William A. & Michele A. Sollecito Sheryl Wallin Abrahams Dr. Norman F. Weatherly Lucy S. & C. David Hardison June Stevens & Michael Sheppa in memory of Linda Southern John Chester Triplett James R. Hendricks David Steffen & Jill Kerr Michael D. Aitken & Alice D. White Suzanne Havala Hobbs Sarah Strunk Betsy Rudolph Jack Eugene Wilson Deborah Parham Hopson Virginia Suarez H. Michael & Barbara Arrighi Ann & Ronald Wooten Sallie Craig Huber Sandra & James Swenberg Laura & Fred Brown Stacey & Mark Yusko Joseph G. Ibrahim Russell Barner Toal

Patricia W. & Thomas V. Jones William Tyroler Edward Carroll Bryant Dean’s Circle Pamela & Michael Kosorok in memory of Kourtney Johnston Davis Kenneth S. Ladrach Marilyn & Al Tyroler ($1,000–$1,999) Sara Ephross Lisa Morrissey LaVange Phyllis & Robert Verhalen Karen & David Harper Kathleen D. Barboriak in honor of Gary Koch Bobbi Wallace Paula Billingsley Harrison Deborah Bender & John Curry Sheila Leatherman Dianne Stanton Ward Barbara & Jerry Hulka Peggy Bentley Danyu Lin Janet & Paul Wiles James D. Kinard LaMont Bryant Douglas S. Lloyd Diane & Thomas Yerg

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Joan Cornoni Huntley Joseph G. Ibrahim Mary Ellen James Carl R. Johnson Thomas V. Jones Ellen & Bert Kaplan Jill Kerr & David Steffen Virginia & James Kinard Charles Wayne Kinsey Emil J. Klingenfus Lynn Koss Knauff Peter Jonathan Kolsky Pamela & Michael Kosorok Andrew Kubiak Kenneth S. Ladrach Lisa Morrissey LaVange in honor of Gary Koch Margaret Edith Layne Sheila Leatherman Peggy Leatt & George Pink Mazie Jones Levenson Zhong (seated at table, right) provided health information to earthquake victims in China in 2008. Danyu Lin Douglas S. Lloyd Harry Leon Lobsenz Foundation Molly Loomis Robert Martin Sandy Martin & Larry Kupper Victor Wenze Zhong Doctoral student, Nutrition Danita McAllister Jesse Milan Sanofi/UNC Global Nutrition Scholar Robert C. Millikan The Minneapolis Foundation Mona Marie Moon Alan Coningsby Moore Sarah Taylor Morrow I was so impressed by the power of Dara Lee Murphy The National Christian scientific research and its role in improving Foundation Jeanenne Little Nelson people’s health that I decided to devote myself Sharon Nicholson-Harrell to public health research in the future. Charlotte & Miguel Nuñez-Wolff “ Jeffrey Oberhaus & Brent Wishart James P. O’Connell Victor Wenze Zhong Andrew Olshan & Linda Levitch Debra & Phillip Olsson in memory of Laurel Zaks Victor Zhong’s interest in public health was triggered by a national catastrophe. A destructive 8.0- Leonard Oppenheimer magnitude earthquake occurred in China’s Sichuan province on” May 12, 2008, killing more than Edith Parker 86,000 people. John E. Paul “My strong compassion and sense of responsibility were stimulated when I heard that public health Herbert B. Peterson and reconstruction work required more volunteers,” Zhong says. Despite the risks from frequent Rebecca Raymond & aftershocks, he organized a voluntary service team of eight undergraduates and went to affected areas Michael Stangl to provide assistance. John Rex Endowment He is most proud of a statistical analysis he and his group conducted from first-hand data in the Linda & Alan Rimer field and the subsequent submission of proposals to local governments. Some of the proposals, such as Jo Ann L. Roth sterilizing water regularly and giving sufficient first aid, were adopted. Jeanette & R. Gary Rozier Patricia D. Saddier When he began work as a research assistant in Tongji Medical College’s public health school, he Jerry Salak was attracted to a project about diabetes, an illness from which a dear friend was suffering. Donna & James Schaefer “Diabetes undoubtedly has become a worldwide epidemic and a leading threat to human health Marion & Victor Schoenbach and development,” Zhong says. “The world calls for more people to join the battle against diabetes, Mary & Ernie Schoenfeld taking up the challenge as a lifetime career. I am one of them.” SciMetrika Jacqueline van der Horst Sergent Read about the impact of diabetes worldwide on page 23. Brian Shinoda

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Ruth Ann Shults William Sheffield McCoy $250 to $499 David Louis Dodson Gladys Siegel John McGuire Michael James Dziamba AMEC Earth & Celette Skinner Gladys & David McNelis East Chapel Hill Rotary Club Environmental Inc. Sylvia & Steven Snapinn Virginia & Wilbur Milhous Laurie D. Elam-Evans Nikita Arya State Employees’ Combined Philip Keith Mitchell Cheryl Homzak Ewald Susan Shearer Atkinson Campaign Timothy James Mukoda Jenifer & Tom Faulkner Axiom Environmental Inc. June Stevens & Michael Sheppa Raymond Joseph Nierstedt Paul Jay Feldblum Patricia Michel Backus Sarah Strunk Richard Jay Osborne Laurel Ann Files Edmund Gerald Barron Virginia Suarez Larry Spencer Parker Jr. Elizabeth Ann Franko Sheri Ruth Bates Sandra & James Swenberg Zoe Henderson Parker Lisa Armsrees Gillespie Douglas Alan Bell Rosalind Thomas & David Strogatz Howard B. Perry David Allan Green Russell Barner Toal Michael Craig Griffiths Bobbi Wallace Kerry Brent Hafner Dianne Stanton Ward Anders W. Hall Water and Sanitation Rotarian Naomi Jean Hall Action Group Carolyn Cantlay Hart See the feature on Victor Zhong on page 22. Janet & Paul Wiles About diabetes Joan Hedgecock & Diane & Thomas Yerg Richard Gargagliano John Sterling Young Jr. Elaine B. Hoffman Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not Stacey & Mark Yusko Virginia & George Howard produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin Embry & Joseph Howell it produces. Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar. $500 to $999 Hilary Louise Isacson Susan & Ted Johnson Amgen Foundation – MG According to the World Health Organization: Baxter Lee Jones Arcadis Joseph Francis Kanney Stephen Charles Ayala • 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. Linda Marie Kaste Edward L. Baker • In 2004, an estimated 3.4 million people died from consequences J. David Kirby Barbara Anne Barr of high blood sugar. Helen Rosalie Kohler Elaine & Stephen Berman • More than 80 percent of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle- Lawrence David Kornreich William Cudd Blackwelder income countries. Sandhya & Anand Lagoo Michael Austin Boyd • Diabetes deaths are expected to double between 2005 and 2030. Roberta Sevin Lane Douglas Donaldson Bradham • Healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a normal body Sheri Johnson Lawrence Lynda & Scott Bryant-Comstock weight and avoiding tobacco use can prevent or delay the onset David Ernest Layland Terri Ann Colangelo of type 2 diabetes. Kelvin K. Lee Richard Francis Cole Carol Christine Leininger Jean Marie Colthurst Marcia Joanne Levenstein Deborah Lee Covington Barcey & Steven Levy Ronnie McConnell Davis Henry N. Lin Ann & Francis DiGiano Yu Lou & Jun-Guo Zhao William Bruce Dowbiggin Stephen Praissman Christine & Robert Berndt Elaine & Lee Marcus George Roy Elmore Jr. Laura & Charles Reece Aaron Earl Blair Meera Tina Markanda Susan Tompkins Ennett Thomas Cleveland Ricketts III Emily Trexler Blair Marsha Ann & Monte Masten Karen & Stuart Gansky Karen & Mark Rodin Lynn W. Blanchard Craig Stephen Maughan Jerry Gray Gentry sanofi pasteur Linda Boise Mary McCutchen & Jeffrey B. Graham Margaret Scales & Kerrie Eileen Boyle David Utterback Estate of Kenneth Gutterman Graydon Pleasants Jr. Jo Ellen Brandmeyer Susan Lee McIntyre Hazen and Sawyer, P.C. Michael Gerard Schell Peiffer Allen Brandt Anne & William McMahon Elizabeth & Scott Hilles Robert E. Silverman S. Scott Brown Gary John Mihlan Robert Lee Hines Dale Ruth Singer Susan & Kelly Browning Beverly Nieman Mirman David Lee Hlavac Mark D. Sobsey James Paul Bulman Carlon Virgina Jackson Mitchell Mary Hynes-Berry & Rachel Humphries Stevens Camp Dresser & McKee David H. Moreau Gordon Berry Tamaurus Jerome Sutton Mercedes Renee Carnethon Hal Morgenstern Jonathan V. James John Henry Sweitzer Linda M. Cecarelli Mary Margaret H. Mundt in memory of Jeanie & David Taylor Shine Chang Jacob Alan Neufeld Rebecca James Baker Vanessa & Richard Thorsten Helen & Robert Clawson Erin Marie Nichols Nalin Johri Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance Coastal Community North Carolina Breastfeeding Maighread & Oliver Kelly United Way of Forsyth Foundation of SC Coalition Mary Lou & Kenneth Koury County Inc. Michael Alexander Crabb III James Notaro Dhruva Kumar Meredith Vieira Eleanor Alene Crocker Mary & Donald Oberlin Jennifer Elston Lafata in honor of Noah Kotch Katherine Elizabeth Crosson Timothy Wade Okabayashi Marie & Don Lauria Fredrick Seymour Whaley E. Stewart Crumpler Anne Townsend Overman Clara Lee & William Miller Winston-Salem Foundation Carol Zies Cuatrecasas Cora & Ronald Parker Julia Kraemer Lerche Richard Vance Wolfenden Stephen Robert Daniels David Leonard Parks Catherine Rowland Liemohn Grover Cleveland Wrenn Jr. Andy Diamondstein

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Anu Patel Mary Beth Blauwet Mun Hui Chia C. Thomas DeLong Jamie Perin Heidemarie W. Boas Cheng Hsiung Chiang Juli J. Desjardins Lewis William Pollack Daniel Hughston Booth Joan Christison-Lagay Jan DeWaters & Stefan Grimberg Xiang Qin David Borasky Joyce A. Christopher Linda Webster Dicker Margo Lynn Quiriconi James Henry Borchardt Alice W. Chuang Robert Arthur Diseker Rain Water Solutions Inc. Aleta Alyce Borrud Emily & Andrew Cittadine Stephen Wayne Dixon Brian Lee Ramaley Kristen Eastwood Bowers Nancy E. Clapp-Channing Sarah L. Dodson Martha Jean Reddout Robert Ellis Reiman Jr. RTI International Eris Hamrick Russell Donna & William Rutala Susan Marie Sanders Carolina Batis Doctoral student, Nutrition Patricia Gail Schnitzer Renee Schwalberg & John Anton Chuan-Feng Shih Robert James Shimp Research is enjoyable. The whole process Fraser B. Smith J. McNeill Smith Jr. — from coming up with an idea to finding the Paige & Jason Smith Gerald Eugene Speitel Jr. best way to present results — requires a lot of Donald Jeff Spiegel thinking and creativity. Both are skills that I Maura Ellen Stokes “ Anne Nelson Stokley like practicing and developing. Susan E. Strunk Carolina Batis Robert Charles Sykes Gabriel Kodzo Tanson Laurence Octavius Watkins Batis’ research has shown that Mexicans who immigrate to the United States may adopt diets that raise their James Jason West risk of obesity and heart disease. Hear her describe her study in a video at http://tinyurl.com/Batis-UNC. Deborah Marie Winn ” Read more about Batis online at www.sph.unc.edu/cph. $100 to $249 Linda & Lee Adams Daniel Bartholomew Ahern James H. Bowles Jason Andrew Clapsaddle Karl Maximilian Doetsch Barbara Vineyard Alexander Janet H. Bozzone Eloise Ann Clark Lynn Dressler & Jean Elizabeth Alexander Michelle Ruth Bressler Kathryn Clark Benjamin Gilbert M. Taylor Alexander Jr. Linda Thompson Briggs Lawrence Michael Clark Charles Perry Dunbar Brent Andrew Altemose Margaret Dodd Britton Michele Nicole Clark Suzanne Elizabeth Eaton-Jones Terry P. Anderson J. Scott Broome Ronald Harper Clitherow Marianna & J. Wilbert Edgerton Elizabeth Andrews & Chris Hoke David Lee Brown Cheryl Arthur Coble Ellen Ogilvie Edmonds Anonymous (2) Gail Rose Brown W. Gerald Cochran Brenda Kay Edwards Laura Calderon Arena George Cameron Budd Jr. Anne Smith Cole Leah Bennett Edwards Annella Jean Auer Mary & John Buie David Green Cole Suzanne Edwards David Bruce Babcock Karin Kristin Bultman Phyllis & Arthur Collier Dolores Marie Eggers Tom Bacon Elizabeth Doan Bushell Renee Avery Connelly Edward P. Ehlinger Tracy Brazell Baker Victor Marcial Caceres Elizabeth Curtis Cook The El Group Inc. Julia Baldree-Rathke & Leigh Fleming Callahan Emily Rose Miller Cooper Margaret Hilda Elliott Thomas Rathke Shirley Elizabeth Callahan Orlando Coronell Alice Ross Ely Louise M. Ball Marci Kramish Campbell John Charles Cowan Jr. Shandal Shanee Emanuel Sandor Alan Balogh Robert Frederick Campbell Thomas Lawrence Crowe Sharon Ellen Epstein Janine Lenore Barden-O’Fallon Daniel Jonathan Caplan Nancy Bosworth Crutchfield Jose Antonio Felix-Filho C. W. Bartholomai Mary Williams Cappleman Rachanee Anne Curry Cynthia & Will Ferrell Bonnie A. Bass Catherine Chaney Carlton Cameron Cecily D’Alpe Constance Anne Finch Bruce Anthony Behringer Cynthia Carson & David Soliday Charles Eric Danielson Mary & Carl Fisher Constance Ann E. Bell Jenifer & Joseph Carson Dennis John Darcey Kevin Michael Fitzpatrick Michael Peter Bell Suzanne & Juan Carvajal Santanu Kumar Datta Stephen Patrick Flaherty Salli Benedict Diane Joanne Catellier Bonnie Jinnette Dauterman Terry Lynn Flanagan Mark Dean Beuhler Joe Carroll Chambers Gary Don Davidson Robert Lauritz Flewelling Andrea Biddle & Dean Zehnder Grace Robinson Chan Edith Maye Davis Robert Harold Forbes Jr. Elizabeth Hardaway Birkenbeuel Shengder David Chang Richard M. Davis James Summers Forrester Taffey Louise Bisbee Luenda E. Charles Claude Victor Deal Jr. Laurie Judith Fox Michelle Jones Blackmon Anita Miller Chesney Gregory Vladimir de Lissovoy Nora Franceschini

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Linda Frankel & Lewis Margolis Raymond William Hackney Jr. Louise Foushee Horney Lenni William Kangas Bernard Vincent Franko III Phillip Everette Hagwood Mark B. Horton Sarah T. Kavanagh Dianne Murphy Frazier Tricia Hahn & Gary Lipton in memory of Mary Bobbitt Cooke Thomas Charles Keyserling Cynthia Freeman Joumana Khalil Haidar Denise Kathryn Houston Amera Rahman Khan Alexandra Steiner French David Michael Hamby Penelope Page Howards Esther Kim Robert E. Fry Barbara Norton Hamilton Charles Glenn Humble Donna Gayle King Sarah Kent Fry George Howard Hampton Christine Hunt & Gregg Stave Tonya Sharp King Ann & Jeffrey Frymier Nellie Ingrid Hansen Vernon Brock Hunt in memory of Brent Hillard Patricia Natzke Gadow Jean Harris Hanson Jon Muir Hussey Ryan Scott Kingsbury Joyce M. Gallimore Markell Edwin Hardaway Richard Martin Hutson II Charles Walton Kirby III Robert Ernest Gandley Matthew James Harker in memory of Frank H. Barr Judith Cecile Klinck Julia & Brad Gardner Jennifer Shepherd Harris Marshall L. Hyatt Lilin & Matthew Koch Nancy O’Pry Gentry J. Bruce Harstad Denise Marie Hynes Keith Eric Kocher Lynette Moolenaar George Melissa Dawn Hearsch Timothy James Iafolla Ruth & David Koester Ralph George Giannola Gene Albert Heath Marion & C. Christopher Idol Rebecca Ann Kohler Constance Glasby Sharon L. Heinrich Deborah Dundas Ingram Sonja & Van Kollias Ida Patricia Glasgow Karin Janet Hemmingsen Alexander M. Jackson Emery Jenncheng Kong Evelyn Joyce Glass Leora Faye Henkin Anne Margaret Jacobs Stephen Bennett Kritchevsky William Bentley Gloersen Evelyn Small Henson Michael Bradley Jacobs N. Scott Kukshtel Amira & Jonathan Goldsmith Tara Lynn Hickey W. Joe Jacumin Robert John Kutcher Daryl & Nick Gonchoroff Avis Hernwall High James Joseph Jetter Richard King-Fai Kwok Bryan C. Gooding Marion Highriter Elmer Marcus Johnson James Albert Lalumandier Opal Goodridge-Graham Agnes Hill Mark Stevenson Johnson Meredith Anne Larson G. Jay Graepel Alison Sue Rose Hilton Rhondette Lenice Jones Ira Laster Jr. C. Montrose Graham Jr. Kerry Lynn Hilton Todd Allen Jones Paul Thomas Lauria Kathleen Marie Gray Ruth Linder Hines Wanda Kaye Jones in honor of Don Lauria Gary Norman Greenberg Jeanne & Kenneth Hoffner Michele Laura Jonsson Funk Andrew James Lawler Wendy Greene & Russell Helms Gaynelle Hogan Surendra Bhargav Joshi Ava June Lay Prabhjot Grewal Carol Rowland Hogue Mary & William Joyner Clarence Matthews Lee Thomas Seth Grogan Jr. Elizabeth & Edward Holloway Francine Katz Jupiter Elaina Lee Douglas Prescott Guild Richard H. Holmes JustGive Elizabeth Lee & Stephen Bogdewic John R. Guzek William Edward Homovec Richard Miles Kamens Ji-Hyun Lee Andrew Habermacher Christina A. Hoover Sangwook Kang Joseph Gilbert Louis Lee Kerry Lamont Lee Soong Hyun Lee Donald Eric Lentzen Ann Hogan Leonard Geraldine Spitzer Lewis Mehul Patel Doctoral student, Epidemiology Susan Lieff Hanford H. Lin Shao Lin & Jianhua Chen Laura Linnan Patel’s current research examines care Stuart Roger Lipsitz Donald Daniel Lisnerski practices by North Carolina’s Emergency Zhimei Liu & Linfeng Xu Charles Elroy Llewellyn III Medical Services (EMS) personnel for people Joseph Nicholas LoBuglio Vanna Lombardi-Gillies possibly having strokes. He finds that better Rhonda Lynn Lowe trained emergency workers increase the Charmaine P. Lowe-Hoyte Margaret A. Lucking likelihood that life-saving treatments will be in honor of Mr. & Mrs. John B. Wildman and given in a timely way. “Stroke continues to Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wildman Mehul Patel affect the lives of many North Carolinians,” he Gheorghe Luta Lorraine & Andrew Lutton says, “and improving quality of care can make William Whiting Lyon Pia MacDonald an important difference in health outcomes.” Susan Simmons MacLean Norman Angus MacLeod Kathryn Marley Magruder John Franklin Mallard Read more about Patel online at www.sph.unc.edu/cph. in memory of Frank H. Barr

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Edwin Cochran Marshall Katherine Kennedy McLeod Jennifer Leigh Mullendore Kevin Wayne Orndorff Patrick Martin Heather Frances McNamara Kathleen M. Munson Stephen Noyes Orton Cynthia & Merrill Mason Susan Lee McRitchie Anne & Gary Murphy Margaret Ostafin Pradhana & Timothy Mastro Anne Ruth Meibohm Susan L. Murray Bernice Green Otudeko David Leon Matthews II Cindi McPherson Melanson Timothy Keith Myers Aishwarya Palwai Denise Louise Matthews Michelle Marie Mello Irving Nachamkin Jean Pan & Feng Ye Katherine & Sharon & Percy Merritt Dennis Freeman Naugle Linwood Clark Paramore M. Timothy McAdams Mary Jane Mietlowski Holly Neckerman & Kathleen Anne Parker Margaret Ellen Floyd McCann Christopher Perry Miller Douglas Esposito Marie & Roy Parker Nancy E. McCarroll Henry Tyrus Miller Catherine Barrett Newhouser Michael George Parker Anne Sheldon McCook Charles Louis Milone Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols Nancy Jordan Parker Andrew McCown Christine Lorraine Moe Richard Recher Nugent Patricia Diane Parker Sheryl Lynne Parker R. Flynn Paylor Jr. Brian E. Pedersen Susan Grant Phelps Phyllis Clawson Pincus Jonny Crocker Doctoral student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering Jennifer Leigh Platt Marcy Leigh Policastro Susan & Fred Poole Annual Fund Scholar Beverly Poppell Sally Grabe Poux Kenna Powell Sujatha Prabhakaran Frequent infectious disease from E. Charlton Prather Benjamin Silver Pratt lack of safe drinking water is a constant obstacle, John Stephen Preisser Jr. in memory of C. William Snyder keeping children from attending school Laurie & Steven Prentice-Dunn and adults from working. I hope to spend my Nancy Easter Proia “ Noreen & Michael Qualls career working on solutions to alleviate the James Benjamin Quartey Robert Martin Quillin disease burden, helping these individuals Rose M. Quinto Paula A. Quirin reach their full potential. Alan J. Rabideau Jonny Crocker George Justice Race Maura Smith Rampolla Carolyn & Bobby Redding Russell Howard Richardson About diarrheal diseases Martha Cornwell Riddell According to the World Health Organization, diarrheal” diseases: John Coulter Ridderhof Thomas Andrew Ridgik Christine & Christopher Rimer • Are responsible for 4.8 percent of the global disease burden (2.2 million deaths Joan & Irving Rimer each year). Susan Kay Ritchie Kelly Elizabeth Ritrievi • Cause 7.2 percent of the disease burden in developing countries, where children Marilyn Colby Rivkin under age 5 suffer the most. Karen Tager Rivo • Caused 2,464,425 deaths worldwide in 2008 — 919,190 in Africa alone. Susan Wenger Robbins Malcolm Clive Roberts • Are attributable to environmental factors, including unsafe drinking water and poor Joan & Sherman Robinson sanitation and hygiene, in 94 percent of cases. in memory of Laurel Zaks Larry Philip Robinson Read more about Crocker online at www.sph.unc.edu/cph. Valerie Robison & Jerry Cegielski Jimmy Lafon Rogers Sr. Lois Collins Rohrer Gene Frederick McCoy Rhonda Burch Moffitt Sean Michael O’Brien John A. Ross Scott Miller McCurley Edward Benjamin Money Jr. Patrick Joseph O’Connor Catherine Palisi Rowan Janna Ruth McDougall Elizabeth Claire Montague Richard Davis Olin Deborah Renee Roy Hazel & John McDowell Patricia Gripka Moorman Jesse O’Neal Susan Russell Leslie Jane McGeorge Beth Moracco William Kevin O’Neil Marjorie Rose Sable Carolyn Elizabeth McLaurin Anna Chaiko Morrill Marie Sylvia O’Neill SABRE Health & Safety

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Michael Carl Sachtleben Howard M. Walters Susan Houts Arnold David Daniel Boree Sara Moir Sarasua Julie L. Ware Richard Allan Aronson Barbara Sue Bostian David Hess Sarr B. Peyton Watson Robert Eric Aronson Claire Bourguet & Everett Logue II Susan Mertz Saviteer Sharon Jean Wayne Amy Preminger Artman Ronald Walter Bousquet Daniel Solomon Schechter Christopher Lee Wearmouth Abena Konadu Asante Helen Boussios & Marc Jacobs Jerald Scott Schindler Herta A. Weber Diane & James Asbill Kathleen Smith Bowman Amy Fox Schmitzer in memory of Ruby N. Isom Uzma Atif Mary Ruth & Frank Bowman Carolyn & Frederick Sexton David Bruce Webster Jr. Catherine Brigid Avery Sarah Elizabeth Boyce Carol J. Shannon Ganesa Rebecca Wegienka Elizabeth & Dennis Ayers Jennifer Morton Boyles Lynn Roberta Shemanski Kathryn Wellman Henry T. Bahnson Kimberly Shuford Bradley Valeria Denise Shropshire Jeffrey Gale Wendle Walter Phillip Bailey Kenneth Franklin Branch Linda Simoni-Wastila Roland Willis Wentworth Jason Guy Baker Robyn & Neil Brayton Elizabeth Hamerschlag Sims Constance & Laurence Wescott John Curry Baker Jr. William S. Brewer Jr. Philip C. Singer Elizabeth Anne Whelan Nancy Ann Baker William Robert Brieger Cheryl & William Singsank Rosita Whitman Philip Morgan Baker Dorothea Smith Brock Michael Neal Sinsheimer Thomas James Wiedemann Miriam Parke Balding Bonnie Lowe Brown Alan James Smith Donald G. Willhoit Rodney Eugene Ball Debra Gatling Brown J. Clinton Smith Cheryl Lindsley Williams Sarah C. Ball Georgia Howell Brown Jonathan Carl Smith Edward Richard Williams Allyson M. Banas Karen Elizabeth Brown David C. Sokal Sara Alice Swigart Williams Violette Kasica Barasch Whitney Walter Brown Patricia & Douglas Spegman Janet & Bruce Willis Carolyn Groce Barbe Beth Brown-Limmer Valerie Lewis Stallings Richard Burton Wilson Wendy Seamans Bardet Wendy Sims Bryant Kathryn Millsaps Stapleton Robert Oakley Winters Robert Bruce Barlow Kyle David Bucher Teresa Russo Starr Choi-Iok Wong & Fu-Chih Hsu Copeland Lee Barnes Janice & Raymond Buck Cheryl Randy Stein Linda Kay Worman Debora L. Barnes-Josiah Glenda Moore Buckley Jeanine Hamlin Stice Wayne Edward Wormsley Lorna Frances Barnett Barbara Joan Buechler Jo Frances Christian Stow Mary Elizabeth Worstell Elizabeth Spruill Barr Ronald Paul Burakoff Howard Mark Surface Robert Stanley Wright Patricia Malinda Barron Robert David Burkett Mary Charles Suther Joy Wu Mildred Bartko Suzanne Kathryn Burlone Richard Anderson Sutton Sharon A. Wultich Jennifer Lee Bass Barbara & Clinton Burnham David John Svendsgaard Stephen S. Yoon Joseph Baird Bass Jr. Joseph Wayne Burris Jr. Myduc L. Ta Carl Nobuo Yoshizawa Vickie E. Bass George Davis Bussey Kara Anne Taff Beverly Ann Young Carol & Michael Baum Brian Calingaert Reid Tatum Martha Royster Young Hilda & Samuel Baum Edward Merrill Campbell Lauralynn Taylor & Zhi-Jie Zheng Mary Ann Baviello & Martha Ellen Campbell John McKernan Zhi Zhong David Barskey Katherine Clifton Cannon Gene Dennis Therriault Katherine Shelden Ziegler Sherrill Crawford Beaman Carey McGinnis Capell Darrol & William Thompson Carroll M. Beckham Robert Francis Cappel Jr. Shirley Jean Thompson Under $100 Suzanne Feikema Beeler Shane Keith Capps Alice Raymond Thomson Alan James Belensz Kim Serden Caraganis Evelyn Larsen Aabel Julie Poh Thurlow Tammy Lynn Belinsky Susan Young Cares Marshall Cecil Abee Samuel Ridley Tipton Jr. H. Earle Belue Margaret Devers Carroll Anita Ann Abraham Anh Tran & Samuel Huang Jane Benson Kathleen Logsdon Carrozza Keir & Nazir Adam Alison Miller Trinkoff Linda & Ronald Benton Lori K. Carswell Barbara F. Adams Marilyn Tseng Judith Berndt-Lorenzen Cecilia Eugenia Casanueva Elizabeth Ann & Jason Adams in memory of Jessie Satia D. Kent Berry L. Douglas Case Wade Calvin Adams Annie Wang Tu Kendall Emenheiser Berry Edward Lynn Casey Laurie Quint Adler Kimberly Dawn Simpson Thomas A. Best Eugene Alan Cassell Rashmi Agarwal Tum Suden Terrence Carter Bethea Judith Gillooly Castranio Indu Bala Ahluwalia Lou Flippin Turner Laura Reisman Beytas Miriam Phillips Cauthen Simone Jamila Akkari Emily Thomason Tyler Maira & Mark Billings Edward Lee Cavenaugh Lorraine Kathleen Alexander Margaret Bliss Umphres Lora Faley Bingham Betty Ellen Caywood Elizabeth Rankin Allen William Alvin Van Wie II Alice Nash Blackwelder Carl Francis Cerco Jay Lloyd Allen Daniel Vance John David Blankfield Janet & Terrell Chalker Heather Kay Altman Joel Ira Verter Margaret Starnes Bliesner Kanwaljot Gill Chance Benjamin Thomas Anders Robert E. Vollinger Jr. Jarol B. Boan Thomas Yancey Chandler Judith Virginia Anderson Julia & John Voyzey Emily Anton Bobrow Jean & Shoou-Yuh Chang Maren Elise Anderson Pat & Edward Wagner F. James Boehm Michael Tsu-Lin Chen Norma Powers Anderson Robert Irving Wakeley Joanna Kehinde Bogunjoko Steven Lewis Chenault Yolanda Banks Anderson Arthur Thomas Wallace Jr. George Foote Bond Jr. Andrea Lynne Cherrington Anonymous Bruce Davis Wallace Michael Lynn Boner Lou Anne Flynt Cheshire Eugene Appel Ralph Gene Wallace Joan S. Borchardt Mary Anne Chillingworth Ellen & William Archer Martha Wilkinson Waller Danielle Leigh Boree Terence Louis Chorba Beth Elaine Armbruster

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Su-Kyung Chung & Adam Seeger Dorothy Cilenti Anne Woodward Clancy Kevin James Clark When we cast our net to learn more about our students’ Marjorie McCutchen Clark research, many more than could be featured in print Maurine G. Claver Tracy Lee Clayton submitted their stories and photographs. We are Gary Lynn Cloud grateful to them, and we invite readers to our website, Susan Elizabeth Coburn Martha Wallace Cochran www.sph.unc.edu/cph, to learn more about the students Amy & Jonathan Cohen featured here and others, including: Susan Rita Cohen Genevieve Lowry Cole Kathryn Ann Cole Brook Kelly Colgan Mary & Bradley Collins Hortensia Reyes De Colon Harold Gates Conger Margaret Sophia Conklin Sarah Bond Conley Linda & Lewis Coonley Mary Paul Moore Cooper David Conard Corkey Ana Maria Cortes Marcia Coster-Schulz & Richard Schulz Jess Edwards, Jenna Garrett, Kimberley Geissler, Maeve McGarry, Carol Gordon Cox doctoral student, master’s student, doctoral student, undergraduate, Helen Hunter Cox Epidemiology Health Behavior Health Policy Environmental Mary Foster Cox and Health and Management Sciences and Tara Nicole Cox Education Engineering Donna Lynne Cragle Candice A Craig Judith Crawford & John Hassett Bobbie J. Cross in honor of MaryAnn Farthing Betty Pierce Dennis Ronni & Richard Ebbers Stephen Paul Fleming Nelida Alba Cuenca Lauren Amanda Dennis Sally Elizabeth Eckert-Tilotta Catherine & Mark Fogel Simone Cummings & Patricia M. DeRosa Susan Christine Edgerton Charlene W. Foley Donald Lawrence Jr. Michael A. DeSpirito Marilyn Edwards Jessica Folmar David Lawrence Cusic in memory of Cecilia DeSpirito Randall James Egsegian Karolyn Forbes & Adam Zolotor Marianna Te Paske Daly Nicole Cardello Deziel Nancy Fritts Elkins Christina Ines Fowler Kathleen Daly-Koziel Kathryn & Rollin Dickinson Joseph Ellendar Renae E. France Julie Lynn Daniels Margaret Erwin Dietz Cynthia Elliott John Anthony Frank Elizabeth Hackney Davies Deborah DiGilio & Janet Elliott & Duncan Brown Rosyland Rena Frazier Boyd Hill Davis Donald Personette Laurence Bruce Elliott Lisa Fredman Frederick Emerson Davis Mark Boberg Dignan Albert Luther Ellis III Janice Andrea Freedman Gretchen & Worthen Davis Alyzza A. Dill Michael A. Ellrott Anne Chenicek Freeman Lumbe’ Kibebe Davis Kemei Ding Cheryl Sue Elman Daniel Herbert Freeman Jr. Marcia von Thaden Davis Patricia Carol Dischinger Catherine Boland Emrick Elizabeth A. French Noreen Hastings Davis Phyllis & Allen Dixon Michael William Enghauser A. Dewane Frutiger Sonia Kropp Davis Nancy Dole & John Runkle Carolyn Poe Enloe Erika Beth Fulmer Peter McDonald Dawson Joan Schneider Douglas Robert Lewis Enlow Nancy Hall Gabianelli Jackson Harvey Day Kimberly McGill Dove Karen Ruth Enns Susanne & Jack Gakstatter Judy Ramsue Daye Linda Yandell Dove Beth Ann S. Everly Todd Moore Gambling Justine Strand De Oliveira Anne M. Downs Richard Bernard Everson Mary Whittle Garay Allison Mary Deal Philip Willem Downs Praveen David Fernandes James Brian Garber Henry Delve Debnam Margaret Mary Drennan John R. Fieberg Steven Alan Garfinkel Michael Morgan Dechman Matthew James Drohan Amy Ellen Fine Rebecca Camille Garr Gretchen Decker & David Shoham Lee Stoll Dukes Kenneth B. Fiser Patricia Thomas Garton Kasey Poole Decosimo Amy Carrolle Dunatov Leslie Fisher Heather Keith Gates Marion Elliott Deerhake Jeanne Marshall Duncan Howard M. Fitts Jr. Diana Marilyn Gaviria Jessica T. Defrank Virginia Dudley Durrett Margaret Mary Fitzsimmons Jeffrey Joseph Gaynor Lisa Wiles Delphias Edith Syrjala Eash Valerie Lynn Flax Boris Georgeff Jeffrey Darlington Denit Mandy L. Eaton Aaron Thomas Fleischauer Elaine Germano

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Preeya S. Gholkar Gilbert Lee Hawes Jerry Lynn Hood Leigh Kemper Jones Mary Beth Russin Gilboy Susan Wallace Haws David Peter Horn Matthew Carl Jordan Norma Jean Gile Teresa M. Hayes Janice Ruffini Horner Elizabeth Jordan-Bell Rebecca Claire Glasscock Yumiko Ohta Hayes Claude Halford House Jr. James Stuart Kantor Lucinda Howell Glover Jeanne & Stephen Haynes Karen Werner House Julie Karcis Sangeeta Godbole & Dilip Barman Jennifer Smart Haynes Jacqueline Noble Howell Leah Robinson Karpen Anne Lynam Goddard Gail Lanterman Heaberg William Frederick Huang Katherine Joan Karriker-Jaffe Alice Jane Godfrey Glenn Jones Heartwell Lory Thompson Huffman Stephen R. Keener Aime Lyn Goldberg Gail Moody Heath Patty Rosenquist Huffman Frederick Leon Keeslar Julie Anne Golding Jacqueline Cantwell Hee George Harris Huntley Julian Eugene Keil J. Barry Goldstein Mary-Katherine R. Heffern Campbell Tuskey Hutton Betty Craven Kelchner Susan Goldstein Marybeth Hendricks-Matthews & Vi Gia Huynh Connie Kelley-Sidberry Yvonne Marie Golightly Michael Matthews Johnnie Lea Hylbert William Clyde Kempner David Royce Gooding Elizabeth Joyce Hensleigh Dora Il’yasova J. Todd Kennedy James Franklin Goodman George Joseph Hermann Sandra Lake Irwin Frances & George Kerr Jerome Edward Goodman Jennifer Resh Hermann Kelly Causby Isenhour Elizabeth Bolton Kessel Margaret C. Goodrich Loretta Jean Heuer Lois Simmons Isler John Irvin Kester Trent Edward Johnson Gordon Kaye McNeely Hicks R. Arnold Isley Brian Paul Kilgallen Kathleen C. Gotterup Larelle Briana High A. Lee Ivester Hae-Young Kim Susan Cohen Gower Sherika N. Hill Crystal Larae Jackson Hoke Pollock Kimball Mary Lee Donoho Grafe Amy Higgins Hodges Mary Grenz Jalloh Floris Ethia King Amy & Vann Graham Charles Newman Hodges Shirley Todd Jamison Wade Hampton King Yvette M. Gramins Sandra McDaniel Hodges Cathy Anne Jenkins Russell S. Klingensmith Deborah Feldacker Granick Beth Alison Hodshon Dale Thomas Jobes Karen S. Kmetik Aviva Baile Grasso Theresa Hatzell Hoke Jaret Carl Johnson Christopher F. Knud-Hansen Diana Elizabeth Gray Gwyn S. Hollenbeck Kathryn Schmidt Johnson Carolyn Reid Kohn Debra Ann Green Bryan Robert Hollinger Willie Spoon Johnson Charles Konigsberg Jr. Mia & Perry Green Amanda Kathleen Greenberg-Bornstein Brian Huger Greene Jr. Emily Green-Pevzner & Eric Pevzner Lexie Perreras Master’s student, Health Behavior and Health Education Nicole Heider Greeson Anthony David Greiner Margaret Kneale Groening Donald and Jennifer Holzworth Merit Scholar Robert Grossfield Ellen H. Gruszczynski E. Henry Guevara Martin Edward Gurtz “I’m confident that the knowledge and skills Catherine Ann Gutmann Kenneth Gutterman I acquire at UNC will enable me to use my Karen Kay Haas Pamela Sue Haines education as a form of service to justice, especially Philip Wills Haines Janet Shaver Hall for the underrepresented,” Perreras says. She has Lynne Anderson Hall studied links between discrimination and health Jacqueline Ruth Halladay Charles Brady Hamilton in Chicago and Guatemala. Juliana Priscilla Hammer Lexie Perreras Elizabeth Fleming Hammett Shoshanna J. Handel Theodore George Hanekamp Read more about Perreras online at www.sph.unc.edu/cph. Charles Proctor Haney Michael George Hanna III Susan & Leeroy Hanna Robert Michael Hollister Wilma Griffin Johnson Joseph Stanley Kowalczyk Myra Mott Bomba Hanni Thomas Clemmer Holloway Carrie C. Johnston Matthew Walter Kreuter C. Wayne Harden Charles Vern Holmes David Hughes Jolly William Allen Kreutzberger Bethany Joyce Harmon Richard Lawrence Holmes Amanda Kay Jones John Henderson Lacey Jane Coltrane Harrington Douglas M. Holstein Bobbetta Jones Ruth Elizabeth Landsberger Elizabeth Payne Harrison Celyn Proctor Holt James Amos Jones Joy Elizabeth Lane Fletcher Lee Hartsell Jr. Maxine Shafer Homer Karen Waters Jones Marilyn Griffiths Lanphier Nancy Hickman Harvin Barbara Brett Hood Kevin & Corinne Jones Joseph Walter Lansing

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Sarah Bernadette Larkin William Donald Mashburn Michele & Christopher Miller Jane Marie O’Doherty Charles Duane Larson John Clyburn Matheson III Paul Matthew Miller Andrea Holly Okun Linda Laughrun Gretchen & Joseph Mauney Claire Ward Mills Byron Toyota Okutsu Janice Slayman Lawlor Sarah & Glenn Mayes Katherine Teresa Mills Gretchen Dara Onstad Anne Johnston Lawrence Cathy G. Mazanec Leslie Painter Mills Joan Ann Oppenheimer Leslie J. Lawson Donald Edward McCall in memory of Leonard Dawson Merrill Anne O’Ryan Jayne Peacock Lee Judy Honbarrier McCall Sara Elizabeth Mishamandani Sara McMurray Osborne Julie & David Lee Catherine Smith McCarroll Linda Darlene Mittel Nancy Dasher Oswald Lois & Charles Lee Moira Stephanie McCloskey Mary Virginia Moggio Kevin John O’Toole Jennifer Leeman Susan Elizabeth McCoskrie Martha Jeanne Monnett Francine & Rodney Overcash Lisa Yvonne Lefferts Shirley Jackson McDowell Dennis Joseph Moore Carrie Overfield Caroline Marie LeGarde Mary Cordon McGee George Thomas Moore Jr. Mary L. Overfield Catherine C. Lehman Jack Smith McGinnis Jonathan David Moore Pierce McIntyre Overman Kurt Vance Leininger Rebecca Wilson McGonigal Robert Burns Moorhead Jr. Donald Alfred Owens Joanna Massey Lelekacs Nancy & Edward McGowan Vicki & Brett Moran Penelope Jeanne Padgett Jennifer Anne Leonard Margaret Harrington McHenry Victoria Stover Mordecai Alice Kinsman Page Charles Albert Leprevost David Andrew McKay Bonnie Brown Morell Gina Lola Pahona Martin Frederick Less Henry Northington McKellar Kristy Gonzalez Morgani Glenn Morris Palen Susan D. Levin Richard Warren McLain Marian Vanlandingham Moseley Anna Willis Parrott Lynn Levine James Howard McMahan Beverly Ann Mosher Edward A. Pascarella Ronald Howard Levine Cynthia Swisher McMillan Marjory M. Mould Bunsree Bharat Patel Erika Pressley Lewis Kay McNeill-Harkins Robert Stewart Murphy Rhea Dehesh Patel Julian Leigh Lewis James Blizzard Mead Michael Ben Musachio Mary Diane Patterson Katherine McLaurin Lewis Debbie D. Medlin Eileen Stellefson Myers Tracey & David Paul Marsha Martin Lewis Sara & Bruce Melosh Minni Nauhria Judy & Jim Peacock Robyn Lewis Arthur Richard Melton William James Neil Christine Pederson Yalonda Roshell Lewis Manju Nair Menon William Richard Nelson Barbara Jane Pellin Lori Fran Lieberman James Chamblee Meredith Catherine Henderson Newkirk James Francis Penfold Elisabeth Penina Liebow Robert Scott Merolla Shu Ng & Marc Jeuland Adam James Penn Melvin Dale Lightner Edythe Green Merritt Jeffrey Huu Nguyen Jessie Valentine Pergrin Frances Estes Likis Jane Serena Mezoff Quynh Nguyen Alan Garner Peroutka Heather Lindeen Donna Volney Michaux Oscar David Niswonger Jr. Howard August Peters Catherine Elizabeth Lindsay Roberta Milar Delores L. Nobles Edith Tannenbaum Peterson Alice Strozik Linyear Emily Carole Miller Michael Arthur Noska Charles J. Petrillo Jr. Linda West Little J. Stephen Miller Jr. Jean Catherine O’Connor Suzanne Pfeifer Chao-Yang Sunny Lo John Llewellyn Lobdell Alice & John Lockhart Samantha Ruth Logan Amy & Jeremy Long Suzanne Elizabeth Long Nora Rosenberg Doctoral student, Epidemiology Loves 2 Nurse PLLC Sarah Guynn Lowman Maryann Ferguson Lundstrom Winstanly Scholar / Cornoni-Huntley Scholar Kirsten Grant Lupinski Patricia Ann Lusk Kirkland Alexander Lynch Stacy Racine Lynch “A colleague once described an ideal career as Rebecca Leigh Mabe Donald W. MacCorquodale one that combines ‘the world’s great need with Krista Giersch Maddigan Mary Sue Porter Hunter Maginnis your great joy,’” Nora Rosenberg remembers. Michelle Alisa Mahoney Iryna Maksymiv “I am fortunate to have found this type of Ann Marie Malarcher career.” Rosenberg works in parts of sub-Saharan Michelle Fernandez Malizioso William Francis Maloney Africa heavily affected by HIV, where the need Justice Allen Manning Richard Deane Marlin for public health solutions is great. John William Marsh Nora Rosenberg Julia Philpott Martin Emerico Lionel Martinez Read more about Rosenberg online at www.sph.unc.edu/cph. Margaret Martin-Goldberg

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Joyce Q. Sheats Carolyn Frances Sheets Joy & Brent Shelton Doctoral student, Nutrition Ann Carroll Sherrard Heather Wasser Glenn Scott Shew Christine Delalio Shiffer Starr Riddle Shive Betty Jane Shuler “Think how truly remarkable it is,” Wasser Stanley Allen Shulman says, “that in one short year, an infant Joseph Edward Sickles II George William Siebert III transitions from a single food source (ideally, Ashley Elizabeth Sigmon O. J. Sikes III breast milk) to an omnivorous diet (ideally, one Olivia Chloe Silber Barbara Pawlik Simpson that is nutritionally adequate). He or she also Debby Ferguson Singleton moves from only being able to suck and swallow Elizabeth Hunter Skidmore Michael Paul Smeltzer to developing a pincer grasp, a palmer grasp, Claudia May Smith Mary Lewis Smith Heather Wasser and complete self-feeding!” Wasser thinks Lyle Byron Snider the most significant lesson she learned from Sunny Brooke Snider Helen Easter Snow Professor Peggy Bentley is the importance of Mary & Grady Snyder James Michael Snypes Jr. culture and context on this transition. S. Jeffrey Solomon Connie Lynn Sorrell Elizabeth Brooks Spangle Carol Kozlowski Spangler Read more about Wasser online at www.sph.unc.edu/cph. Yvonne Hebert Sparling Denise Anne Spence Christopher G. Phan Patricia Wilson Ray Lynne Schachner Roux Elizabeth Ann Spencer Debra M. Phillips Peter Cameron Raynor Nina Tiglio Ruckes Joyce Annette Spencer Diane Fistori Phillips Thomas Franklin Redick in memory of Cynthia Reeser Hannah Elizabeth Spring Lynette S. Phillips Alison Chapin Reed Karen Russell Stuart-Allison Moffat Staley Richard Norman Phillips George Howard Reed Jr. Maria Citarella Russell Karen Antonelli Stanfar Robert Osborne Pickard Renae Reese & David Blatt Karen Lee Rust Anna C. Stanley Kathryn Evelyn Pickle Linda Schoof Reilly Carol Wendt Sackett John Haywood Stanley Vern Pidcoe Karen & Donald Reinfurt Amy W. Sadler Jane Patricia Staveley Martha Piedrasanta Clifford Brian Reinhardt Chris Niilo Salmi Leslie Thomas Stayner Emily Margaret Piltch Carol & Lawrence Retchin Jan Ellyn Salzer-Ogden Susan Elizabeth Steck Edward Stephen Piskura Jr. Frank Russell Reynolds Jr. Wayne Terry Sanderson Doran Webster Stegura Marcus George Plescia Mary Louise Reynolds Nat H. Sandler Marilyn Mackson Stein Devon & Michael Plumer Marilyn Anne Reynolds-Canty Billy Murray Sandlin Seth Michael Steinberg Louise Adkins Poe Victor Gregg Rhodes Jr. Ben Lovett Sanford Constance Ritz Stern Paula O’Brien Poglinco William Jerry Rhodes Ron Sapp Janet Stevens & John Welton Evelyn Michelle Porter Gerald Francis Riley Jr. Mary Mann Sappenfield Laura Marie St. Martin Mary Beth Powell Kathryn Maclin Riley Amy Frances Saunders Stephen Ronald Stoddard Sabrina Neill Powell Ann McAfee Ringland William Bishop Saunders Carol Elizabeth Stokes Stephanie Powelson & Susan & Virgil Roberts Keegan M. W. Sawyer Susan & William Stone Thomas Tucker II David Lee Robinette Jennie Perey Saxe Elaine Kalode Stoner Thomas John Prendergast Jr. Eric Alan Rodgman Mary Hagaman Saylor Ada Uhland Storm Scott Martin Presson Bobby Edward Rogers Anne Rose Schaefer Ronald P. Strauss Cynthia Johnston Probst Herbert Harold Rogers Judith Ellen Schmid Sara Moore Stroud John Chester Pulaski Jr. Marion Lane Rogers Todd Andrew Schwartz Pam Susie Pat & Jack Quill Jayne Johnson Romero Kay & Don Scott Elizabeth Roselle Suttle Regina Rabinovich & Mark Jamison Rosch Edgar Franklin Seagle Mary Elizabeth Hibbs Sutton Franco Piazza Kathryn Rose & Chris Lillie Anuradha Ghosh Sehgal Colleen Svoboda Norman DePue Radford Jr. Valerie J. Rose Mark Alan Sgan Deborah Ann Sweet Chirag Dipak Rajpuria Barbara Rosenau Rani Theresa Shankar Angela Wooten Swicegood Stephen Morris Rappaport Nora Ellen Rosenberg Eugene Hugh Shannon Jean Crane Sykes Myrnice McCormick Ravitch Jill Rosenthal & George Shaler S. Drusanne Shaulis Sylvia Mullins Tart in memory of Michael Ravitch Sage & Wesley Rountree Linda Shealey-Cook & Kevin Cook John E. Tartt

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Georgia Ann Walter Catherine Wanat & David Reckhow Yanyue Wang McWilson Warren Victoria Motley Washington Calling all alumni… William Frank Waslick Norma Whittleman Wasmuth Reconnect with classmates and faculty members! Melanie R. Wasserman Nancy Burrow Watkins Nancy Margaret Watson Kenna Stephenson Watts There are lots of ways to keep in touch with friends and colleagues from your alma mater. Caroline Weaver & Anthony Reevy • All graduates are members of the School’s Alumni Association, which does not charge dues. Karen Murray Webb • Each of our eight academic departments or units (including the Public Health Leadership Program) has a Martha Thompson Webster section, or chapter, within the School’s Alumni Association. See www.sph.unc.edu/alumni. Patricia Weggel-Laane & • Four regional groups also are forming around the major metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Boston, New York Sean Laane City and Washington, D.C. Find out about plans for these groups by contacting one of the alumni listed below. Bryan Weiner Susanne Wells Carol LaMunion West Jane Mandeville Wetsel Check out our searchable Alumni Online Boston Catherine Whedbee White Community of more than 16,000 records, at Gary John White www.alumniconnections.com/sph.unc.edu. Stacy-Ann Christian, MPH (HPAA, 2006) Hilda Richard Whittington (917) 515-3203 Tara Patton Wieber The directory also can be accessed on [email protected] Jeffrey Paul Wierse smart phones — go to www.uncmobile.com John Wiesman to download an application for iPhone, New York City Robert Casper Wiggins Frank Gilbreath Wilkes Android or Blackberry. Jay Goldring, MSPH (ESE, 1986), PhD (Toxicology, 1991) Diane & Lance Williams (908) 301-0335 James Earl Williams [email protected] Joseph Brian Williams Marie Phillips Williams Washington, D.C. Paige Leigh Williams Amanda Greenberg, MSPH (ESE, 2009) Margarette K. Williamson (513) 255-5063 Thomas Armand Wilson [email protected] Mabel Livingston Winslow Susan A. Winsor Atlanta Melvin Ray Witcher Jr. Eva Higdon Wood Need more information? Visit www.sph. Cynthia Cassell, PhD (MCH, 2007) Leonard Leas Wood unc.edu/alumni or contact Jerry Salak at (704) 914-6181 Mary Susan Woodruff (919) 843-0661 or [email protected]. [email protected] Susan Grace Woods Mary Haney Wright Sarah Elizabeth Wright William Craig Wright David C. Wu Victoria Menipele Wulah Irma I. Taylor Kathleen & Nicholas Tise Leah Danielle Vance Jane Godwin Wydra Christine Bahia Tenekjian Mary Ann Tomasiewicz Paul Joseph Vander Straeten Xingjian Yan Tiffany Beth Terranova-Nole Forrest Glenn Tompkins Joanne Carol Venturella Ye Yang M.J. Territo G. Earl Trevathan Jr. in memory of Laurel Zaks Thomas Edward Youket Sarah Brill Thach Janet Carelli Tripp Lauren Alexandra Visser Alan Nelson Young Thao-Van Thi Thai Aaron Trubman William Vizuete Lynda & John Young Lauren Thie Joan Meister Truby Jean Kesler Vukoson Christine Zahniser Charlotte & Wayne Thomann Julie Archer Tunney Gambrill Hollister Wagner Yasmeen Hiyam Zamamiri LeVelton Ray Thomas Craig David Turnbull Randall Gregory Waite Susan Zaro & Richard Doner Robin & Kent Thomas Carl D. Tuttle Cynthia Sue Walker Laura J. Zauderer Jennifer Michelle Thomasen Sheron Garris Tyndall Elizabeth Grobstein Walker Judy Teresa Zerzan Sheryl Thorburn Jennifer Hamblen Valdivia Hilda Lee Walker Neil Jay Zimmerman Nancy Lou Tigar Marian Raidl Van Nierop Susan Wall Wallin Mary Bradshaw Zizzi Jennifer Hadley Tisdale Joyce Hilleboe Vana Emmanuel Benjamin Walter Bin Zou

32 | Winter 2011–2012 For the third year in a row, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been able to designate a portion of its Annual Fund for scholarship assistance. This year, each of 16 outstanding scholars — two from each academic unit — received $5,000 toward the cost of graduate study at UNC.

The Annual Fund traditionally has been one of the most popular ways to support the School and its public health initiatives. Please give as generously as you are able.

For more information about Annual Fund Scholarships, visit www.sph.unc.edu/giving, or contact Jerry Salak at [email protected] or (919) 966-0198. Your gift to the annual fund Can make a difference in the lives of students like these

Obafunto Abimbola Emily Butler Colin Cameron Mugdha Gokhale Chelsea Kolander Katie Lesko Public Health Biostatistics Environmental Epidemiology Health Behavior and Epidemiology Leadership Program Sciences Health Education and Engineering

Wendy Marth Florence Jill Mead Quang Pham Environmental Masese-Amadi Health Behavior and Public Health Sciences Maternal Health Education Leadership Program and Engineering and Child Health

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Find your former classmates – See page 32 to reconnect!

Front cover (clockwise from top left): Victor Wenze Zhong (NUTR) in China, Patsy Polston (ESE) in India, Mary Aaroe (ESE) in Lumberton, N.C., Abhinav Komandur and Alyson Malone (ESE) in the lab at UNC

Back cover (above): Jonny Crocker (ESE) in El Salvador