Carolina Public Health Gillings School of Global Public Health | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill fall 2013 · volume 2 · number 5

Solving North Carolina’s Public Health Challenges

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Delton Atkinson, MPH, MPH, PMP P. LaMont Bryant, PhD, RAC Alma (Gibbie) Harris, MSPH, RN James Rosen, MBA, MSPH President Director, Regulatory Health Director Partner Acting Director Affairs-Biosurgery Buncombe County (N.C.) Intersouth Partners Division of Vital Statistics Ethicon/Johnson & Johnson Department of Health National Center for Health Statistics Jacqueline Sergent, MPH, RD, LDN Centers for Disease Control and Cynthia H. Cassell, PhD, MA Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, RN Health Promotion Coordinator/ Prevention Health Scientist Assistant Surgeon General Health Education Supervisor National Center on Birth Defects Associate Administrator Granville-Vance (N.C.) District Paula Brown Stafford, MPH and Developmental Disabilities HIV/AIDS Bureau Health Department Vice President Centers for Disease Control Health Resources and President, Clinical Development and Prevention Services Administration Celette Sugg Skinner, PhD Quintiles Professor and Chief, Behavioral and Deniese M. Chaney, MPH Joan C. Huntley, PhD, MPH Communication Sciences Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Principal Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology Department of Clinical Sciences Executive Vice President Accenture Health and Public Service Gillings School of Global Public Health Associate Director for Cancer Control Ex Officio and Population Sciences Dean and Stacy-Ann Christian, JD, MPH Mark H. Merrill, MSPH Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center Alumni Distinguished Professor Associate Director President and Chief Executive Officer University of Texas Southwestern Gillings School of Global Public Health Research Administration and Finance Valley Health System Medical Center Northeastern University Peggy Dean Glenn Stephen A. Morse, MSPH, PhD Senthil N. Sundaram, MD, MPH Executive Director/Secretary Michael (Trey) A. Crabb III, Associate Director for Cardiologist Ex Officio MHA, MBA Environmental Microbiology WFP – Raleigh Cardiology Associate Dean for External Affairs Managing Director, Healthcare Mergers, National Center for Emerging Gillings School of Global Public Health Acquisitions and Strategic Services Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Edgar G. Villanueva, MHA, FACHE Ziegler Investment Banking Centers for Disease Control Owner/Principal Charlotte Nuñez-Wolff, EdD and Prevention Leverage Philanthropic Partners Treasurer David Dodson, MDiv Ex Officio President Douglas M. Owen, PE, BCEE Alice D. White, PhD Associate Dean for Business and Finance MDC Inc. Executive Vice President Vice President (Retired) Gillings School of Global Public Health ARCADIS U.S. Worldwide Epidemiology Department Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH GlaxoSmithKline David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP Executive Director, Department Jonathan J. Pullin, MS Senior Vice President and of Epidemiology Academic Success Coach Chen-yu Yen, PhD, PE Chief Quality Officer Merck Research Laboratories OASIS Department President and Chief Executive Officer Baylor Health Care System Johnson C. Smith University TerraSure Development LLC Andrea M. Griffin, BSPH Vice President Executive Director and BHCS Board Member Roy J. Ramthun, MSPH Endowed Chair Gannett Fleming Inc. Lake Norman Community Health Clinic Senior Adviser, Health Policy Senior Vice President Institute for Health Care West Health Policy Center Research and Improvement Priscilla A. Guild, MSPH Gannett Fleming Sustainable President Laura Helms Reece, DrPH Ventures Corp. Antonio S. Braithwaite, DDS, MPH, PA Gillings School of Global Chief Executive Officer Diplomate, American Board Public Health Alumni Association Rho of Pediatric Dentistry and North Carolina Citizens Sanford Pediatric Dentistry for Public Health

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health advisory council

Donald A. Holzworth, MS Willard Cates Jr., MD, MPH James R. Hendricks Jr., MS William G. Ross Jr., JD Chair Distinguished Scientist and President Vice President, Environment, Attorney and Visitng Professor Executive in Residence Emeritus Health and Safety (Retired) Duke University Gillings School of Global Public Health FHI 360 Duke Energy Virginia B. Sall James Rosen, MBA, MSPH Keith Crisco, MBA E. Wayne Holden, PhD Co-founder and Director Public Health Foundation Board Chair President and Chief Executive Officer Sall Family Foundation Liaison to Advisory Council N.C. Communities and Business Alliance RTI International Partner Markus Wilhelm Intersouth Partners Michael J. Cucchiara Michael E. Kafrissen, MD, MSPH Chief Executive Officer Managing Partner Research Scientist Strata Solar LLC Marcia A. Angle, MD, MPH Graypants Inc. and Pangea Foods Massachusetts Institute of Technology Adjunct Professor Louise Winstanly, LLB, MSB Nicholas School of the Environment Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH John McConnell Attorney and Medical Ethicist Duke University Gillings Professor of the Practice Chief Executive Officer Chapel Hill, N.C. Gillings School of Global Public Health McConnell Golf William K. Atkinson, PhD, MPH Jeffrey P. Engel, MD Jesse Milan Jr., JD Former President and Chief Members Emeriti Executive Officer Executive Director Vice President and Director WakeMed Council of State and Territorial Community Health Systems Nancy A. Dreyer, PhD, MPH Epidemiologists Altarum Institute Global Chief of Scientific Affairs Gail H. Cassell, PhD, DSc (hon) Ken Eudy James Patrick O’Connell, PhD, MPH Senior Vice President Vice President, Scientific Affairs Quintiles Outcome (Retired) Chief Executive Officer (Retired) Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Lilly Research Capstrat Acea Biosciences Inc. Carmen Hooker Odom, MS Scholar for Infectious Diseases Jane Smith Patterson Former President Eli Lilly and Co. President Milbank Memorial Fund Jane Patterson & Associates from the dean’s desk 2 introduction 3 6

Features Jonathan Kotch 4 improving the health of north carolina’s children

Carmen Samuel-Hodge 6 reducing diabetes risk, preventing complications

Howard Weinberg 9 15 keeping drinking water safe

N.C. Institute for Public Health 12 serving communities, health professionals

Geni Eng 15 4 finding strength in diversity

Alice Ammerman 18 heart-healthy lenoir combats heart disease Table of Bill Gentry 20 preparing for disasters CONTENTS alumna perspective (Pam Silberman) 22 school news 23 awards & recognitions 27 student internships 29 20 research annual report 34

Our Donors 36 Honor Roll of Donors 37 Fred and Laura Brown 38 Deniese Chaney 42 Linda West Little 45 Jo Anne Earp Tribute Fund 48 29 Annual Fund 51 Barry Popkin 52 Family of Sarah Morrow 58 9

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In 2015, we mark the 75th anniversary 1988 completion of Cane Creek Reser- health. At the same time, our success of the UNC Gillings School of Global voir, a resource that assured adequate accrues to N.C.—through the 5,500 Public Health. In this issue, we focus water supply for people in Chapel Hill or so jobs we create each year due to on some of the many faculty and staff up to the present time. research funding; our 450 or so grad- members and students at the School In the 1990s, the practical, applied uates each year, the majority of whom whose work benefits North Carolina. research of health behavior professors stay in N.C.; and through the knowl- We are committed today, as were those Geni Eng, Jo Anne Earp and others edge we discover and the programs and who came before us, to training tomor- led to increases in mammography use products we develop and disseminate row’s public health leaders for North among low-income, black women in to North Carolinians. Carolina and solving big public health eastern N.C., reducing cancer-related Our future and North Carolina’s future are intertwined inextricably. Charles Kuralt, journalist, UNC alumnus, and host of On the Road committed to and Sunday Morning, understood this when he said at the 1993 UNC North Carolina bicentennial: …Our love for this place is based on the fact that it is, and was meant to be, the problems. We are making the state and health disparities between black and University of the people. its people healthier, safer and stronger. white women. As a public school of public health, These are two examples out of And that is as it should be. As a pub- we are not just co-located in North thousands. lic school of public health, we are of the Carolina. We are embedded in and We make a positive difference for the people. committed to our state. Without being environment and health of North Caro- Thank you for your support of the parochial (we are a global school of linians. This issue provides great proof School! We welcome your feedback at public health, after all), we take seri- of that. I only wish there were space to any time. ously the public in public health and cover all the exciting work we are doing have a long, proud tradition of serving in North Carolina. the state first. Our success benefits the entire U.S. As a UNC faculty member from 1952 and the world, a reality that fuels our to 1982, the late Dr. Dan Okun, Kenan reputation as a premier school of public Distinguished Professor of environ- mental sciences and engineering, taught and conducted research about local drinking water supply and purity. His studies led to the development and Dr. Barbara K. Rimer

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INTRODUCTION

A glimpse into our work across North Carolina

Here at the Gillings School of Global Carolina’s public health challenges and take on real-world issues and partici- Public Health, we don’t just say “Local the Gillings School researchers and pate in solutions that touch hundreds – is global”—we live it every day. practitioners who are addressing them. if not thousands – of people each year. We’ve been proudly and enthusiasti- Many faculty members and students, First and foremost, we love giving cally providing innovative public health through their research, teaching and back to the people of our state. We education, research, solutions and ser- service, are engaged personally in know that the many lessons we learn vice for nearly 75 years to North Caro- providing solutions for public health and solutions we develop locally can be lina’s residents – from the coast to the problems in their home state. applied globally, just as we learn from mountains and everywhere in between. Illustrations from our cover are solutions developed in other communi- There aren’t enough pages in this issue repeated in the context of the work ties around the world. This reciprocity of Carolina Public Health – or in the they represent. In the center of the is a win-win for the people of North next ten issues – to cover all of it. Here, magazine is a photo essay that hints at Carolina and around the world. we offer a brief, rich glimpse of some of the tremendous work our students do Enjoy! our efforts right now throughout through summer internships across the state. North Carolina. Our enthusiastic, —David Pesci The feature stories on the following knowledgeable and extremely moti- pages highlight only a few of North vated ambassadors for public health

Scan Contributing Writers code below! Amanda Crowe, Christin Daniels, Ramona DuBose, Linda Kastleman, Kathleen Kearns, Michele Lynn, Sandy Martin, Nancy Oates, David Pesci, Barbara K. Rimer, Dean Pam Silberman, Sonya Sutton Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Send correspondence to Editor, Carolina Public Health, Gillings School of Global communications director Public Health, Campus Box 7400, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, or email David Pesci [email protected]. editor Subscribe to Carolina Public Health Linda Kastleman www.sph.unc.edu/cph Associate Dean for External Affairs 19,000 copies of this document were printed at a cost of $20,719 Peggy Dean Glenn or $1.09 per copy.

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fall 2013 | 3 J O N A T H A N K O T C H Improving the health and safety of North Carolina’s children

Dr. Jonathan Kotch (left) has made life better for tens of thousands of children in North Carolina. His research and advocacy have changed policies about family health, and he has helped set national standards. oto by anne oliver by P h oto

6 | fall 2013 Kotch’s accessibility contributes to his success, says June Locklear, who until her retirement, headed the regulatory section of the N.C. Division of Child Development. “He can speak at any level – to child-care providers who weren’t college-edu- cated and to those who run facilities of 100 children or more,” Locklear says. Kotch, the Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor of Children’s Envi- ronmental Health in the Gillings School’s Department of Maternal and Child Health until his phased retirement in 2013, has placed children first throughout 406 nc child care his 40-year career. As founder of the National Training Institute for Child Care health consultants Health Consultants, he helped train health practitioners to monitor child-care trained by Dr. Jonathan Kotch’s N.C. facilities and mentor child-care providers in the implementation of stringent san- Child Care and Safety Resource Center itation and injury-prevention practices. He taught providers to identify maltreat- ment of a child and recognize early signs of emotional distress and other special needs. “These seem like such little things, After 16 years of training instructors of child-care health consultants across but they’re still being used,” Locklear the U.S., the Institute recently lost federal funding due to sequestration and was says. Thanks to those auditory and forced to close. However, Kotch continues to direct the N.C. Child Care Health visual reminders, a generation or two of and Safety Resource Center (healthychildcarenc.org), a similar organization sup- North Carolina’s children are healthier ported by state funds. The center trains North Carolina child-care health consul- than they might have been. tants and contracts to train providers from other states. Tristan Bruner, evaluation coordina- Having made tremendous progress reducing disease and injuries, the resource tor for another Family Friendly Child center now devises ways to incorporate nutrition and physical activity to prevent Care site, the Lenoir-Greene Partner- obesity and address social and emotional health. ship for Children, points out that the “The more we can do for young children,” Kotch says, “the healthier adults we’ll pilot sites were located in out-of-the- have in North Carolina.” way, downtrodden areas of the state. Kotch launched the Family Friendly Child Care Project, and the Beaufort-Hyde “The residents here are poor and easy Partnership for Children was one of its pilot sites. Lisa Woolard, the partnership’s to forget,” Bruner says, “but they were executive director, says Kotch always took care of important details. He found on Dr. Kotch’s mind the most.” medical homes for children and conducted long-term studies that followed chil- —Nancy E. Oates dren for 20 years to assess the impact of exposure to abuse and neglect upon their health and behavioral outcomes. The staff members always looked forward to his site visits, she says. Something fascinating would happen when he arrived in his tweed coat and cap. “Good golly, he’s a smart man,” Woolard says. “He drives him- self to meet his own high standards, and he wants others to be at that high standard, too.” Locklear remembers Kotch’s using a fluorescent spray, which glowed in the dark upon contact with bacteria, to demonstrate how germs collect on the underside of a table used by children. He and his staff developed a poster that leads children, step by step, through the hand-washing process, including the words of a song that lasts as long as handwashing should.

fall 2013 | 5 Tailored approaches reduce diabetes risk and prevent secondary complications astleman a k amuel -H odge S C armen oto by lin d by P h oto

8 | fall 2013 When Carmen Samuel-Hodge diabetes or at risk for diabetes, as they left her home in the Virgin learned new strategies to improve their activity levels and diet. For 16 weeks, Islands in 1985, diabetes had the women weighed in, discussed suc- just begun to be a public health cesses, challenges and weight manage- problem. As a dietitian, she was ment topics, came up with solutions to seeing many clinic patients who problems and set individual goals. had presented with a diabetes The intervention was an adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program diagnosis. Wanting to learn more (see tinyurl.com/diabetes-preven- about the problem and how to tion-program), which found that address it, she pursued a nutri- people with elevated blood glucose tion doctorate at UNC. could delay or prevent diabetes onset also knew there would be differences. I by losing about 7 percent of their body Upon arriving in North Carolina, needed to know more about what day- weight (e.g., a 200-pound person’s los- Samuel-Hodge discovered that diabe- to-day issues were most important, the ing 14 pounds). tes was also disproportionately high beliefs and attitudes around diabetes, The program shared some chara- among the state’s African-Americans. and what it would take to improve cteristics with those run by commercial Now a research assistant professor daily behaviors for living well with dia- weight loss companies, but Samuel- of nutrition in the Gillings School of betes. Those contexts would allow me Hodge and her team tailored Weight Global Public Health and of medicine to design better interventions.” Wise to the needs of these particular and social medicine in UNC’s School Recently Samuel-Hodge has tested women. of Medicine, she has focused her two new interventions with promising “We changed food selections to be research efforts in the Tar Heel state. results. consistent with choices and prefer- Her first step was to listen to what The Centers for Disease Control ences of the Southern population,” she North Carolinians had to say. and Prevention funded the first proj- said. “We targeted foods that would be “When I came here, I decided to ect, called Weight Wise. In its pilot within the affordable range for a lower- become more familiar with the peo- stage, Samuel-Hodge and her team led income population. We accepted that ple,” she said. “Even though I knew weekly meetings at a Wilmington, N.C., there would be times our participants African-Americans would have a lot in community health center to support couldn’t afford fresh vegetables, so we common with patients in the islands, I mid-life, low-income women with found ways to use canned or frozen, for

education and income matter!

Diabetes prevalence in N.C. was 3 times higher Diabetes is 3.6 times higher among people with in 2010 among those with a high school education household incomes of less than $15,000, compared (18%), compared with college graduates (5.9%). with people making $75,000 or more per year.

Regardless of income or education, the rate of diabetes among African-Americans is higher, compared to the rate for whites.

“That’s why I target my research efforts to address health outcomes among African-Americans and low-income populations, Samuel-Hodge says. “We have a long way to go.”

fall 2013 | 7 than, ‘We all should be eating dif- Participants in Samuel-Hodge’s Family PALS learned strategies for weight loss and for improving family interactions. ferently and watching our weight.’ Family members see themselves as being helpful, but the person with dia- betes perceives it as nagging or being policed.” Working with a clinical psychologist, Samuel-Hodge developed segments to address family conflict and improve communication, support and cohesion within families. When the sessions ended, improvements were seen on all fronts. Participants lost an average 4.5 kg (almost 10 pounds), and physical activity increased. Dietary habits improved, and so did family interac- tions. There was less diabetes conflict, better communication, more togeth- example, rinsing off the extra sodium Health Promotion and Disease Preven- erness, and more support for dietary from canned products.” tion’s Web-based translational research and physical activity behaviors. The women in the study lost about 5 site (www.centertrt.org). “We’ve seen the PALS program work percent of their initial body weight. Samuel-Hodge’s other recent proj- on a pilot level with 54 pairs,” Samuel- Samuel-Hodge’s next question was ect, Family PALS (Partners in Lifestyle Hodge says. “We need to run it again whether the program would work as Support), paired African-American with a larger sample. There’s still a lot well if local health departments, rather adults who have Type 2 diabetes with of work to do.” than her research team, managed it. adult family members who do not have “You want to translate research,” the disease. Both adults had to be over- —Kathleen Kearns she says, “so that it becomes part of weight or obese and had to want to lose practice.” weight. Together, the pairs attended 20 She and her colleagues trained staff weekly sessions and learned strategies members at six health departments for weight loss and for improving family from across North Carolina to run interactions through better communi- programs in their communities. Again, cation and less conflict. The National the results were striking – participants Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and lost an average 4 percent of their body Kidney Diseases funded the study. weight, and a significant number lost “In populations with high rates of dia- 5 percent. betes, such as African-Americans, you 35 years Samuel-Hodge says that because she often find that a person who doesn’t and counting and her team adapted the Weight Wise have the disease says, ‘I want to enjoy The UNC Minority Health Conference is intervention for a lower-income popu- life until I get it [diabetes],’ instead of the longest-running, largest, student-led lation, it has great potential for dissem- ‘I should be doing what I can to prevent conference focused on minority health in the nation. ination. In fact, groups in a number of it,’” says Samuel-Hodge. “Often, other other states already have asked for the family members tell the person with materials through the UNC Center for diabetes, ‘You can’t eat that,’ rather

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Identifying practices to keep NC’s drinking water safe

Even in a country as developed as the U.S., the purity of drinking water is vulnerable to climate changes, major storm systems and the consequences of human behavior. Now, a new trend has fueled national and local discussions about the best ways to protect this vital resource – the introduction of industrial, agricultural and pharmaceutical chemicals into our water supply.

Weinberg, left, meets with studentsfall 2013 in his |lab. 11 weinberg and nc’s environmental health summit

Weinberg has collaborated “We are talking about trace levels of different treatment processes in with researchers at pollutants – barely detectable, using removing a wide range of human-made The University of North current methods – but there can be chemicals from surface waters. They Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, N.C. State fluctuations in these levels, for exam- found that treatments most often used University, RTI International ple, when we have heavy rains,” says to keep particles, bacteria and color and many utility partners to Howard Weinberg, PhD, associate pro- out of drinking water are ineffective in study environmental issues in the state, including how to It’s an inglorious reflection of our lifestyle that our waterways protect the safety of North Carolina’s drinking shine back upon us – pharmaceutical products, caffeine, deter- water. gents, sunscreen, insect repellents and who-knows-what from In November 2008, Weinberg fracking and other industrial processes. was one of the group —howard weinberg, phd leaders of North Carolina’s Environmental Health Summit, which explored fessor in the Gillings School’s Depart- removing chemicals found in pharma- issues associated with the ment of Environmental Sciences and ceutical drugs, personal care products, presence of pharmaceuticals Engineering. pesticides, flame retardants and other in water. More than 150 While health effects of these con- substances. attendees from government taminants are still unknown, Weinberg Most municipal treatment plants organizations, academia, says their very presence underscores a prepare drinking water using a industry, water utilities need to identify which chemicals are in combination of chemicals, mixing and public interest groups our water and what steps can be taken and filtration. When researchers used discussed how to evaluate to keep drinking water safe. a specially formulated carbon, they current knowledge on the Water resources and treatment man- were able to determine whether most topic and identify research agers in North Carolina seem to agree. pollutants were removed or decreased gaps and innovative Trying to stay ahead of the curve, a to undetectable levels. In some cases, recommendations. consortium of utilities across the state they found that the disinfectant A report on the meeting, contacted Weinberg for his expertise in chemicals reacted with pollutants, published in Environmental tracking the source and fate of pollut- converting them into forms that Health Perspectives in 2010, ants in surface water. previously had avoided detection. is available online at In a recent study, he and his research “Clearly, watershed protection is the tinyurl.com/NC-envr-health- team tested the effectiveness of four first barrier,” Weinberg says, “but at summit.

10 | fall 2013 least treatment plants now have an “We have the technology to protect con- option for protecting consumers. Acti- sumers from exposure to many pollutant vated carbon can be used to filter water chemicals in drinking water,” Weinberg at the plant.” says. “But it comes at a cost – either at The carbon treatment is costly, pos- the front end, from manufacturing, use sibly prohibitively so, both for smaller and disposal, or at the last barrier, in the municipalities – which often are down- treatment plant and at the consumer’s stream from larger cities’ treated efflu- tap.” the water ent discharges – and for communities The good news, according to Wein- institute at unc whose members rely on wells, which berg, is that by working collaboratively Led by Dr. Jamie Bartram, the Institute draws 500 participants from 47 might be contaminated by failed septic and leveraging resources available at the countries to its annual fall conference. systems. Many small towns in North Gillings School, many of the challenges Carolina might be affected. can be addressed holistically now. waterinstitute.unc.edu

What’s in the water, exactly?

Detergents and soaps – some of which have ingredients that disrupt the endocrine system – often are found in domestic waste waters and septic tanks. If a septic tank leaks, these ingre- dients may reach groundwater, a source for drinking water. Other chemicals found in surface waters that are taken into drinking water plants include atrazine (herbicide), DEET (insecti- cide), caffeine (stimulant), flame retardants, pharmaceuticals and more. At one time, people were directed to flush unused medications to prevent misuse by others, especially children. That advice has changed. It may help protect water supplies to have desig- nated days during which people return unneeded drugs to a central authority for safe disposal. This may be only part of the solution, however, since most of the trace amounts of pharmaceu- ticals in the water are introduced through human or animal waste. Gregory Characklis, PhD, professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the Gillings School and director of UNC’s Center for Watershed Science and Management, says Weinberg’s research is important if we are to identify ways to treat water sources once con- taminants are detected. The larger question is whether we should invest in keeping these con- taminants out of the environment in the first place. “As a rule of thumb, it is usually less costly to prevent problems,” Characklis says, “but this is a complicated question. One of the first steps is to figure out what exactly is in the water.” Experts at UNC and beyond agree that many measures are needed. These may include improved watershed protection measures, indicators of wastewater pollution in the source water, effective treatment technology, stricter regulations, consumer education and/or changes in manufacturing processes.

—Amanda Crowe

fall 2013 | 11 Feet on the ground

NCIPH serves communities and public health professionals essica sout hw ell j essica by P h oto

Students, faculty members, Dean Rimer and Orange County Health Department staff members enjoyed the 2013 Practice Pathways PhieldTrip.

14 | fall 2013 For 14 years, the Gillings School’s North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH) has bridged the gap between academics and practice in North Carolina and beyond. The NCIPH is a provider of information and training, a connector and go-to place for brokering needs and the people who can fulfill them. Its ultimate mission is to improve the health of North Carolinians.

One of the NCIPH staff’s most important tasks is to develop, deliver and support 7,408 Public health training for current public health workers. By partnering with other organizations, practitioners responding to the needs of those on the front lines of practice and contributing to trained every year by the others’ efforts, NCIPH staff members made an impact upon nearly 25,000 people School’s North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH) in fiscal year 2012, including more than 13,000 people in N.C. Using a range of tools from brief, online instruction to in-depth continuing edu- cation programs and professional conferences, NCIPH staff members educated health departments meet a minimum and prepared practitioners from all 100 N.C. counties, all 50 U.S. states and 177 set of standards and that all residents countries. of the State have access to credible, “The Institute is committed to transforming the practice of public health,” says needed services,” says Gibbie Harris, Anna Schenck, PhD, the Gillings School’s associate dean for public health practice MSPH, BSN, RN, local health director and director of the School’s NCIPH and Public Health Leadership Program. “We in Buncombe County, N.C. connect the School with public health practitioners in communities across the The innovative incubators pro- state and beyond. This two-way collaboration, with ideas and solutions flowing in gram (sph.unc.edu/nciph/incubator) both directions, helps to improve both the science and practice of public health.” managed by the Institute provides Among the Institute’s most requested services are training sessions for school resources for local departments to health nurses (conducted annually) and a biennial conference on immunization, collaborate and address common both of which draw hundreds of participants. Staff members lead online educa- challenges. Over the last couple years, tional sessions in introductory public health and public health law and provide those common concerns have included management and leadership training to hundreds of public health professionals ways to better communicate the value every year. of public health and best practices Staff members also provide technical assistance to the public health practice for local departments under the new community. One example is the Institute’s administration of the local health health care law. department accreditation program (sph.unc.edu/nciph/accred) to improve the The Institute also has a long history consistency and quality of local health services. To date, 79 local health depart- of assisting with mandatory commu- ments in the state have received a four-year accreditation. Some of those evalu- nity health assessments, which are ated early in the program part of periodic strategic planning in already have been every county in the state. reassessed. In 2013, Wake County leaders “The Institute has been selected Institute personnel to instrumental in the devel- conduct their county’s community opment and implemen- health assessment. Wake County tation of this statewide Human Services established an accreditation process, one innovative and unprecedented of the first in the country, partnership with three local hospitals that assures that all local (WakeMed Health and Hospitals,

fall 2013 | 13 Duke Raleigh, and Rex Healthcare), expenditures. When cost and benefits Wake Health Services, United Way of are assessed over time, officials can see 1999 - 2013 the Greater Triangle, Wake County more clearly the returns on an invest- Medical Society and Urban Ministries ment in public health. Counties that ...and beyond to complete a joint assessment. More allot more of their budgets to public than 60 nonprofit, government, faith- health programs, for example, have The N.C. Institute for Public based, education, media and business fewer reports of illness. Health was established in organizations participated to identify “These analyses will provide us August 1999 by founding needs and priorities for the next three with better tools to measure return director William Roper, MD, years. Among those priorities are on investment in public health,” says poverty and unemployment, health Schenck, who leads the study. MPH, then dean of UNC’s care access and utilization, and NCIPH staff members also intro- public health school. Roper mental health and substance use. duce Gillings School students to said the Institute was With Robert Wood Johnson Foun- community public health issues and envisioned in response to dation funding, NCIPH staff mem- resources. Incoming public health stu- the Institute of Medicine’s bers analyze the impact of economic dents get insights into the realities and recession upon public health outcomes. opportunities of practice through the landmark 1989 report, They collected data showing signifi- annual Practice Pathways PHield Trip “The Future of Public cant variations in county public health to the Orange County (N.C.) Health Health,” which identified department spending per capita. Now, Department. critical gaps in workforce the study focuses upon benefits result- One of the School’s most valuable capacities of public-health ing from these local health department training experiences for students is Team Epi-Aid, an Institute initiative. organizations to improve The award-winning volunteer group, the public’s health. A major established in 2003, matches grad- point of the report was that uate students with local and state the study of public health health departments to assist with had become too distant outbreak investigations and other short-term, applied public health from its practice. projects. In its decade of fieldwork, Team Epi-Aid has involved more than “With the Institute, we 300 students in 70 activities requiring hope to widen our circle about 6,000 hours of service. of collaboration – to work “We’re so fortunate to have the Insti- closely with the public tute, with its commitment to local pub- and private sectors, with lic health, right here in our backyard,” says Colleen Bridger, PhD, Orange government and business, County Health Director. “The orga- with health-care providers, nization is a great partner for us and d ph oto contribute researchers, policy makers excels at bringing practitioners and and others in the field,” academicians together to strengthen Roper said. Bill Gentry (see page 20) served as a public health throughout the state.” survey team member in September when the Institute led a community health assessment in Durham County, N.C. —Ramona DuBose

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Power of community, strength in diversity

Growing up on a small farm in Jacksonville, Fla., as the great-granddaughter of a Chinese immigrant tenant farmer, Eng experienced cultural clashes as well as the power of community. oto by tom ful d ner tom by P h oto racism. “Using a systems approach, we are examining how the lack of trans- parency and accountability enables health care inequities to continue,” Eng says. The group first designed the Cancer Care and Racial Equity Study, a two- year exploratory study funded by the National Cancer Institute, to better understand how cancer treatment was implemented at Greensboro’s Cone Health Cancer Center and why “I saw how communities can come expertise without acting like she’s the inequities were present. “We identified together,” says Eng, professor of health only expert.” the pressure-point encounters that behavior at the Gillings School. “That’s Eng and The Partnership Project were different for white women and a large part of why I gravitate toward (www.greensboropartnership.com) African-American women,” Eng looking at culture and how it’s inter- —which manages GHDC—began col- says. “We explored the nuances of two twined with health.” laborating in 2003; Eng offered her groups of women going through the Her Peace Corps service with expertise in community-based partic- same cancer-care system but having community health workers in Togo ipatory research (CBPR), and the Proj- different communication issues and strengthened her belief that one must ect offered a framework for undoing different reactions to the protocols.” address cultural values to change health behaviors. Eng’s team works to narrow treatment disparities between black and white women with breast and lung cancers. For the last decade, Eng has highlighted the value of community and cultural awareness through her membership in the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative (GHDC), an academic-community coalition. “We have partnered with community members to fine-tune research questions, determine the methods most culturally authentic and appropriate to gain information that is hidden and elusive from mainstream society, and gain an insider’s view on why health inequities persist in these communities,” Eng says. “Geni has the ability to be a true collaborator and to partner with very diverse groups,” says Jennifer Schaal, MD, GHDC’s secretary and a founding member. “She doesn’t try to run the show, and she’s able to share her

16 | fall 2013 Their findings informed the devel- Left to right are Amondre Smith, ACCURE research assistant and senior at N.C. opment of a five-year study known as Central University; Nora Jones, Partnership Project Inc. executive director; Jennifer ACCURE (Accountability for Cancer Schaal, former board chair of the Project; and Janet Jeon, ACCURE graduate research assistant and health behavior doctoral student at Gillings. The group Care through Undoing Racism and came together in September at a meeting of the Greensboro Health Disparities Equity). Begun in 2012 with UNC Collaborative. professor of medicine Sam Cykert, MD, as Eng’s co-principal investigator, ACCURE is a National Cancer Insti- tute-funded collaboration among UNC, The Partnership Project Inc., Cone Health and the University of Pitts- burgh Medical Center. “ACCURE tests the effectiveness of reorganizing cancer care in two cancer centers,” Eng says. “We are aiming to optimize the quality of care and narrow treatment disparities between white and African-American patients with a first diagnosis of Stage 1 or 2 breast and lung cancers. Not receiving good care in these instances contrib- oto by kristin zenee black kristin by P h oto utes to unnecessary deaths.” ? by P h oto ACCURE’s innovations are an elec- tronic real-time registry that signals deviations from standards of care; “This is to the benefit of all patients says. “She has been a great asset to us training “nurse navigators” to use this who have cancer.” as a community group, teaching us registry and to communicate with Eng says that CBPR is important for skills to be successful both in research patients and medical professionals North Carolina. “The changes in the and as a community organization about things that improve or prevent state’s demographics have been quite overall.” the achievement of optimal standards dramatic and rapid,” she says. “Engag- —Michele Lynn of care; the use of a “physician cham- ing these communities in research pion,” who provides ongoing findings helps reveal their strengths. It is essen- about race-specific treatment progress tial to see the people in our state not as and promotes training in health-care targets, but as partners, which is criti- equity for medical professionals; and cal to developing lasting change.” patient engagement to generate an Nora Jones, GHDC member and analysis of power and authority within president of Sisters Network Greens- the cancer-care system that informs boro, an African-American breast 7 kenan distinguished the work of nurse navigators and physi- cancer survivorship organization, has professorships at UNC gillings cian champions. worked with Eng since the collaboration Drs. Gerardo Heiss, Michael Kosorok, “Our goal with this work is that began. Herbert Peterson, Barry Popkin, disparities in treatment outcomes by “Geni truly appreciates community Mark Sobsey, James Swenberg race and ethnicity will fade,” Eng says. organizations, respects them and and Steven Zeisel treats them as equal partners,” Jones

fall 2013 | 17 Heart Healthy Lenoir Alice Ammerman combats heart disease in eastern NC

20 | fall 2013 Heart Healthy Lenoir, a community-based research effort based at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and good decisions in Disease Prevention (HPDP), was established in Lenoir the lunch room County, N.C., in 2010 to develop and test better ways to tackle cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a vulnerable Dr. Alice Ammerman, who North Carolina community. has spent much of the last 20 years working on food Alice Ammerman, DrPH, professor of nutrition at the access and education efforts across the state, particularly Gillings School and HPDP director, leads the project in in eastern North Carolina, collaboration with her former doctoral student Stephanie also leads the research team Jilcott Pitts, PhD, now associate professor in East Carolina for Food Explorers, a new University’s Department of Public Health. partnership between UNC’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, too many fast-food restaurants. As a Rockingham County (N.C.) result, a project component launched Schools and Chef Cyndie in fall 2013 expanded the lifestyle Story (www.chefcyndie.com). program to empower Lenoir County residents to make healthier choices The program, which when dining out. continues until spring 2014, is a social marketing Three Kinston, N.C., restaurants campaign to promote healthy now offer patrons information about lunch menus and increased healthier menu choices and provide consumption of fruits and discount coupons to those who make vegetables at school. two healthy choices when they order, Seth Noar, PhD, associate The project uses a three-tiered such as selecting whole grains, fruits professor in the UNC School approach toward prevention and and vegetables, foods made with of Journalism and Mass treatment, including a clinic-based healthy fats and minimally-sweetened Communication, collaborates blood-pressure study; lifestyle study beverages. on the social marketing promoting healthy eating, physical Lenoir County has some of the aspects of the program. activity and weight control; and highest rates of heart disease in the Ammerman and Noar also a genomics study assessing ways U.S., but it also has public health are members of UNC’s that genes influence CVD and the and clinical resources to support the Lineberger Comprehensive treatments that work. three-tiered approach to reducing Cancer Center. Data from early formative work CVD. More than 660 participants Learn more at tinyurl.com/ with the project revealed that having have enrolled in the five-year study, hpdp-food-explorers. too few places where one could obtain which is funded by the National Heart, a quick, healthy meal was perceived Lung and Blood Institute, one of the as a major barrier to a heart-healthy National Institutes of Health. lifestyle. In a project survey, 18.6 percent of African-Americans and 7.8 —Sonya Sutton percent of whites reported as a “big problem” that their neighborhoods had

fall 2013 | 19 Bill Gentry Preparedness training benefits North Carolina, national and global communities astleman a k

oto by lin d by P h oto 22 | fall 2013 Bill Gentry’s preparedness skills are N.C., that involved a simulated collision Gentry was at the forefront of the legendary. of a tanker truck and school bus. More State Animal Response Team (SART), From his college days as an emer- than 200 responders and volunteer formed in N.C. in response to 1999’s gency medical services technician in victims participated in the half-day Hurricane Floyd. Floyd left more than Wilmington, N.C., Gentry has valued exercise, played out in a busy downtown three million domestic and farm ani- an organized, collaborative approach to intersection. mals dead, and Gentry was asked to getting the job done – especially when The CPDM program also provided help form a network that could save the job at hand is preserving health or evaluation in a multi-agency, multi-ju- pets and other animals during natural saving the lives of humans and animals. risdictional contaminated water exer- and other disasters. His emergency management work led cise involving the Orange County Water “The SART model,” Gentry says, “is him to UNC in 2005, where he now and Sewer Authority, Orange County, built upon public-private partnering directs the Gillings School’s Community the UNC campus and UNC Health that integrates efforts by government Preparedness and Disaster Manage- Care (the hospital system) in investi- agencies, not-for-profits, business and ment (CPDM) certificate program gating, identifying and mitigating a volunteers to build and support state and consults with local health depart- Cryptosporidium contamination event. and local networks. The model is based ments and first-responder personnel in Cryptosporidium is a parasite, found on our belief in the one medicine/one countries as far away as Botswana and in contaminated drinking or recre- health concept, which closely aligns Moldova. ational water sources, that causes severe human and animal health.” diarrhea.

Gentry (left) and Dr. Jimmy Tickel admire a horse corralled at NCSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

400+ First a kastleman responders trained statewide every year by the Gillings School’s Department of Health Policy and Management lin d by P h oto

Gentry’s areas of expertise are disas- ter management and preparedness skills training. He has led training for the Orange County (N.C.) school system to prepare “In all these exercises, Gentry says, In 2004, the U.S. Department of for winter storms, during which stu- “the importance of preparedness, com- Agriculture funded a cooperative agree- dents and staff members with special munication and collaboration were ment with N.C.’s SART to develop local health needs may need to shelter over- emphasized. We stress the importance animal response teams on a national night at school. of sustaining training and education scale, based on North Carolina’s model. He facilitated a full-scale hazardous opportunity – and also of sustaining materials exercise in Vance County, partnerships.” —Linda Kastleman

fall 2013 | 21 alumna perspective NCIOM leads efforts to improve North Carolina’s health astleman a k oto by lin d by P h oto

Silberman (right) meets with (l-r) Catherine Joyner, MSW, Kristin O’Connor and Dr. Adam Zolotor.

The people of North Carolina are more likely to live in plan to implement evidence-based strategies to improve poverty, die due to preventable conditions and have population health at the local level. higher rates of obesity and tobacco use than people in North Carolina has used the Prevention Action Plan and most other states. Therefore, it is no surprise that when the Healthy NC 2020 report to compete successfully for comparing health indicators among the 50 states, our federal funding to implement comprehensive prevention state historically has ranked in the bottom third. strategies and enhance the state’s data and tracking sys- In this context, some of the major North Carolina health tems. Already, progress has been made on half of the 40 funders and the N.C. Division of Public Health (NCDPH) objectives. asked the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) Significant challenges remain. Funding for public health to create a task force to develop a Prevention Action Plan is limited. Historically, only 3 percent of national health for the state. The NCIOM was created by the N.C. General care spending has focused on public health and preven- Assembly in 1983 to study important issues facing the tion. It is therefore critical to focus our limited resources state and develop workable solutions to those problems. into evidence-based efforts that have the greatest likeli- The task force included state and local policy mak- hood of success. ers, public health officials, health care professionals, and At the same time, we must expand community- and community and business leaders. In 2009, the group state-level partnerships—such as the successful collabo- identified major preventable causes of death and dis- ration between North Carolina hospitals and local health ability in the state and evidence-informed strategies to departments—to improve population health. We can address those risk factors. Two years later, NCIOM led the continue to improve the health of all North Carolinians, state’s efforts to develop the Healthy NC 2020 objec- but only if all partners—government, health, insurance, tives. We involved more than 150 people from across the academic, philanthropy, business and community lead- state to identify 40 key indicators of population health, ers—work together to implement multifaceted strategies which could be measured over time to assess the state’s to address the major health risks affecting the people of progress in improving population health. In 2012, we our state. worked with the NCDPH and other partners to develop a —Pam Silberman, DrPH

Dr. Pam Silberman is president and chief executive officer of the N.C. Institute of Medicine and clinical professor of health policy and management at the Gillings School.

22 | fall 2013 May–October 2013 SCHOOL NEWS read more at www.sph.unc.edu/news.

Selected Publications

John J.B. Anderson, PhD, professor the vaccine’s importance – are essential an article describing the development emeritus of NUTR, found a relation- to reducing the cancers the virus can of a new data-mining tool to improve ship between calcium levels and the cause. Findings were published in the researchers’ understanding of cancer presence of white-matter lesions in August issue of American Journal of genetics. The work was published in the brain, particularly in men and in Public Health. the July 8 Proceedings of the National people with depression, in a study pub- Academy of Sciences (PNAS). lished June 18 in Nutrients. A study led by Alan Brookhart, PhD, associate professor of EPID, and Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, 2013 EPID Ralph Baric, PhD, EPID profes- published June 20 in the Journal of alumnus, proposed a new definition of sor, examined the genetic make-up the American Society of Nephrology “overdose death” to garner more accu- of a dangerous new coronavirus, the demonstrated that a regimen of smaller rate estimates of death by illicit drugs Middle East Respiratory Syndrome doses of iron (administered to dialysis and by prescription medicines that (MERS-CoV), in an article published patients for anemia) given over a longer lend themselves to abuse. The research, online Sept. 16 in Proceedings of the time helps avoid serious infections published June 6 in the Journal of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). often caused by larger doses given over Clinical Toxicology, has implications shorter periods. for evaluating effectiveness of national Noel Brewer, PhD, HB associate measures to reduce overdose deaths. professor, showed that encouraging Guanhua Chen, BIOS student, and physicians to recommend human pap- Michael Kosorok, PhD, Kenan Dis- Nora Franceschini, MD, MPH, illomavirus (HPV) vaccines to ado- tinguished Professor and chair of BIOS EPID research assistant professor, led lescent boys and their parents – and and professor of statistics and opera- research that identified genes linked to educating boys and their families about tions research, are two co-authors of high blood pressure in individuals of

John Anderson Ralph Baric Noel Brewer Alan Brookhart Guanhua Chen Nab Dasgupta Nora Franceschini

key to departments bios Biostatistics epi Epidemiology ese Environmental Sciences and Engineering hb Health Behavior hpm Health Policy and Management mch Maternal and Child Health nutr Nutrition Meridith Fry Jen Horney Zachary Kerr Michael Kosorok Joseph Lee phlp Public Health Leadership

fall 2013 | 23 Elizabeth Mayer-Davis Mehul Patel Tamar Ringel-Kulka Jason West Steve Wing Karin Yeatts Donglin Zeng

African ancestry. The study was pub- developed a novel approach to analyze lished online Aug. 22 in The American genetic traits in large cohorts. Their Dangers of air pollution Journal of Human Genetics. approach was published online July 11 in the Proceedings of the National Jennifer Horney, PhD, research assis- Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Jason West, PhD, assistant tant professor of EPID and manager professor, and Raquel Silva and of the research and evaluation unit at Philip May, PhD, research professor Yuqiang Zhang, doctoral stu- the School’s N.C. Institute for Pub- of NUTR at UNC’s Nutrition Research dents, all in ESE, used computer lic Health, found that experience in Institute, in Kannapolis, N.C., pub- models to estimate that more than applied public health may influence lished two studies about fetal alcohol 2M deaths result each year from job choices for public health graduates. spectrum disorders in South Africa. human-caused increases in fine Study findings were published online The studies appeared in the May issue particulate matter, making out- Aug. 16 in the Journal of Community of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experi- door air pollution a major envi- Health. mental Research and the June issue of ronmental health risk. The study Journal of Developmental and Behav- was published online July 12 in Zachary Kerr, EPID doctoral student, ioral Pediatrics. Environmental Research Letters. found that most high school football In a similar model study, published programs still do not employ the most Mehul Patel, MSPH, EPID doctoral online Sept. 22 in Nature Climate effective measures to manage heat- student, surveyed North Carolina’s Change, West compared a future stroke. His study was published online emergency medical services (EMS) with and without global climate Sept. 6 in the American Journal of systems to determine how well they change policies and found that Sports Medicine. complied with stroke training and polices to reduce greenhouse gas care practices. His findings – which emissions would decrease prema- Joseph Lee, MPH, HB doctoral stu- noted significant improvements - ture deaths from air pollution. dent, examined lesbian, gay, bisexual were published online Sept. 5 in Meridith Fry, PhD, recent ESE and transgender (LGBT) blogs and Preventing Chronic Disease. alumna, co-authored another study found the blogs rarely addressed one of with West, published May 29 in the LGBT community’s biggest health Tamar Ringel-Kulka, MD, MPH, Atmospheric Chemistry and Phys- problems – smoking. Findings were research assistant professor of MCH, ics, that found curtailing emissions published online Sept. 17 in LGBT led a study to analyze gut bacteria of of carbon monoxide can improve air Health. children in N.C. Published online May quality and contribute to the reduc- 23 in PLOS One, the study found that tion of greenhouse gases. Danyu Lin, PhD, Dennis Gillings Dis- the period of opportunity for treating tinguished Professor, Donglin Zeng, children’s microbial imbalances might PhD, professor, and Zhengzheng be longer than previously thought. Tang, doctoral student, all in BIOS,

24 | fall 2013 Danyu Lin Philip May Dorothy Cilenti Myron Cohen Kari North Kurt Ribisl Stephanie Wheeler

Steve Wing, PhD, EPID associate Karin Yeatts, PhD, EPID research Environmental Health Perspectives. A professor, Jill Stewart, PhD, assistant professor, led a study to study published in the August issue of assistant professor of ESE, doctoral analyze incidence and burden of Science of the Total Environment finds students Jessica Rinsky and Maya COPD-related emergency department that the use of incense in the Arabian Nadimpalli, and alumnus Christo- visits in N.C. Her findings were pub- Gulf Peninsula may cause inflammatory pher D. Heaney, PhD, now at Johns lished April 11 in the journal CHEST. response in the cells of people exposed Hopkins, found drug-resistant bac- With Gillings colleagues Amy Her- to its smoke and gaseous combustion teria associated with livestock in the ring, ScD, BIOS professor, and Eric products. noses of industrial livestock workers Whitsel, MD, MPH, EPID research Rebecca Cohen, master’s student – but not in the noses of antibiot- associate professor, Yeatts also led a in ESE, her adviser Kenneth Sexton, ic-free livestock workers – in North study that found a link between chem- PhD, now retired ESE research assistant Carolina. The study was published ical air pollutants and cardiovascular professor, and Yeatts were co-authors. online July 2 in PLOS One. disease, published online March 5 in

Selected Grants

Ralph Baric, PhD, EPID professor, to bioethical issues in the Democratic Immunology, and Epidemiology, and colleagues at the University of Republic of Congo. received a grant from the National Wisconsin have received a $10M+ Institutes of Health’s Fogarty Interna- grant to study the pathogenic activ- Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MCH clinical tional Center to train medical person- ity of viruses including severe acute assistant professor and senior investi- nel in southern China to prevent and respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle gator at the NCIPH, received a $5.5M treat sexually transmitted diseases, East respiratory syndrome (MERS), award from the U.S. Health Resources including hepatitis B and C. The award Ebola, highly pathogenic influenza and and Services Administration to estab- is one of six new Fogarty grants total- herpesvirus HHV8. lish a national MCH Workforce Devel- ing $5.6M. opment Center at UNC. The award Frieda Behets, PhD, EPID profes- will provide workforce development Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH, adjunct sor, and Stuart Rennie, PhD, adjunct for program leaders and prepare them EPID professor and director of UNC’s assistant professor of HPM, received to succeed in the public health system Thurston Arthritis Research Cen- the Fogarty International Center’s under the Affordable Care Act. ter, was awarded a $5.6M National International Research Ethics Edu- Institutes of Health grant to address cation and Curriculum Development Myron Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate the public health challenges caused by Award of more than $1.3M to raise Eminent Distinguished Profes- osteoarthritis. awareness and promote skills related sor of Medicine, Microbiology and

fall 2013 | 25 Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD, NUTR Kari North, PhD, associate pro- professor and interim chair, was fessor of EPID, received a $3.1M Kurt Ribisl, PhD, HB professor, awarded $7M by the NIH’s National National Institutes of Health grant to directs the new UNC Center for Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and uncover connections between genetic Regulatory Research on Tobacco Kidney Diseases to test effectiveness of variants and some of the complex Communication (CRRTC), one of 14 her Flexible Lifestyles (FL3X) program diseases that affect Hispanics and new national centers funded by the to help adolescents with Type 1 diabe- African-Americans. U.S. FDA and NIH. The CRRTC was tes manage their disease and improve awarded $20M to conduct research quality of life. Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, assistant on tobacco prevention communica- professor of HPM, will receive $727K tion and regulation. Based in UNC MEASURE Evaluation, a consortium through an American Cancer Society Lineberger Comprehensive Can- led by UNC’s Carolina Population Cen- Mentored Research Scholar Grant. cer Center (LCCC), the new center ter, was awarded $15M from the U.S. Wheeler aims to improve use of guide- houses projects by UNC faculty Agency for International Development line-recommended endocrine therapy members including Noel Brewer, for HIV health information systems among racially diverse breast cancer PhD, associate professor of HB. Rib- efforts in South Africa. The consortium patients and shed light on reasons for isl and Brewer are members of the is directed by James Thomas, PhD, disparities in outcomes. LCCC. associate professor of EPID. Other News

The Gillings School class of 2013, Shabbar Ranapurwala (EPID) and Barry Popkin, PhD, W.R. Kenan Jr. under student government president Kathryn Stein (HB). Distinguished Professor of NUTR, led Katlyn Donohue, raised more than The Bellagio Declaration (BellagioObe- $10K, including a $3K contribution Experts at the 19th annual National sity2013.org), a call to action made at from the School’s Alumni Association, Health Equity Research Webcast on the International Congress on Nutri- for scholarships. Awardees included June 4 emphasized the role of com- tion in Spain in September. The dec- Reuben Adatorwovor (BIOS), prehensive early childhood education laration calls upon governments and Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan (MCH), programs in combating the effects other groups to take specific actions to Jasmine Hutchinson (HPM), Eli of poverty. A webcast of the event is counteract lobbying forces by multina- Lovell (NUTR), Zinaida Mahmute- available at www.minority.unc.edu/ tional food corporations. fendic (PHLP), Alycia Overbo (ESE), institute/2013.

in memoriam

Edward Michael Foster, PhD, professor of health care As we went to press, we learned of the Nov. 5 passing of organization and policy at University of Alabama-Birming- Robert Moorhead, MPA, who served in leadership roles at ham’s School of Public Health, and former professor at the the School from 1967 until the 1990s. Through his efforts, Gillings School, died on May 14. faculty and staff members were provided for the first time in 1982 with computers and email services. Mary Reid, program coordinator for PHLP’s Health Care and Prevention concentration, died June 30. Read more at sph.unc.edu/news.

26 | fall 2013 May–October 2013 awards & Recognitions

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

Sandra Cianciolo, MPH, won the Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, Profes- were presented at the spring 2013 com- 2013 Innovation + Inspiration Staff sor of the Practice of MCH, received mencement with the School’s highest Award, sponsored by the School’s the Carl E. Taylor Lifetime Achieve- awards for teaching and mentoring Research and Innovation Solutions ment Award from the APHA’s Interna- – the McGavran Award for Excel- office. Cianciolo is project coordinator tional Health Section on Nov. 5. lence in Teaching (Monaco) and the for the National Training Institute for John E. Larsh Award for Mentorship Child Care Consultants, a project led Ya-Ru Li (ESE) and Carmen Piernas (Weinberger). by Jonathan Kotch, MD, Carol Rem- Sanchez, PhD (NUTR), won the 2013 mer Angle Distinguished Professor of Gillings Dissertation Award, a $5K George Pink, PhD, Humana Dis- MCH. prize to support their research and tinguished Professor of HPM, was dissertation writing. The awards are honored by the National Rural Health Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, NUTR managed by the School’s Research and Association with its Outstanding professor, was elected vice-president Innovation Solutions office. (See sph. Researcher Award in May. of The Obesity Society, the leading unc.edu/accelerate.) scientific organization dedicated to the Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, study of obesity. Her four-year posi- Jane Monaco, DrPH, BIOS clini- dean and Alumni Distinguished tion will include leadership as presi- cal assistant professor, and Morris Professor of HB, was presented dent-elect, president and immediate Weinberger, PhD, Vergil N. Slee with the American Cancer Society’s past president. Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Medal of Honor in May. The award Quality and Management in HPM, recognized Rimer’s seminal cancer Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD, NUTR research professor, received the 2013 Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excel- lence in Medical/Dental Nutrition Education from the American Society of Nutrition.

key to departments

bios Biostatistics epi Epidemiology Environmental Sciences ese a Kastleman and Engineering hb Health Behavior hpm Health Policy and Management mch Maternal and Child Health

nutr Nutrition L in d by P h oto phlp Public Health Leadership Drs. Morris Weinberger (left) and Jane Monaco received the Larsh, McGavran awards.

fall 2013 | 27 Penny Gordon-Larsen Martin Kohlmeier

George Pink Ivan Rusyn oto courtesty of american cancer society courtesty ph oto

Dean Rimer (second from right) accepts the ACS Medal of Honor.

Ernest Schoenfeld, DrPH, longtime leader at the School and lecturer in PHLP, received the Association of Pub- lic Health Laboratories’ Presidential Ernest Schoenfeld Anna Maria Siega-Riz Award in June. The award recognizes achievements in laboratory science and creative approaches to solving public $20 Million health challenges. Awarded by the NIH-FDA to Dr. Kurt Ribisl to create a UNC Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, was one Center for Regulatory Research of 15 nationally recognized experts on Tobacco Communications Philip Singer Jason Surratt selected to serve on the 2015 Dietary research efforts, particularly in breast Guidelines Advisory Committee. Sie- Jason Surratt, PhD, ESE assistant cancer screening. The UNC Lineberger ga-Riz, professor of EPID and NUTR, professor, won the prestigious Sheldon Comprehensive Cancer Center also will make recommendations for the K. Friedlander Award from the Amer- honored Rimer at a gala on Sept. 27 eighth edition of the Dietary Guide- ican Association for Aerosol Research for her significant contributions to lines for Americans, a document that for dissertation research showing cancer research. will be the foundation for national how natural emissions from trees nutrition programs, standards and help increase fine particulate mat- Ivan Rusyn, MD, PhD, ESE professor, education. ter, thereby affecting air quality and was named to the National Research human health. Council committee, “Design and Eval- Philip C. Singer, PhD, ESE emeritus uation of Safer Chemical Substitutions professor, won the Association of Envi- Myron Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate – A Framework to Inform Government ronmental Engineering and Science Eminent Distinguished Professor of and Industry Decisions.” The Council Professors’ (AEESP) 2013 Charles Medicine, Mircobiology and Immu- is under the auspices of the National R. O’Melia Distinguished Educator nology, and Epidemiology, received the Academies (nationalacademies.org). Award. North Carolina Award for Science, the state’s highest civilian honor.

28 | fall 2013 student internships

Each summer, our students seek internships and field practica that take them to communities across North Carolina. They provide public health services, conduct research and educate people about public health issues. In return, they receive training, practical experience and a wider appreciation for the people, places and public health challenges in North Carolina.

Enjoy these snapshots! They describe only a few of our students' North Carolina projects.

compiled by david pesci fall 2013 | 31 phil hansen health behavior master’s student

Hansen did research and disseminated health information in beauty and barber shops, introducing underserved communities to information about cancer screening and other health issues. He and others traveled to numerous beauty shops in the state, including Donna’s Hair Salon, in Sanford, N.C., to conduct fall-prevention workshops. He interviewed women about lifestyle habits, checking blood pressure and testing strength and balance, “I learned a lot today,” one of Donna’s customers said. “I appreciate that you came and gave us this free health information.” astleman a k

Left to right are Krista Perreira, PhD, professor by lin d O by of public policy and adjunct professor in the Gillings School, de Rosset and Arandia. P h ot

gabriela arandia health behavior doctoral student

leslie derosset maternal and child health doctoral student

Arandia and deRosset studied the effectiveness of educational outreach to immigrants about the Affordable Care Act. Team members conducted interviews with government officials, health and human service providers, community leaders and immigrants. They learned what worried people about the law and examined strategies that might make enrolling for coverage easier. A report on their findings will be available in 2014 on the Carolina Population Center’s website (www.unc.edu/cpc). astleman a k

Hansen (above, left) worked with beauty salon customers to prevent falls. otos by lin d by P h otos

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Abel (left) and Bellamy conducted a food preparation workshop in Garner, N.C.

kate abel nutrition master’s student

kelly bellamy

nutrition master’s student D P ESCI AVI

Abel and Bellamy conducted a program in Garner, N.C., that D BY PH OTO taught low-income residents how to grow their own food and cook it. These “Garden to Table” programs have been extremely popular and successful statewide.

ama achampong health policy and management master’s student Online Extras

Achampong spent her summer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. She developed a comprehensive A report on Arandia’s and tool to track nursing performance measures, such as patient de Rosset’s research on falls, pressure ulcers and restraint utilization; assessed quality immigration and health care and process improvement projects for inpatient mental health will be posted in early 2014 at: services; and worked with the hospital’s associate director to unc.edu/cpc. analyze the staffing model of a specialty service.

fall 2013 | 31 robert coble health policy and management master’s student

Coble focused on the expansion of the Women’s Services ASTLEMAN

department at Novant Health Medical Center in Matthews, A K N.C. Two of his tasks were to identify optimal operational design for patient flow and room assignment in the medical center and coordinate a parking plan for increased volume

due to expanded women’s services and an additional floor LIN D BY PH OTO being added to the center. anthony nwosu health policy and management master’s student

Nwosu worked with the Carolina Population Center’s MEASURE Evaluation program to update health indices information for about 40 countries. He learned the importance of monitoring, evaluation D P ESCI AVI and use of data and examined what governments are doing to curtail the spread of HIV/AIDS, reduce stigmatization and institute preventive measures, preparation that will serve him well in a D BY PH OTO global health career. This information could be used in N.C.

Coble (left) reviews blueprints with Chris Hutter, Novant Health’s senior director of operations. D P ESCI AVI D BY PH OTO megan squires maternal and child health master’s student

Squires interned at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central North Carolina in Raleigh, but her efforts benefited all of North Carolina. She used Stata, a software program, to analyze patient satisfaction surveys, coordinating with program partners, including Blueprint and America Votes, to raise awareness about various women’s health issues. She also worked on a program to include more men in maternal and child health efforts statewide. d ph oto contribute

Liz Chen (second from right) with UNC seniors (l-r) Joey Weissburg, TJ Tkacik and John Haskell. elizabeth chen health behavior master’s student

Chen (in black) partnered with a colleague at another school to develop “MyHealthEd,” an online, tailored sex education curriculum that increases sexual health knowledge and decreases risky sexual behaviors among middle- and high-school students in rural North Carolina. She also will introduce the program as a pilot during spring 2014 at Teach For America’s partner high schools in eastern North Carolina. d ph oto contribute

Megan Squires raised awareness about women’s health issues this summer.

Online Extras

Interested in learning more 52% of graduating about MyHealthEd (featured doctoral students above) and how it could who originally came as non-resident impact your city? students remain in North Carolina. microryza.com/projects/ myhealthed

fall 2013 | 33 A Message from our Examples of our research are described in this issue. Associate Dean for Research I’ll share a few others with you here: • Jason Surratt, PhD, ESE assistant professor, was sandra l. martin, phd funded by the U.S. EPA to study the unique role played by trees and vegetation in increasing air pollution in Those of us at the Gillings School of N.C. His work, which examines isoprene, a naturally Global Public Health are proud to call occurring air pollutant, will shed light on the effects of North Carolina home. Our faculty, staff our air on human health and may provide policy mak- members and students conduct mean- ers with data needed to inform important legislation. ingful research in our state and around Surratt, recently honored with a prestigious AAAR the world. This year, faculty members award (see page 28), were awarded 414 grants and contracts totaling more fy2011 was featured in the fy2012 fy2013 than $154.3 million. During the past year, 46 percent of fy2009 spring 2013 issue of these projects, totaling $43 million, provided a com- fy2010 Carolina Public Health munity benefit to people who live in N.C. Moreover, the (sph.unc.edu/cph). research provided an economic benefit to the state, as the grant and contract dollars were spent in every county and created another 5,500 jobs. $164.8 million $164.8 $154.3 million

Fiscal Year 2013 $154.1 million $150.2 million

research $142.4 million annual report

Gillings School Faculty Members were awarded $154.3 Million for grants and contracts in fiscal year 2013. All eight academic units at the School focus on solv- ing N.C.’s pressing public health problems – preventing obesity, protecting drinking water, preparing for natu- • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded an ral and human-caused disasters, and reducing dispari- interdisciplinary team to examine impact of the eco- ties in health outcomes, among others. The map below nomic recession on N.C.’s local health departments, identifies research taking place in each of our 100 coun- with particular attention to how financial cuts affect ties. At tinyurl.com/NC-map-RENCI, click on any county the health of North Carolinians. Early analyses reveal to see our projects there. that, during the study period (2005 - 2008), there was great variation in counties’ per-capita expenditures, with 15 percent of stud- ied counties experiencing a decrease. Future analyses will determine asso- ciations between expenditure levels and the health of the community. Team members included Anna Schenck, PhD, the School’s associate dean for prac-

Reaching across North Carolina tice and director of its Public Health and around the world with Leadership Program and N.C. Institute teaching, research and service

1034 || fallfall 20132013 Foundations 6.1% ($9.5 million) of Health Behavior, are working on a five-year study funded by the National Cancer Institute to evaluate Educational & research institutions impact of the 2009 federal Family Smoking Preven- 5.2% ($8.0 million) tion and Tobacco Control Act. The law dramatically changes marketing and sale of tobacco products in Business & industry 4.5 % ($6.9 million) N.C. and throughout the U.S. Extensive surveillance, training and analysis are needed to help state and Nonprofit organizations local governments implement new federal regula- 2.4% ($3.7 million) tion on tobacco control. Now, a companion study in State government England with collaborators from University of Cam- 1.8% ($2.8 million) bridge will describe retail environments and monitor compliance with tobacco and alcohol control poli- Other (associations, local government, sponsors) cies in the U.K. 1.4% ($2.1 million) • Andy Olshan, PhD, professor and chair of epidemi- ology, Amy Herring, ScD, professor of biostatistics, and Arthur Aylsworth, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Pediatrics, Genetics and Metabolism

400 fy2009

398 fy2010

429 fy2011

Federal Government 417 fy2012 78.6% Awards 414 fy2013 ($121.3 million)

principal investigators (pis) at the school were awarded 414 grants & contracts during fy 2013 (an average 2.67 awards per PI).

the majority of external funding in fy 2013 in UNC’s School of Medicine, were funded by the was from the federal government. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for for Public Health (NCIPH); Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD, work with the N.C. Center for Birth Defects Research research assistant professor of epidemiology and facil- and Prevention (NCCBDRP). NCCBDRP research- ity director at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer ers aim to understand environmental and genetic Center’s Integrated Cancer Information and Surveil- causes of birth defects. Project personnel are inter- lance System (ICISS); William Carpenter, PhD, asso- viewing mothers of 400 children in N.C. - 300 with ciate professor of health policy and management and birth defects and 100 without. They also are col- ICISS faculty director; Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, clinical lecting genetic data from the parents and children assistant professor of maternal and child health and to investigate occupational, environmental, lifestyle NCIPH senior investigator; and Tzy-Mey (May) Kuo, and genetic factors in birth defects etiology. PhD, senior statistical analyst for ICISS. Additional information about this project is available at sph.unc. Our Gillings School researchers are devoted to edu/nciph_ROI_brief. improving the health of North Carolinians. Our reach • Kurt Ribisl, PhD, professor, James Bowling, PhD, is global, but we never forget our commitment and research associate professor, and Heathe Luz Reyes, responsibility to neighbors right here at home. PhD, research assistant professor, all in the Department

fallfall 20132013 | | 35 11 our donors

Celebrating the School’s

7575 years of Research, Teaching & Service

Michael Hooker Research Center Architectural rendering by Anshen + Allen.

36 | fall 2013 $1,000,000 $100,000 $50,000 to $5,000,000 to $249,999 to $99,999

Anonymous American Heart Association Anonymous Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Mid-Atlantic ASTHO Robert Wood Johnson Foundation American Institute for Cancer Research Brown University Wyeth Nutritionals Inc. BlueCross BlueShield of N.C. CDC Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. – Houston Dauer Family Foundation Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Duke University $500,000 Inc. Electric Power Research Institute to $999,999 Children’s Hospital – Boston Henry M. Jackson Foundation Duke University Medical Center Ronald & Janice Kimble Columbia University Formacare Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research Eisai Research Institute Harvard University Laboratories Corp. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. Johns Hopkins University Pfizer Foundation

gillings school of global public health HHonoronor rollroll of Donors & partners

GlaxoSmithKline Mary Kay Foundation Barry M. Popkin Metagenics Inc. Michigan Public Health Institute ProCleanse LLC Oregon Health & Sciences University North Carolina Biotechnology Center RTI International John & Ginger Sall North Carolina State University Thomas R. Rykken Plan International USA Sloan-Kettering Institute Right to Care Stanford University $250,000 Sanofi Tellus Educational Foundation Inc. to $499,999 Estate of Vergil N. Slee Triangle Community Foundation The COPD Foundation Unilever U.K. Central Resources American Academy of Pediatrics Tufts University Limited Dana-Farber Cancer Institute University of Toledo University of Illinois at Chicago Merck & Company University of Washington University of Maryland at Baltimore N.C. Association of Local Health World Health Organization University of Minnesota Directors WakeMed Health & Hospitals

fall 2013 | 37 75 years

“Many veterans coming back want to pursue graduate degrees... The scholarship seemed like a great way for us to honor my uncles and all veterans – and to give back to UNC.”

—fred brown

Clell, Paul and Jim Brendle

The Brendle brothers, born in Statesville, N.C., served their fred and country proudly. During World War II, Clell was an Army staff sergeant, and Paul was a Navy chief petty officer. Jim, the youngest, was an Army sergeant during the Korean laura brown conflict. our donor s Years later, their sister’s son, Fred Brown, followed in their Their endowed footsteps, first as an Army captain for three years, and then for three decades, as a colonel in the N.C. Air Guard/U.S. Air scholarship Force. He was on active duty for nine months during Opera- tions Desert Shield and Desert Storm. honors family Now Brown, who earned a master’s degree in public health administration from UNC’s public health school in 1981, and his wife, Laura, have established the “Brendle while helping Brothers Scholarship for Veterans.” “We’ve basically been at war for the past 20 years,” Brown heroes says. “Many veterans coming back want to pursue graduate degrees. Public health needs men and women who are ded- icated and know how to get the job done. This seemed like a great way for us to honor my uncles and all veterans – and to give back to UNC.” The scholarship was announced at the School’s first 75th anniversary event in Charlotte, N.C. The event was

38 | fall 2013 “Many veterans coming back want to pursue graduate degrees... The scholarship seemed like a great way for us to honor my uncles and all veterans – and to give back to UNC.”

—fred brown

Fred and Laura Brown

sponsored by Carolinas HealthCare System, where Brown is group senior vice president. Brown is devoted to Carolina, especially to the Gillings School of Global Public Health. He is an adjunct health policy and management faculty member and frequent guest lecturer. He has served as president of the School’s Public Health Foundation board and on numerous alumni commit- tees. Currently, he chairs the 75th anniversary campaign. Other alumni also are supporting the celebrations, which will be held in various locations over the next three years. Among them are Roy Ramthun, MSPH (HPM, ’87), who chairs the Public Health Foundation’s campaign cabinet (planning committee), and Deniese Chaney, MPH (HPM, ’90), who chairs the anniversary programs committee. (See more about Chaney on page 42.) Learn more about the School’s anniversary events on the inside back cover of this issue and at www.sph.unc.edu/ alumni/75. —Ramona DuBose

fall 2013 | 39 75 yearsyears Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. $10,000 Douglas Martin Owen to $24,999 Pharmacyclics Inc. Rempex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Anonymous Barbara K. Rimer & Bernard Glassman Washington University – St. Louis Sheryl Wallin Abrahams & Christopher Lee & Water Resources Research Institute Steven Abrahams Sharon Snider Ringwalt Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Academic Pediatric Association Sanofi Albemarle Regional Health Services Schering-Plough Research Institute Albert Einstein College of Medicine Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25,000 Astellas Pharma U.S. Inc. Celette Sugg Skinner to $49,999 David J. Ballard & Michela Caruso Sobi Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc. Anonymous (4) Brigham & Women’s Hospital STE Health International LLC Abbott Laboratories Celgene Corporation Theravance Inc. Access Business Group LLC Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mary S. Thompson Trust Marcia Angle & Mark Trustin Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ThromboGenics Ltd. BioDeptronix LLC Crim Fitness Foundation Transtech Pharma Inc. Deniese May Chaney CVR Global Inc. United Therapeutics Corporation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cytokinetics Inc. University of California at San Center Depomed Inc. Francisco Hydro Research Foundation Nancy Ann Dreyer University of South Carolina Gary G. & Carolyn J. Koch Geraldine G. Guess Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mathile Institute Ferring Pharmaceuticals Robert Donald Verhalen our donors donor s Ralph & Diane Medcalf Galderma Research and WaterAid Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Development Inc. XenoPort Inc. Impact Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Chen-yu Yen & Ray-Whay Yen Mount Sinai School of Medicine Georgia Health Sciences University Oregon Research Institute Gilead Sciences Inc. Otsuka Maryland Medicinal Lab Inc. Carla Hand $5,000 P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water IRC International Water & to $9,999 Program Sanitation Centre Pfizer Inc. Johns Hopkins University Aramar Inc. John Rex Endowment Jill & Michael Edwin Kafrissen H. Michael & Barbara Arrighi Mark D. Sobsey Krell Institute Delton Atkinson & Sherry William & Dorothy Swartz Maylon & Linda West Little Holbrook-Atkinson UCB BioSciences Inc. Mark Hamilton Merrill & Eunice M. Brock UNICEF Terese S. Merrill Edward Carroll Bryant University of California at Davis Medivation Inc. Susan Ford Dorsey University of Cape Town Momentum Research Howard J. Dunn University of Rochester Mylan Inc. FHI360 University of Texas at Austin James Edward Nix Forest Research Institute Wake Forest University Nestle Infant Nutrition Joan Heckler Gillings Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – HQ Sandra Bartholomew Greene

1640 | | fall fall 20132013 Donald A. & Jennifer Holzworth Learning Sterling Wilson Bell Estates of Maurice A. Hylbert & Jean G. Orelien Peggy Bentley Johnnie Lea Hylbert Julie & David Potenziani Blue Cross Blue Shield of Jonathan Bruce & Anne Madeline Jonathan C. Reeser North Carolina Kotch Steven R. Reeser Michael N. Boyd CL Lassiter Brian O’Rourke & In honor of Craig Turnbull John P. McConnell Linda Martin Sanders Mark E. Brecher Stephen Allen Morse Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Noel Brewer Clarence Edward Pearson & SciMetrika British Counsel Collaborative Laurie B. Norris Anna Maria Siega-Riz Development Award Hataya Petcharoen Ilene C. Siegler & Charles D. Edelman Fred & Laura Brown Aluisio DeSouza Pinheiro William Thomas Small Jr. Jianwen Cai & Haibo Zhou David Edward Pinsky Susan Willey Spalt Grace Robinson Chan Research Institute Nationwide Strata Solar LLC Dennis Alfred Clements III & Children’s Hospital David Stanton Strogatz & Rosalind Martha Ann Keels Richmond County Health Department Patricia Thomas Joanne C. & Ralph R. Cook Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Lydia Lansangan Tiosejo In memory of Dr. Al Tyroler Sand Hill Foundation In honor of Dr. Norman F. David E. Cooper Schaeffer Revocable Family Trust Weatherly Alan L. Copland Leonard D. Schaeffer Tomlinson Industries Barbara & Paul Coughlin William A. & Michele A. Sollecito William J. Tyroler & Barbara Ingram Michael J. Cucchiara & Marty Hayes UNC Student Activities Fund Office University of North Carolina Hospitals Gordon Lacy Daughtry Susanne Glen Moulton & University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee In memory of Mrs. Margaret Smith Thomas K. Wong Jack Eugene Wilson Daughtry Gail Young Charles H. Davis Jr. & Kourtney Johnston Davis $1,000 Richard M. Davis & $2,500 to $2,499 Elizabeth Mayer-Davis to $4,999 James Ingram & Alice Morrow Dean Anonymous (2) Georgia G. dela Cruz Michael D. Aitken and Betsy Rudolph 300in6 Leah McCall Devlin Amway Corp. John & Hattie Aderholdt In honor of Barbara Rimer Deborah Elizabeth Bender Omid & Julie Cashman Ahdieh David Louis Dodson Antonio S. and Mary Fox Braithwaite American Chemical Society Duke Corporate Accounts Payable Catholic Relief Services American Legacy Foundation Jo Anne & Shelley Earp Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Alice Sue Ammerman & Thomas Susan Tompkins Ennett & Denise Smith Cline Charles Keyserling Wayne Edward Pein Kenneth LeRoy Eudy Jr. Kathleen D. Anderson MaryAnn C. Farthing Gerardo Heiss Estate of Olga Helen Anderson Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Miriam Labbok Arcadis Edwin B. Fisher Erma Wright Manoncourt Association of N.C. Boards of Health Robert Hillman & Dara Lee Murphy Susan Sherer Atkinson Suzanne Wright Fletcher NSF International Stephen Charles Ayala David Steven Freedman OMG Center for Collaborative Barbara Anne Barr

fall 2013 | 41 75 years

deniese chaney

Providing students a Kastleman with a great place to collaborate L in d by P h otos

Deniese Chaney, MPH, is one of the many Gillings School alumni who steps forward whenever she’s needed. A principal in Accenture’s Health and Public Service Operating Group (www.accenture.com), Chaney serves on the School’s Public Health Foundation board and is program committee chair for the School’s 75th anniversary campaign. Several years ago, she endowed a fellowship that contin- our donor s ues to support outstanding scholars in the Department of Health Policy and Management. “I feel strongly about using personal giving to provide our students with opportunities to finish school debt-free,” Chaney says. “I’m committed to improving access to funds to help defray the cost of their education at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.” Deniese Chaney dropped by the Collaboration Commons in McGavran- Chaney’s most recent gift supported the installation of a Greenberg Hall recently, where she chatted with epidemiology doctoral “collaboration commons” at the School. The bright, comfort- students Nicholas Taylor (left) and Peter Samai. The men expressed appreciation for the comfortable work space established through able, technology-equipped space, set by a wall of windows, is Chaney’s gift to the School. a perfect place in all seasons to study alone or discuss proj- ects with colleagues. brainstorming and just having fun conversations that often “I love the idea of enhancing collaboration and networking open the door to new discoveries about a project.” in any form among students, faculty members and visi- Students began visiting the space as soon as it opened and tors,” she says. “This study area is in close proximity to one continue to find new ways to use it. of the School’s (and UNC’s) most updated and adaptable “It’s been a real pleasure to know that our public health classrooms [2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall]. The area’s students started using and enjoying the space immediately open space is a complement to the classroom and provides and that it has the potential to improve their educational a venue for small-group preparation, presentation rehearsal, experience,” Chaney says. —Linda Kastleman

42 | fall 2013 Markus Friedbert & Charles Wayne Kinsey Cathy Julie Wilhelm Emil J. Klingenfus Stuart & Karen Gansky Pamela & Michael Kosorok In honor of Dr. Gary Koch Sandy Martin & Larry Kupper Peggy & Cam Glenn Donald & Marie Lauria In memory of Susanne Lynas Margaret Edith Layne Moulton Sheila Leatherman 2012 Thomas Ladd Goolsby Clara Lee & Bill Miller Master of Public Health Priscilla Alden Guild Richard Lee & Brenda Tie Wing concentration in veterinary In memory of Marjorie Downs Hong Li epidemiology was launched at Gillings School in collaboration Guild Danyu Lin with N.C. State University. Leslie & Philip Gura Douglas S. Lloyd Richard Hammel Harry Leon Lobsenz Foundation Rosanne Buckley Hanratty Molly E. Loomis Jo Ann L. Roth David K. & Karen Robbins Harper Leslie Lytle R. Gary & Jeanette Rozier Sharon Nicholson Harrell Julie MacMillan Patricia Saddier Paula Billingsley Harrison Regina Fleming Magit Jerry Salak Health Career Connection Robert Martin James K. & Donna Schaefer James R. Hendricks Jesse Milan Jr. Anna Pittman Schenck & W. Scott Hilles The Minneapolis Foundation James Simpson Schenck IV Deborah Parham Hopson Mona Marie Moon Victor Julian & Marion Eldredge Sallie Craig Huber In memory of Eve Carson Schoenbach Joan C. Huntley Alan C. Moore In memory of Robert Millikan Joseph G. Ibrahim F. Paul Morrow In honor of Bill & Rosa Small Mary Ellen James Sarah Taylor Morrow In honor of Bill Jenkins & Diane Jefferson University Thomas L. & Susan C. Morrow Rowley Carl R. Johnson Mary Anne Murray Mary & Ernie Schoenfeld Thomas V. Jones Jeanenne Little Nelson Christopher Roman Schulz James D. & Virginia Midgett Kinard Charlotte Newsom Nunez-Wolff SENSUS Jeffrey John Oberhaus & Jacqueline Sergent Brent Wishart David Samuel Sheps & goals of James P. O’Connell Mary People-Sheps Andrew Olshan & Linda Levitch Ruth A. Shults th 75 Anniversary William Kevin O’Neil Gladys Siegel Campaign Leonard Oppenheimer Charletta Georgette Sims Evans Edith Ann Parker Frank & Melanie Spencer Celebrate! Events throughout the country Lynne Morrow Perrin State Employee’s Combined Campaign Herbert Bryson Peterson June Stevens Engage! UNC Service Days Rebecca Raymond Sarah L. Strunk Reunions Charles Edwin & Laura Helms Reece Suez Environnement Invest! Rent Consulting Group LLC Sandra & James Swenberg 75 new scholarships Michael Davis Rogers T. Rowe Price Program for 7 new professorships 7.5% increase in Jennifer & James Rosen Charitable Giving Annual Fund participation

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44 | fall 2013 Linda West Little is no stranger to barricades – or scram- bling over them. The first woman to receive a doctorate (in 1968) from the Gillings School’s Department of Environ- mental Sciences and Engineering (ESE), she became the department’s first woman faculty member in 1970. In the decade following, she conducted industrial waste research at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Research Trian- gle Institute and served as administrative judge with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. Little was one of three judges who con- ducted hearings on the restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1 after the catastrophic accident at Unit II in 1979. In 1983, she was named executive director of the N.C. Governor’s Waste Management Board, established to develop facilities for handling low-level radioactive and other hazardous wastes produced by industry, medicine, utilities and other sources. In 1990, she acquired additional responsibilities as the first director of the N.C. Office of Environmental Education. While she taught at UNC’s public health school, Little advocated for her students to attend conferences, present papers and conduct field research. “A student needs to be introduced to the real world, not just d ph oto contribute be confined to classrooms and laboratories,” she says. “Com- Linda West Little, collecting water samples in the 1980s plex environmental problems may have simple answers – but they’re usually simple wrong answers. When students meet environmental professionals at conferences and in field set- tings, not only can they network linda about career opportunities, but they can test their own ideas west little against other scientists’, thereby improving the quality of their thought and their research.” Breaking gender Finding the money to defray student expenses for travel was barriers, difficult, though. “Research grants and contracts provided paving the way little or no support,” she says, “and I suspect the situation is for student success even worse now.” That lack of funding inspired

the establishment of The Linda d ph oto contribute West Little Research Endow- ment in Waste Management. Dr. Little, today continued on page 46

fall 2013 | 45 our donors I have had the success I’ve had,” had,” I’ve success the I have had Income paid from the fund will be be will fund the from Income paid dent travel or field research support. support. research dent or field travel waste scientific about learning dents ulty member Dr. James C. Lamb III III member Dr. Lamb James C. ulty used to support ESE graduate stu graduate ESE support to used management, particularly for stu particularly management, admitted to the program, nor would program, the to admitted Weiss. Dr. “Without and Charles Lamb from by encouragement and interest in their success. success. their in interest their support, I wouldn’t have been Iwouldn’t have been support, their fac of ESE research and teaching by the inspired especially was tle pay similar tribute to Little, for her Little, to tribute pay similar she says. years information, contact theSchool’s At the start of her career, Lit of her career, start the At Now other ESE students may may Now students ESE other heroes oftomorrow. F 75 T public healthschooldepends today’s alumniandfriends– Office ofExternal A to benefitthepublichealth he future ofNorthCarolina’s upon giftsmadeby you – giving.unc.edu/gift/sph.

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fall 2013 | 47 75 years gifts to the JJoo AAnnenne EEarparp tribute fund

In April 2013, Jo Anne Earp, ScD, former chair and longtime professor of health behavior at the Gillings School, drew more than 200 current and former students, colleagues and friends to events celebrating her 40-year career in public health. Earp’s career has included 1960s activism, educating and mentoring hundreds of students, researching and advocating for women’s health, civil rights, and improved health care quality, equity and access.

See photos from the “Earpfest” events at tinyurl.com/sph-flickr-earp2013. our donor s Our thanks go to those listed below who have made a gift in her honor. To make your gift, contact Stephen FUL D NER TOM BY PH OTO Couch at [email protected] or 919.966.0198,

Dr. Jo Anne Earp (left) with husband Dr. Shelley Earp or visit giving.unc.edu/gift/sph.

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2448 | fall 2013 David Hughes Jolly John Bertrand Mulligan Jr. Mary Charles Suther Michele Laura Jonsson Funk Darin Todd Mullis Julie E. Sweedler Francine Katz Jupiter Michael Joseph & Robert Charles Sykes Karen Sue Kaeberle Lorraine Lyzun Murphy Reid Tatum Charles Walton Kirby III Susan Allbritton Murphy Eboni Monique Taylor Helen Rosalie Kohler NAHSE Steven Michael & Kim Lanette Larson Network for Good Carol Richmond Teutsch Paul Thomas Lauria Richard Davis Olin Margaret Shaw Thomas In honor of Don Lauria L. Dean Oliver Paul David Trinkoff & Joseph Gilbert Louis Lee Jesse O’Neal & Janice Whitaker Alison Miller Trinkoff In honor of Ms. Dorothy Lee Margaret Ostafin Eugenia Anne Upchurch Charles Albert Leprevost Janice Ann Paris William Alvin Van Wie II James Robert Leserman Nancy Jordan Parker Andrew Charles Voetsch & Steven Marc & Barcey Thurston Levy Wendy Marie Penfield Karen Pilliod Voetsch Hanford H. Lin Susan Grant Phelps Robert Irving Wakeley Henry N. Lin Ephraim Henry Phillippe III Charles Raymond Wakild & Donald Daniel Lisnerski A. Keith & Kimberly Clark Philips Susan Heuer Wakild Margaret A. Lucking George H. Pink & Peggy Leatt Martha Wilkinson Waller In honor of Jack & Peggy Wildman Sara Grabe Poux Adeline Gracey Washington and Bob & Patricia Wildman E. Charlton Prather Ganesa Rebecca Wegienka William Whiting Lyon Rose Marie Pratt Laurence A. Wescott & Allen Martin Mabry Shiny Purushothaman Constance B. Wescott Susan Simmons MacLean Robert Martin Quillin Edward Richard Williams Meera Tina Markanda Jacqueline A. Quirk Erica Lynn Wilmoth Katie Massey Martha Jean Reddout Melvin Ray Witcher Jr. Gerry Lynn Mattson Tara Renae Rheault Leslie Brown Wood Joseph Vernon Mauney & Thomas Andrew Ridgik Carl Nobuo Yoshizawa Gretchen Riser Mauney Elizabeth Rimer William N. Zelman Kimberly L. McCombs-Thornton In honor of Dr. Barbara K. Rimer Julia Wit Zupko Nancy Mari Mcgee Sara Rimer Leslie Jane McGeorge In honor of Dr. Barbara K. Rimer Susan Lee McIntyre Yehuda Ringel & Tamar Ringel-Kulka under $100 Katherine Kennedy McLeod Karen Tager Rivo Manoj P. Menson Malcolm Clive Roberts Anonymous (3) Henry Tyrus & Barbetha Miller Larry Philip Robinson Evelyn Larsen Aabel J. Stephen Miller Jr. Catherine Palisi Rowan Marshall Cecil Abee Noel Ross Mohberg Michael Carl Sachtleben Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics David McDaniel Moore III & The Scientific Consulting Group Nazir Ahmed Adam & Hannah Yang Moore Brian M. Shelley & Nelly E. Taveras Keir Davis Adam Donald L. Moore Chuan-Feng Shih Korede Kafayat Adegoke Patricia Gripka Moorman Valeria Denise Shropshire Richard Arthur Ainsworth & Margaret Anna Chaiko Morrill Jeffrey Antonio Simms Ellen Rowan Ingrid Hemela Morris David Smikle & Svenja Sanders Jordan Alexander Albritton John Howard & Suzanne C. Morrow Valerie Lewis Stallings Eddie Alcorn

fallfall 20132013 || 4951 75 years Philip Morgan Baker Robert Alan Berndt & Stephanie Lynnette Baker Christine S. Berndt Miriam Parke Balding Jay Michael Bernhardt Alan Mills Ball & Susan D. Bernstein Jean Elizabeth Alexander Colleen Dooling Ball Nathan Berolzheimer & Lorraine Kathleen Alexander In honor of Bill Tyroler Patricia Malinda Barron M. Taylor Alexander Jr. Marissa Ellen Baltus Kendall Emenheiser Berry Stanlin Alexander Amika Renee Banfield Pouru Bhiwandiwalla Van Sizar Allen Beth Baptist Briton Michele Bieze E. Jackson Allison Jr. In honor of Mr. Jack Eugene Wilson D. Mark Billings & Maira Billings Amanda Jean Allman Violette Kasica Barasch Lora Faley Bingham Catherine Dove Allport Atilio Barbeito Taffey Louise Bisbee Alexandra Elise Almeter Nathaniel Vincent Barbo Matthew Robert Bittel Marquietta Plummer Alston Mark Douglas Bardill Sr. & Michelle Jones Blackmon Rebecca P. Amthor Suzette Holbrook Bardill Alice Nash Blackwelder Benjamin Thomas Anders Brian Gregory Barkley John David Blankfield Charles Harold & Cassandra Janowski Barnhart David J. L. Blatt & Debra Dierksmeier Anderson David Allen Barskey & Ranae Pamela Reese John J. B. Anderson Mary Ann Baviello Elizabeth Carhart Bluhm Judith Virginia Anderson Andi Weiss Bartczak Jarol B. Boan Kathleen Lecus Anderson Mildred Bartko Heidemarie W. Boas Norma Powers Anderson Bonnie A. Bass Margaret Cartledge Boatwright Terry P. Anderson Vickie E. Bass Lindsey Bickers Bock Tiffany Renee Anderson Patricia Basta F. James Boehm our donor s Lillian McKie Andress Anna Elizabeth Bauer Stephen Paul Bogdewic & David Francis Andrews Michael Edward & Elizabeth Anne Lee William Moseley Archer III & Carol Michiko Baum Kimberly Whitman Bohler Ellen Hatley Archer Melissa S. Bauserman George Foote Bond Jr. & Mary Susan Ariosto-Coe Samuel Baum & Hilda Pekarsky Garbara Taylor Bond Micaela Yardley Arthur Alan Sol Baumgarten & Michael Lynn Boner Demarcus Shontae’ Artis Judith L. Hoffman Jonathan Levi Boortz-Marx Abena Konadu Asante Rita T. Beatty In honor of Dr. Richard Boortz- Evan Arthur Ashkin Kristen Beam Beavers Marx & Mrs. Cynthia Boortz-Marx Carol S. Ashley Ashley Beecham Steven C. Boss Christopher Delton Atkinson Suzanne Feikema Beeler Barbara Sue Bostian Annella Jean Auer Tammy Lynn Belinsky Valarie Keck Boughman Janet Veinot Ayer Mary Elizabeth Bell Ronald Walter Bousquet & Laura Elizabeth Bach In memory of Dr. Robert Millikan Estelle Bousquet Jonathan Theron & Angela C. Bailey H. Earle Belue Wendy Jane Bowers-Gachesa Justin Timothy Bailey Ronald Edward & Linda A. Benton James H. Bowles Monica Reid Bailey Samuel Isaac Berchuck Joan Kirkham Boyd Jason Guy Baker & Christopher Douglas Bergsten Carolyn C. Bradford Sarah Walker Baker Christina Bernadotte Sarah Kathryn Bradford John Curry Baker Jr. James Edward Bernatzky Jo Ellen Brandmeyer

5250 || fall 2013 Jeanette Hollar Braswell Joe M. Braun giving to the school’s Steven John Bredehoeft & annual fund Gail Wood Bredehoeft is an investment in Carol Elaine Breland tomorrow’s public health heroes Colleen Nagle Brenegan Bridget Brennan Dennis & Denise G. Brewster Over the last four years, Annual Fund contributions have In honor of Dr. Jo Anne Earp allowed us to offer scholarships to students in each of the School’s departments—a total of 69 Annual Fund Scholars to William Robert Brieger date. James Michael Brindle

Louise Annette Brinton In fall 2013, thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends who Sarah Brittingham give to the Fund, we provided scholarships to 11 students. Jessica Taylor Broadus Susan Irene Brock An investment in these young scholars is an investment in pub- Emily Suzanne Brouwer lic health progress—in our state, across the U.S. and around the world, wherever they work and serve. Please join us in support- Blanche Covington Brown ing in the next generation of public health heroes. Elizabeth Weld Brown Karen Elizabeth Brown For more information about Annual Fund Scholarships or to Beth Brown-Limmer make a gift, visit sph.unc.edu/annualfund or contact Deanna Wendy Sims Bryant Wilkie at [email protected] or 919.966.0198. Katelyn Rihana Bryant-Comstock Chris Brian Buchanan Phillip Heller Buchen Kyle David Bucher Raymond Douglas Buck & Janice Brownfield Buck Nosipho Beufort Nicole Butera May Chen Elizabeth Garry William Gordon Buckman Sr. public health biostatistics health behavior epidemiology leadership program Tyler Wayne Buckner Brenda Buescher John Gilbert Buie Jr. & Mary Green Buie Karin Kristin Bultman Lisa Tsipis Bultman Hugh Jonathan & Jasmin Hainey David Holcomb Manasi Kulkami health policy and environmental health policy and Dorothy Moffett Burford management sciences & engineering management Suzanne Kathryn Burlone Joseph Wayne Burris Jr. Ann Edwards Burruss Christopher Andrew Burton Elizabeth Doan Bushell

George Davis Bussey Poulami Maitra Hallie Ericson Pritchett Erline Miller Alberto Vargas biostatistics public health epidemiology nutrition James Frederick Byrne leadership program Brian Calingaert

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Popkin’s professorship gift will continue the fight against obesity

Where in the world is Barry Popkin? a kastleman He could be anywhere.

Barry Popkin, PhD, the Gillings School’s W.R. Kenan Jr. lin d by ph oto our donor s

Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition, consults or Dr. Barry Popkin leads studies in China, Russia, the Philippines, Brazil, Mex- ico and other countries. As a faculty member since 1977, he examines changes in diet, physical activity and body com- “He has an amazing position in groups of people around the world, leading the ability to mentor charge for policy changes at the state and national levels. Popkin developed the concept and the term “nutrition colleagues across transition” to describe shifts in patterns of eating, drinking all levels.” and moving and subsequent body composition. He and other scholars and policy makers now use this to capture rapid —penny gordon-larsen, phd shifts in obesity globally. In June 2013, he organized a weeklong meeting of global them grow as researchers and people and become better nutrition leaders and members of major foundations and prepared to be respected junior faculty members. international agencies to address large-scale policy change “Barry has been a terrific mentor,” says Carmen Piernas related to obesity in low- and middle-income countries Sanchez, PhD, recent nutrition alumna. “He provided me (www.bellagioobesity2013.org). with all kinds of resources to be successful. He helped me Despite his love of travel, one of his favorite places to col- feel confident and not be afraid to take risks.” laborate is right here at home. Popkin has taken dozens of “He has an amazing ability to mentor colleagues across all doctoral students and junior faculty under his wing, helping levels,” adds Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, now professor of

52 | fall 2013 Leigh Fleming Callahan Meghan May Clithero Jolynne Campbell Ellen Alexis Coates Joseph Edward Campbell Sr. Robert Mcledon Coble nutrition at the School. “He has success- Joanne Rita Campione W. Gerald Cochran fully advised countless faculty members Abby Caroline Cannon Diane Davis Cole on how to navigate difficult waters as Carey McGinnis Capell Genevieve Lowry Cole they move up through the ranks.” Robert Francis Cappel Jr. Rachel Elizabeth Cole Now, Popkin has made more tangible Kim Serden Caraganis Richard Francis Cole his support for young researchers. This Martha Christine Carlough Thomas Ross Coleman year, he established the first of several Bernice Wallace Carmon Marietta Denny Coles Barry Popkin Distinguished Profes- Jacob Michael Carr Arthur Collier III & sorships in Public Health Nutrition, an Margaret Devers Carroll Phyllis Lehman Collier award to support an assistant or associ- Lori K. Carswell Patrick Comerford ate professor in nutrition at the School. Marlene Orr Carver Lee Ann Elizabeth Conard He intends the award to help advance Cecilia Eugenia Casanueva Sarah Bond Conley epidemiological research on determi- L. Douglas Case Renee Avery Connelly nants, consequences and solutions to Edward Lynn Casey Wilma H. Conner U.S. and global dietary, activity and Edward Lee Cavenaugh Carol Ann Cook nutrition-related noncommunicable dis- Betty Ellen Caywood Lewis Selkirk Coonley Jr. & eases, especially obesity. Jill Kristin Center Linda Murphy Coonley “It was the combination of service and Carl Francis Cerco & Emily Rose Miller Cooper research that brought me to UNC’s pub- Carolyn Miller Cerco Mary Paul Moore Cooper lic health school,” says Popkin, a former Joe Carroll Chambers Michelle Gemborys Cooper community organizer whose doctorate Charles Groce Chandler & Phyllis M. Cote is in economics. “It is the School’s fos- Linda Laughridge Chandler In memory of Susanne Lynas tering of interdisciplinary collaboration Thomas Yancey Chandler Moulton in U.S. and global nutrition and obesity Daniel Micah & Sarah Alligood Nilofer Couture prevention that I hope to see continued Chang Melva Trinetta Covington with this endowment.” Yung-Lin Judy Chang John Charles Cowan Jr. & Emily Toms Chaplin Marie Cable Cowan —Linda Kastleman Janella Faye Chapline William Irvine Cowden Lou Anne Flynt Cheshire Barbara Wilson Cox Mun Hui Chia Carol Gordon Cox Mary Anne Chillingworth Donna Lynne Cragle Joan Christison-Lagay John Burton Creech Jr. Elizabeth Edith Christoph Deborah Jessup Creed GiviGivingng Nancy E. Clapp-Channing Caroline Melia Crews Kathryn Clark John Michael Crisafulli Your gift of a professorship Kevin James Clark Bobbie J. Cross will advance research to help solve an important Lawrence Michael Clark In honor of Dr. MaryAnn Farthing public health challenge. Marjorie McCutchen Clark Kathy Teer Crumpler For more information, contact Michele Nicole Clark Nelida Alba Cuenca the School’s Office of External Maurine G. Claver Rachanee Anne Curry Affairs at 919.966.0198, or visit Helen Ehrhardt Clawson David Lawrence Cusic giving.unc.edu/gift/sph.

fall 2013 | 5553 75 years Donella Dorothy Dent Michael A. Ellrott Claudia Helena Ma DeOliveira Cheryl Sue Elman Patricia M. DeRosa Lauren Hastings Elmore Leslie A. deRosset Kenneth Harris Elstein & John H. Dailey Drew Philip Desher Lynette Lorene Keyes-Elstein Deborah Renee Dale Michael A. DeSpirito Catherine Boland Emrick James Elmer Dale In memory of Mrs. Cecilia DeSpirito Michael William Enghauser Jessica Lynn Damon Nicole Cardello Deziel Patricia Allen Estes Christin Daniels Linda Webster Dicker Tammy Norris Evans Melissa Christensen Daniels Edward M. Dieser Michelle Johnson Everett Betty Jo Blalock Daniti Mark Boberg Dignan Beth Ann S. Everly Santanu Kumar Datta Peggye Dilworth-Anderson Richard Bernard Everson H. Sandlin Davenport Smrithi Dinesh Divakaran Adam Mitchell Eyring Sr. Boyd Hill Davis Patricia Carol Dischinger Jo Anne Livingston Fahey Debra Lynne Davis Josephine Joan Disparti Leila Family Edith Maye Davis Karl Maximilian Doetsch Helen L. Farrell Frederick Emerson Davis Nancy Dole Kembrie Greene Farrow Katherine Wengen Davis Ruth Machemer Domurath R. Kelly Faulk Jr. & Lance Lee Davis Lauren Joy Donoghue Robin Elliott-Faulk Lumbe’ Kibebe Davis Katlyn Laura Donohue Louisa Kersh Feeley Marcia von Thaden Davis Matthew Donohue Sara Beth Feistritzer Rachel M. Davis Joan Walters Drake Paul Jay Feldblum Ronald Gerard Davis Kenyon Lee Draper Praveen David Fernandes Jackson Harvey Day Margaret Mary Drennan Lindsay Erin Fernandez-Rhodes our donor s Allison Mary Deal Edmond Daniel Duffy Jr. John R. Fieberg Michael Morgan Dechman Jeanne Marshall Duncan Angelica Figueroa & Matt Rutledge Clifford Earl Decker Jr. Kevin Holden Dunn Constance Anne Finch Joseph Edward Decosimo & Patricia Carolyn Dunn Amy Ellen Fine Kasey Poole Decosimo Rebecca Mae Dunn Kenneth B. Fiser Marion Elliott Deerhake Holly Marie Durham Leslie Fisher Kimberly Rae Dehler Virginia Dudley Durrett Anne Marie Fitzgerald Debra McDaniel Delane Phyllis B. Dworsky Kevin Michael Fitzpatrick Carrie Anne Delcomyn In memory of Susanne Lynas Margaret Mary Fitzsimmons Alysa Marie Delgado Moulton Terry Lynn Flanagan Daphne A. Delgado Lauren Elizabeth Eades Valerie Lynn Flax Gregory Vladimir deLissovoy Corey Eagan Garrien Michael Floyd Jr. & Lisa Wiles Delphias Suzanne Elizabeth Eaton-Jones Tanya Glosson Floyd Guido DeMaere & Alrick S. Edwards Louvenia M. Floyd Catherine Auman DeMaere Charles Jackson Egli Robert Harold Forbes Jr. In memory of Susanne Lynas In memory of Mrs. Mary H. Egli Anne Jane Ford Moulton Edward P. Ehlinger Nina Elizabeth Forestieri Nancy Helen DeMaria Lauren E. Elder Emily Gordon Fowler Jeffrey Darlington Denit Laurence Bruce Elliott Ashleigh Michelle Francis Alexis Christine Dennis John W. Ellis & Elva L. Ellis Jennifer Jean Francis

5654 | fall 2013 Alison H. Frazzini Ida Patricia Glasgow Raymond William Hackney Jr. Lisa Fredman Allison M. Glasser Chase Haddix Carol A. Freedman Lucinda Howell Glover Khalil & Joumana Khalil Haidar In memory of Mrs. Rosa Williamson Alice Jane Godfrey Philip Wills Haines Small Cathryn Ann Goedert Katelin Marie Hairgrove Janice Andrea Freedman Aime Lyn Goldberg Anjum Hajat Anne Chenicek Freeman Julie Anne Golding Robert Henry Haladay Daniel Herbert Freeman Jr. Jason H. Goldsmith Janet Shaver Hall Alexa Freese Jonathan David Goldsmith & Lynne Anderson Hall Alexandra Steiner French Amira Elkodsi Goldsmith Ruffin Lewis Hall & Elizabeth Grace Friedberger J. Barry Goldstein & JoAnn Lamm Cynthia Mueller Hall Evan T. Friend Kristen Hardee Gonzalez Susan Audrey Hall A. Dewane Frutiger Bryan C. Gooding Tyrone Ahmad Hall Robert E. Fry Kay Gooding Charles Brady Hamilton Robinson Fulwood Margaret C. Goodrich Elizabeth Nelson Hamilton Nancy Hall Gabianelli David Jeremy Gordon Patricia Natzke Gadow Mary Irwin Gordon Charles Jeffrey Gage Herman Clark Gore Jack H. & Susanne Gakstatter Kathleen C. Gotterup Steven Brian & Dianne Shihadi Gallup Hilton Thomas Goulson John Farrell Gamble Susan Cohen Gower Bruce Alan Gantner Mary Lee Donoho Grafe James Brian Garber Abram Jordan Graham $12.5 Million Dianna E. Gardner C. Montrose Graham Jr. awarded to Dr. Michael Kosorok for innovation in cancer clinical trial Marie Whitehurst Gardner Christine M. Grauer designs, so effective treatments get Richard Vincent Gargagliano & Debra Ann Green to patients faster; includes Joan Hedgecock Mia Freeman Green partnerships with Duke University and N.C. State University. Rebecca Camille Garr Sherri Lynn Green Florence W. Garvin Brian Huger Greene Jr. Gene Garza Dana M. Greene Erica Leigh Hamilton Tara Gaston Nicole Heider Greeson Elizabeth Fleming Hammett Tanya Jean Gatenby Sara Perron Gregory Amy Joy Handler Diana Marilyn Gaviria Laura Anne Griffin Chassidy Hanley Bruce Gary Gellin Stefan Johannes Grimberg Leeroy P. & Susan Kay Hanna Nancy O’Pry Gentry Kathryn Elizabeth Lesle Grimes Myra Mott Bomba Hanni Jane Pentland Getchell Peter Michael Griswold Christine Starkey Hardy Talene Ghazarian Margaret Kneale Groening Mary-Aileen Harkins-Schwarz Preeya S. Gholkar Thomas Seth Grogan Jr. Kevin James Harlen Thomas Francis Gibson E. Henry Guevara Bethany Joyce Harmon Jennifer Marie Gierisch Mark Guggenheim Jane Coltrane Harrington Mary Beth Russin Gilboy Martin Edward Gurtz Horace Harris Melissa Blair Gilkey George Arthur Guthrie Jr. Kari Noel Harris Johanna Margaretha Gilstrap Catherine Ann Gutmann Robert Lee Harris Jr. & Constance Glasby John R. & Suzanne Guzek Peggy L. Harris

fall 2013 | 5557 75 years Richard Lawrence Holmes Crystal Larae Jackson W. Howard Holsenbeck Judith Cochrane Jacobs Douglas M. Holstein Jerome R. & Barbara A. Jakubczak William Edward Homovec Mary Grenz Jalloh Elizabeth Payne Harrison Michael H. Honeycutt Mohamed Ali Jalloh J. Bruce Harstad In memory of Susanne Lynas A. Everette James Jr. & Carolyn Cantlay Hart Moulton Nancy Jane Farmer Fletcher Lee Hartsell Jr. Alexandra L. Hopkins Mary McRae James Erin Kathleen Hartwell David Peter Horn Cathy Anne Jenkins Kari Hartwig Janice Ruffini Horner James Joseph Jetter Elizabeth Marilyn Harvey Louise Foushee Horney Dale Thomas Jobes Joseph Kyd & Janelle Hood Haseman Jared R. Horton Derek Michael Johnson John Hassett & Judith Crawford Mark B. Horton & Mary Ann Miller Jaret Carl Johnson Liza Makowski Hayes Brian David Horvath Yumiko Ohta Hayes Laura Oredola Houenou Jennifer Smart Haynes Cynthia C. Houston Kathleen Edwards Headen Penelope Page Howards Melissa Dawn Hearsch Jacqueline Noble Howell Thomas H. Heath & Gail Moody Heath Joseph Toy Howell III & David Steven Heesacker Embry Martin Howell Robert & Ellen Henak Tony T. Huang & Sue L. Huang In honor of William Tyroler Carol Lee Hubbard Amy Lyn Henes T. Terrill Hudgins & more than two dozen rural hospitals Jo Anne Kirk Henry Hope Elaine Bryan our donor s consulted with Gillings School faculty Catherine Nance Hensley Brenda Hudson members Drs. Mark Holmes and George Evelyn Small Henson Patty Rosenquist Huffman Pink to improve operational efficiency and financial viability. Jennifer Resh Herrmann Gary Franklin Hughey Avis Hernwall High Rachel Loree Hulkower Larry Odell Hill Charles Glenn Humble Ruth Linder Hines George Harris Huntley Jessica Monet Johnson Russell Worth Hinshaw Jon M. Hussey John Levern Johnson William Bernard Hirsch Vi Gia Huynh Kathryn Schmidt Johnson Sandra McDaniel Hodges Marshall L. Hyatt Theodore Michael Johnson II & Stephen George Hoffman Jr. & Deborah Anne Hyland Susan Paul Johnson Theresa Corsaro Hoffman Tara Illsley Trent Ober Johnson Kenneth William Hoffner Jr. & Deborah Dundas Ingram Willie Spoon Johnson Jeanne Cardi Hoffner James Carney Irion & Wilma Griffin Johnson Gaynelle Hogan Rosemary Hickey Irion M.C. Johnson-Thompson Suzanne Noury Holden Patricia Gardzinir Isbell Richard Paul Bart & Heidi Johnston Gwyn S. Hollenbeck Lois Simmons Isler Bobbette Price Jones Bryan Robert Hollinger Robbin F. Itzler Bonnie Marie Jones Samuel James Holloway Sr. A. Lee Ivester Chaunetta L. Jones Sara Cook Holloway Elizabeth Stephens Jack James Amos Jones Thomas Clemmer Holloway Alexander M. Jackson Karen Waters Jones

5856 | fall 2013 Morgan Elizabeth Jones Charles Herbert King Jr. Julie Galloway Lanford Rhondette Lenice Jones John Gridley King Marilyn Griffiths Lanphier Todd Allen Jones Ryan Scott Kingsbury Lyle Wilkerson Lansdell Catherine Samantha Jonker Linda Marie Kinney Charles Duane Larson Daniel J. Jordahl In honor of Dr. Suzanne Landis Anne Johnston Lawrence Joanne Marie Jordan Tracy L. Kinsey Kenneth & Rosemarie Lawson Tania Jordanova Sheila Marlene Kinty Leslie J. Lawson Surendra Bhargav Joshi & J. David Kirby Michael Thomas Lawson Charulata S. Joshi Jane McManus Kirk Ava June Lay Lauren Ashley Joyner J. Michael Kirtz Rachel Sara Lazar James Mark Jurkovich & Russell S. Klingensmith Benjamin Lebron Stephanie Ann Molliconi J Yvonne Rogers Knauff Kerry Lamont Lee Corey Andrew Kalbaugh Jacqueline Suzanne Knee Soong Hyun Lee Norma Fox Kanarek Christopher F. Knud-Hansen Jennifer Leeman James Stuart Kantor Matthew Allen Koch Yvette Leger Julie Karcis Keith Eric Kocher Hugh Geoffrey Lemonds & Leah Robinson Karpen David & Ruth Koester Samantha Tozzi Lemonds Maureen T. Kartheiser Racquel Elizabeth Kohler Donald Eric Lentzen Andrew Adams & Rebecca Ann Kohler Hannah Jozette Leonard Elizabeth Walker Kasper Carolyn Reid Kohn Jennifer Anne Leonard Mark Kassis Van Anthony Kollias & Bonnie Rae Lesko Linda Craven Kastleman Sonja Robinson Kollias Martin Frederick Less Janis Gail Kaufman Lawrence David Kornreich Lisa Ruth Letourneau Leanne Kaye Lindsay Adam Kort Teme Madelyn Levbarg Christine Hunt Kearsley Bert Petty Krages II Sue Levin Julian Eugene & Barbara Keil Denise Duhamel Kreb Ronald Howard Levine Betty Craven Kelchner Matthew Walter Kreuter Julian Leigh Lewis Connie Kelley-Sidberry N. Scott Kukshtel Katherine McLaurin Lewis David Reid Kelly Robert Leonard Kunka & Meghan Lindsey Lewis In memory of Marcia Lynn Whicker Alice Kirkman Kunka Shimena Ruth Li Richard Dale Kelly & Beth F. Kelly In memory of Susanne Lynas Jiahe Liang Betty Kenan Moulton Kim Maureen Lichtveld J. Todd Kennedy Sean Laane & George Lawson Liggins George & Frances Kerr Patricia Suzanne Weggel-Laane Melvin Dale Lightner Ann Kesler-Anterasian John Henderson Lacey & Lauren E. Lindblad Joy Anderson Key Carolyn Holcomb Harrell Sharon Lindgren Charlene Dickerson Kidd Madison Paige Lackey Seri Anne Link Brian Paul Kilgallen & James Albert Lalumandier Alice Strozik Linyear Teresa Kilgallen Frank Warren Lambert Jr. Stuart Roger Lipsitz John Jihoon Kim Louis C. LaMotte Jr. & Sally Lynn Liska Roy Jung Woo Kim Lila Jean LaMotte Karen S. Lissy Young S. Kim & Esther Kim Robert Joseph Landry Shuaiqing Liu Hoke Pollock Kimball Joy Elizabeth Lane Xiao Fu Fu Liu Betty Frances King Michael Nelson Laney John Llewellyn Lobdell

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dr. sarah morrow A scholarship established by her children honors her advocacy for maternal and child health

Rereading Dubose Heyward’s The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes was a fitting prerequisite to writing about Dr. Sarah Morrow. In the timeless children’s book, the mother of 21 baby bunnies triumphs through hard work and perseverance, superhuman organizational skills and an abundance of kindness, despite the prejudices of rather snobbish male rabbits. The country bunny’s unlikely success parallels Morrow’s own. A sole breadwinner

with six young children and a husband who was ill, Morrow earned medical and ful d ner tom by ph oto public health degrees, becoming one of the most respected and effective admin- our donor s istrators in the state of North Carolina and a crusader for women’s and children’s Dr. Sarah Morrow health. Now, in gratitude and to honor their mother’s contributions, her children have “We are very proud of made a gift to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health so that others may prepare for illustrious public health careers. The Sarah Taylor Morrow Scholar- our mother and what ship in Maternal and Child Health, established by Lynne Morrow Perrin, Sally Morrow Shelley, Thomas Lacy Morrow III, Frank Paul Morrow, Alice Morrow she has accomplished Dean and John Howard Morrow, will support maternal and child health students at Morrow’s alma mater. throughout her life.” “We are very proud of our mother and what she has accomplished through- lynn perrin out her life and continues to accomplish even today as a pediatrician and public — health professional,” wrote Lynne Perrin, on behalf of her siblings. “Mom always placed high priority on children having good health and a good education. We – Secretary of the N.C. Department of her children and grandchildren – established this scholarship to honor her and Health and Human Services, again the encourage others to learn about her life’s work and embrace her ideals.” first woman to serve in that capacity. Morrow earned a medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1942 – at Later, she served for more than 20 years age 23 – and a Master of Public Health from UNC in 1959. As a clinician at the as medical director for Electronic Data Guilford County (N.C.) Health Department, she established the department’s Systems. groundbreaking Child and Youth Program, and soon became the department’s Even in her 90s, Morrow has remained, first woman director. In 1976, she was appointed by Governor James Hunt Jr. as her children say, “a tireless public health

58 | fall 2013 Elise A. Lockamy Katherine Pieper Mason Gary & Panthia Locklear Lisa Jane Mason-Faison Samantha Ruth Logan Susan Marie Massaro Christina B. Lomax Laurel Marston Mastro Denise Heath Londergan Timothy & Pradhana Mastro Suzanne Elizabeth Long John Clyburn Matheson III Diane Alicia Longstreet Pamela Mathews Roberta Benon Lopez Margaret Amanda Mathis Rhonda Lynn Lowe Whitney Brook Matson Macon Elizabeth Lowman Denise Louise Matthews Feng Luo & Zhihua Fan Stanley Theodore Mavrogianis 17,500+ North carolina Edward William Lusk Lisa Renee Maxwell preschoolers Gheorghe Luta & Amelia Maytan and their teachers have learned about proper nutrition and active living Anca Dana Dragomir Jill Ann McArdle through Dr. Dianne Ward’s NAP-SAAC Pauline Rabon Lyna Timothy Ann McBride program (www.napsacc.org). Kirkland Alexander Lynch Donald Edward McCall Stacy Racine Lynch Judy Honbarrier McCall advocate, working with the N.C. Cit- Thomas & Deborah Lynd Timothy George McCarthy izens for Public Health and inspiring Courtney Braswell Lyndrup Moira Stephanie McCloskey new generations of public health lead- Rebecca Leigh Mabe Gene Frederick McCoy ers through her continuing involve- Norman Angus MacLeod Kristin Rene McCullough ment with the Gillings School.” Krista Giersch Maddigan Hazel Gilchrist McDowell “We are proud of Dr. Morrow and so Mary Sue Porter Hunter Maginnis Shirley Jackson McDowell grateful to her,” says Herbert Peterson, Azra Mahmutefendic Rebecca Wilson McGonigal MD, Kenan Distinguished Professor Michelle Alisa Mahoney Margaret Harrington McHenry and chair of the School’s maternal Ann Marie Malarcher David Andrew McKay and child health department. “She is a Jose F. Maldonado-Moll Lisa Ann McKay-Chiasson true pioneer in the field and has made William Francis Maloney Lee Nix McKenna many important contributions over Khalil Hosny Mancy & Richard Warren McLain the years to our department and those Patricia Worley Mancy Sarah Elizabeth McLellan we serve.” Justice Allen Manning A. Darlene Gifford McLeod Ashley Yvonne Manos Daniel Taylor McMillan —Linda Kastleman Carolyn Venice Howard Marcus Delores Poole McNair Lewis Harvey Margolis Kay McNeill-Harkins H. Belle Potter Marks Margaret Elizabeth Meador John William Marsh Karleen Ruth Meadows GiviGivingng Ashley Marshall Jorge Villanueva Medina Edwin Cochran Marshall Edward F. Meehan To learn how your gift may be used to honor a mentor Christopher Sargent & Anne Ruth Meibohm or loved one, contact the Caroline Rowe Martens Michelle Marie Mello School’s Office of External Patrick Martin Bruce Edward Melosh & Affairs at 919.966.0198, or visit Minni Nauhria Marwaha Sara Ebener Melosh giving.unc.edu/gift/sph. William Donald & Arthur Richard Melton Linda Ocker Mashburn Paula Harrisa Mendelsohn

fall 2013 | 59 75 years Marian Vanlandingham Moseley Abayomi Iroroye Owei Malana Keiko Moshesh Koyejo Abiodun Oyerinde Kathryn Reumann Mullen Karishma Kamlesh Oza Jennifer Leigh Mullendore Alice Kinsman Page Jason C. & Dara Daneen Mendez Robert Wesley Mullennix Richard & Theresa Paice James Chamblee Meredith Kenneth A. Mundt I-Jen Pan Robert Scott Merolla Colleen Marie Murphy Jennifer M. Pan Edythe Green Merritt Michael Ben Musachio Ariana Pancaldo Claire-Helene Mershon Erin Marie Musiol Shveta Dhiren Pandya Beverly Gail Metchock Sarah Christene Mye Carol Blum Papillon Margo Ilene Michaels Irving Nachamkin Patricia Diane Parker Barbara Michalak-Reilly Aimee Kirkman Nakhle Sheryl Lynne Parker Roberta Milar William James Neil Kim Parks Barry Alan Miller Mary A. Nelson In memory of Ms. Linda King Christopher Perry Miller William Bernard Neser Robert Thomas Parrott Eric Anthony Miller & Catherine Barrett Newhouser Edward A. Pascarella Cheryl Lynne Miller Amy Hoi-Mei Ng Mallie Jether Paschall IV Mark Elliott Miller Jeffrey Huu Nguyen Paul Pasquarella Paul Matthew Miller Nicholas Giao Nguyen In memory of Susanne Lynas Claire Ward Mills Evelyn Frost Nichols Moulton Elizabeth Beckner Mills Katherine V. Nichols William Joseph Pate Jason Christopher & Joy Haworth Nicol Amy Rameshchandra Patel Elizabeth McAllister Mills Sandra Turner Noll Presha D. Patel Leslie Painter Mills Felicia C. Noonis Padmaja Patnaik our donor s In honor of Dr. Jo Anne Earp Richard Recher Nugent W. Ward Patrick Dina Miyoshi Robert Percival & Merritt Townsend Patridge In memory of Dr. Robert Millikan Aubrey Christie Nutter Navinchandra Suresh Pawaskar Lorraine Simone Mobarak Patrick Joseph O’Connor R. Flynn Paylor Jr. Christine Lorraine Moe Jane Marie O’Doherty Jared William Peacock Khadija Jamal Jafar Mohamed Rudolph Wilhelm Oeben Jim L. Peacock David Charles Momrow Ann Marie O’Hale Laura Pearson Paul Edward & Rose Wilcher Obinna Jude Okeke Roger Lawrence Pedersen Monahan Byron Toyota Okutsu Christine Pederson Harsha Mondal C. Marc O’Neal & Heidi Sink O’Neal Everall Aiken Peele Emily Kathryn Monds Marie Sylvia O’Neill Barbara Jane Pellin Edward Benjamin Money Jr. Louis Joseph Orban James Francis Penfold Elizabeth Claire Montague Kathryn Jordan Ort Jessie Valentine Pergrin Dennis Joseph Moore Kate Orville Lars David Perlmutt Jonathan David Moore Sara McMurray Osborne Henry B. Perry III Laura Kaye Moorhead Nora Hennessy Osowski Donald Brian Personette & Brett W. & Vicki McIntosh Moran Nancy Dasher Oswald Deborah Ann DiGilio Victoria Stover Mordecai Kevin John O’Toole David Pesci Leslie Ann Morris Bernice Green Otudeko Katherine Ann Peterman Paula Katheryn Morris Alycia Karoline Overbo Howard August Peters

6260 || fall 2013 Edith Tannenbaum Peterson Jeffrey Charles & Gail Boren Peterson Laura Goettinger Qualls Charles J. Petrillo Jr. Noreen Lareda Qualls Sophia Sirokay Petrusz Judith Rose Qualters Eric Steven Pevzner & Richard Douglas Quattrone Emily Lynn Green-Pevzner Alan J. Rabideau Suzanne Pfeifer Norman DePue Radford Jr. Robert W. Phelps Polly Hathaway Raible $50M Gift from dennis Debra M. Phillips Chirag Dipak Rajpuria gillings and joan gillings Diane Fistori Phillips Susan Randolph has funded dozens of projects Lynette S. Phillips Myrnice McCormick Ravitch based in N.C., including 18 Gillings Innovation Labs and Mikal Joseph Phillips Kimberly Jane Ray 53 Gillings Merit Scholars. Richard Norman Phillips Peter Cameron Raynor Vern Pidcoe Jeannie M. Reardon Martha Piedrasanta Linda Jean Redman Susan Wenger Robbins Elizabeth Bryan Pierce Alison Chapin Reed In honor of Dr. Miriam Labbok Amanda Anne Piltzer Bianka Monique Reese Robin G. Robertson Pinehurst Geriatrics PA Elizabeth Regan Kristof Daniel Robinson Marcy Leigh Policastro Jonathan David & Sandra Cook Reid Whitney Ragan Robinson Alice Kelton Pollard Linda Schoof Reilly In memory of Dr. Robert Millikan Ricardo Alberto Pollitt Chris Joseph Reimer Paul Vincent Rocereto Barbara Garrish Pollock Donald William & Eric Alan Rodgman Meg Lanchantin Pomerantz Karen Hillix Reinfurt Jimmy Lafon Rogers Sr. Lauren Alissa Poor Alice Deemer Remigailo Jacky Ann Rosati Rowe Megan Proctor Popielarczyk Wolfgang Resch & In memory of Dr. Parker C. Reist Maurice Benjamin Popkin Leah Elizabeth Mechanic Mark Jamison Rosch Cedric W. Porter Jr. Lawrence Gerald & Carol M. Retchin Shyanika Wijesinha Rose Kenneth Michael Portier Heidi Winn Reynolds Allison Beth Rosen Bradford Cole Powell & Mary Louise Reynolds Barbara Rosenau Sabrina Neill Powell John Kimber Rezen Stephen James Rosenbaum Mary Beth Powell Sheryl J. Rhodes Donald L. Rosenstein Tiffany Michele Powell Victor Gregg Rhodes Jr. Alton Glenn Ross & William Stewart Powell Sandra Rhyne Frances Turner Ross Stephen Praissman Laura Dula Richard John A. Ross Marva Laverne Mizell Price Cathy Rachelle Richards Pamela Kim Ross Barbara Alison Prillaman Russell Howard Richardson Rachel May Ross Timothy Wayne Prince Brian D. F. Richmond Marcia Susan Roth Cynthia Johnston Probst Martha Cornwell Riddell Lynne Schachner Roux Earcel Gene Proctor Alissabeth Kay Ridenour Ryan Rowe Alan & Nancy Easter Proia Kathryn Maclin Riley Amy Michelle Rowland John Chester Pulaski Jr. Sheila Risley Diane Rowley Elizabeth Larsen Pullen Kelly Elizabeth Ritrievi Nina Tiglio Ruckes Cheryl Lynn Pulliam Glenn Donald Rives Joe Rudek Elizabeth Peyton Purcell Marilyn Colby Rivkin In memory of Dr. Ed Kuenzler

fallfall 20132013 || 6361 75 years George Alan Shaler & Thomas Freeman Slaughter Jill Ellen Rosenthal Camille Smith Carol J. Shannon Claudia May Smith Jennifer Bourbina Shannon Phillip Brian Smith Douglas James Rupert & Daniel T. Shaughnessy Samantha Jeanne Smith Amy Ehrenfeld Rupert S. Drusanne Shaulis Stephen Michael Smith Maria Citarella Russell Joyce Q. Sheats Susie Smith & Nate Cooper Susan Russell John Lewis Sheets Wanda Boger Smith Mark W. & Deborah Russo Judene Anne Shelley Grady King & Mary Edwards Snyder Karen Lee Rust Christine Delalio Shiffer Patrick Drexel Snyder Brent Eugene Rutland Robert James Shimp Taylor Marie Snyder Marjorie Rose Sable Stanley Allen Shulman James Michael Snypes Jr. Carol Wendt Sackett Tamara Tickel Shusterman Justin Robert Sodoma Yoram Sami & Suzanne Gutter Gilboa Carl Michael Shy Sole Source Engineering P.C. Melissa Rachel Sanchez Crystal Sims Sossoman Jeffrey L. Sanders & Carol D. Sanders Katherine Nicole Southers Mary Mann Sappenfield Carol Kozlowski Spangler Sara Moir Sarasua Yvonne Hebert Sparling Joan Davis Sather Hannah Logan Spector Peter Lawrence Saviteer & Joyce Annette Spencer Susan Mertz Saviteer John J. Spivey Jennie Perey Saxe C. Jean Spratt Tim Scales Laura Marie St Martin Anne Rose Schaefer J. Thomas Stack our donor s $5.5 Million James Mitchell Schaeffer Elisabeth Harris Stamm awarded to Dr. Dorothy Cilenti to Daniel Solomon Schechter Capitola Louise Stanley provide onsite and online training Jerald Scott Schindler & and technical assistance for N.C. John Haywood Stanley Sharon M. Schindler Title V agencies involved in the Barbara Ellen Starrett Affordable Care Act Susanne Schmal Jane Patricia Staveley Sandra Willa Schoenfisch Doran Webster Stegura Sarah Elizabeth Schulwitz Cheryl Randy Stein Richard Michael Schulz & Joseph Edward Sickles II Marilyn Mackson Stein Marcia Anne Coster-Schulz George William Siebert III Seth Michael Steinberg Jennifer Elaine Schuster-Jaeger Ashley Elizabeth Sigmon Cecilee Page Steinmetz Todd Andrew Schwartz O. J. Sikes III Timothy John Stephens Stefanie Mei Schwemlein Robert S. Silvers & Constance Ritz Stern Don & Kay Scott Penelope Jeanne Padgett Betsy Van Belois Stikeleather Edgar Franklin Seagle Phillip Donald Simmons Mark Stephen Stinneford & James E. Sells Shakia Hardy Simmons Karen Youngblood Stinneford Jane Barbara Serling Karen L. Simons Stephen Ronald Stoddard Frederick William & Neal R. Simonsen Rodoljub Stojiljkovic Carolyn Miller Sexton Barbara Pawlik Simpson Carol Elizabeth Stokes Mark Alan Sgan Elizabeth Hamerschlag Sims Ada Uhland Storm Neha Bhupendra Shah Roberta Singal Tara Lee Stout

6462 || fall 2013 Carmesia Amoy Straite David Cheng-Da Tong Elizabeth Jefferson Walker Pamela McLendon Strand Christopher Paul Toumey & Hilda Lee Walker Justine Strand de Oliveira Kathryn Jon Luchok Amelia Susannah Wallace G. William Strein & Sandra Strein Charlie Tran Bobbi Wallace In honor of Dr. Thomas Ricketts Duy Trong Tran In honor of Eleanor Emslie G. Thomas Strickland Jr. & Thomas Thien Tran Bruce Davis Wallace Anna Garst Strickland Patricia Broyhill Trice Dennis Dale Wallace Charles F. Stroebel Aaron Trubman Ralph Gene Wallace Taylor Hamer Stroud & Joan Meister Truby Susan Wall Wallin Sara Moore Stroud Heather M. Trudeau Emmanuel Benjamin Walter Kelly Kathryn Strutz Annie Wang Tu Georgia Ann Walter Frances Mae Strychaz Jean Walker Tucker Sheryl Furfaro Walters Elizabeth Roselle Suttle Thomas Harley Tucker II & Ann Marie Lee Walton Mary Elizabeth Hibbs Sutton Stephanie Ann Powelson Beverly A. Warden David John Svendsgaard Craig David & Patricia Ann Turnbull McWilson Warren Colleen Svoboda Lou Flippin Turner Victoria Motley Washington Angela Wooten Swicegood Mark Andrew & Melanie R. Wasserman Brian C. & Kara Anne Taff Melissa Norman Turner Amanda Reynolds Waters Leigh Anne Tally Carl D. Tuttle Nancy Burrow Watkins Yao Tang Emily Thomason Tyler B. Peyton Watson Sylvia Mullins Tart Sheron Garris Tyndall Nancy Margaret Watson Douglas James Taylor Laura CaJacob Ugokwe Kenna Stephenson Watts Emily Catherine Taylor Margaret Bliss Umphres Sharon Jean Wayne Irma I. Taylor Patricia Miller Unruh Christopher Lee Wearmouth Sylvester Taylor & Unknown Donor Gifts Mary Elizabeth Mulvey Webb Donna Robbin Dinkin Kimberly Ann Urban Briana Monet Webster Christine Bahia Tenekjian Jay Adam Ure David Bruce Webster Jr. & Sarah Brill Thach Antti Vahakainu & Mindy Weed Connie Gayle White Francis Curtis Thayer Jr. In honor of Mr. Brett Weed Elizabeth Megan Weinstein Gene Dennis Therriault Lisa Ann Valent Scott Allen Welch Jeremy & Amy Thomas Marian Raidl Van Nierop Roland Willis Wentworth Kent William & Carolyn Elizabeth Vance Virginia Lindley Wereszynski Robin Wilkerson Thomas Paul Joseph Vander Straeten James Jason West Monecia Kiser Thomas Catherine P. Vangellow Jane Mandeville Wetsel Jennifer Michelle Thomasen Brenda Vasquez Catherine Whedbee White Caroline Avery Thompson Rupa Vass Elizabeth Anne White Mark Gerard Thompson & Patricia Long Vaughan Mark Charles White Irene Margaret deGroot Gracey Vaughn Todd Patrick Whitehead Shirley Jean Thompson Lakshmi Pradeepa Vennam Daniel Bennett Whitesides Alice Raymond Thomson Joel Ellison Vickers Joanna Louise Whyte Julie Poh Thurlow Nadja Alexandra Vielot Evelyn Booker Wicker Lee Tippe & Carol Sue Hindman Tippe Thomas & Frances Vitaglione Jeffrey Paul Wierse Mary Ann Tomasiewicz Edward Harris Wagner Allen James Wilcox Forrest Glenn Tompkins Cynthia Sue Walker Sophie Marie Wilderotter

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Noel Hance Wiley Wayne Edward Wormsley Andra Lea Wilkinson Betty Hinton Worthy Andrew David Williams John David Wray James Earl Williams Mother’s Day Mary Haney Wright Marie Phillips Williams Tributes David C. Wu Zakiyah Kiara Williams Susan Reynolds Wyatt Bruce G. & Janet Horsley Willis Jane Godwin Wydra Marilyn York Willis Mrs. Margaret Smith Daughtry Karen Dawson Yaeck Farra Martin Wilson by gordon l. daughtry Sirin Yaemsiri Fletcher Nelms Wilson & Jingzhen Yang Catherine Alexander Wilson Marjorie Downs Guild Yong Yang & Xiaolei Zhou Richard Burton Wilson by priscilla guild Allen Yarinsky Theresa Russ Wilson Feng Ye & Jean Pan Thomas Armand Wilson Ms. Dorothy Lee Alan Nelson Young Susan A. Winsor by joseph lee Craig Matthew & Cara B. Winstead Suzanne Unger Young Mrs. Frances Salak Robert Oakley Winters Martha Royster Young by jerry salak Chris Alan Wise Samina Yunus Cameron Robert Wolfe Arnold & Maryanne Zaks Gwendolyn Farmer Lee Baugh Holly Mae Wolff In memory of Joan Rimer our donor s Beard Eva Higdon Wood Julie Zangari by julie de clerque Mary Susan Woodruff Stacey Molinich Zee Rebecca Claire Woodruff Caroline Lee Beard De Clerque Judy Teresa Zerzan Aimee Whitney Woods by julie de clerque Zhi Zhong James Sterrett Woods III & Katherine Shelden Ziegler Nancy Fugate Woods Sara Zizzo Ayaba G. Worjoloh Tracy L. Zontek Linda Kay Worman Bin Zou

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6664 | fall 2013 2014 schedule of anniversary events

chapel hill, n.c. chapel hill, n.c. Saturday, March 1 Thursday, April 10

Minority Alumni Reunion Speaker: Greg Allgood, PhD All alumni and friends School alumnus and former are welcome. director of Procter and Gamble’s Location to be determined Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program Hosted in conjunction with the School’s 35th annual Minority 6 p.m. – 46th annual Foard Health Conference Lecture 7 p.m. – Reception Learn more at minorityhealth.web.unc.edu. William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education baltimore, md. Selected departmental events begin at 4 p.m. Monday, March 17 Visit sph.unc.edu/foard. Alumni event, hosted chicago, ill. by UNC Department of Tuesday, March 25 Biostatistics washington, d.c. Alumni event, hosted by the Tuesday, April 29 Baltimore Marriott UNC Department of Health Waterfront Hotel Policy and Management 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Held in conjunction with the Held in conjunction with the National Geographic Museum Eastern North American Region/ American College of Healthcare at Explorers Hall International Biometric Society Executives 17th and M Streets, NW Conference Learn more at tinyurl.com/ nationalgeographicmuseum. mark your calendars!

Fall receptions in Charlotte, Atlanta and Boston brought together alumni and friends. On the back cover, clockwise from top left: Byron Bullard, Mary Webster and Laura and Fred Brown at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte; Jamal Jones, Collin Lane and Ben Buchanan renew acquaintances in Charlotte, N.C.; Co-hosts Judy and Rich Vinroot celebrate with Dean Barbara K. Rimer in Charlotte; Larry Kupper, Joan Gillings, Dean Barbara K. Rimer, and Joy and Chet Douglass celebrate the announcement in Boston of the Douglasses’ gift of a new Distinguished Professorship in Dental Public Health; and Cynthia Cassell and Stephen Marshall enjoy The Carter Center in Atlanta.

Left to right: Michael Tarwater, Fred Brown, Joe Piemont and Katie Kaney of Carolinas HealthCare System host the School’s 75th Anniversary kick-off Reception in Charlotte, N.C. Nonprofit Organization US Postage PAID Permit #177 Chapel Hill, NC The u n i v e r s i t y of n o rt h c a ro l i n a at c h a p e l h i l l

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Celebrate! Engage! Invest! At events throughout At reunions, on UNC In scholarships, professorships, the country service days the Annual Fund and so much more...

learn more on inside back cover and at sph.unc.edu/alumni/75.