ON OUR T S H T G U I D L E T LAUNCHING N O T P S S • • • • careers, • • • • • • • • ACCELERATING • • • • • • • • • • W I solutions 1 N T R E E R B M 2 U 01 N 1– · 20 E 2 12 · VOLUM Public Health Foundation Incorporated BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack E. Wilson, PE, MSENV Cynthia H. Cassell, PhD Joseph F. John, MHA, FACHE Celette Sugg Skinner, PhD President Health Scientist, Epidemiology Team Administrator Professor and Chief, Behavioral and Member of the Board of Directors Birth Defects Branch Clinical Operations Communication Sciences TEC Inc. Division of Birth Defects and The Emory Clinic Inc. Department of Clinical Sciences Developmental Disabilities Associate Director for Cancer Control Delton Atkinson, MPH, MPH, PMP Mark H. Merrill, MSPH National Center for Birth Defects and & Population Sciences Vice President Developmental Disabilities President and Chief Executive Officer Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center Deputy Director Centers for Disease Control and Valley Health System University of Texas Southwestern Division of Vital Statistics Prevention Medical Center National Center for Health Statistics Stephen A. Morse, MSPH, PhD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deniese M. Chaney, MPH Associate Director for Environmental Jeffrey B. Smith, MHA, CPA Partner Microbiology Partner Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Accenture Health and Public Service National Center for the Prevention, Ernst & Young LLP Executive Vice President Detection and Control of Infectious Ex Officio Stacy-Ann Christian, JD, MPH Diseases Paula Brown Stafford, MPH Dean Associate Director Centers for Disease Control and President Alumni Distinguished Professor Research Administration and Finance Prevention Clinical Development UNC Gillings School of Global Northeastern University Quintiles Public Health Douglas M. Owen, PE, BCEE Michael (Trey) A. Crabb III, Vice President John C. Triplett, MD, MPH Peggy Dean Glenn MHA, MBA Malcolm Pirnie Inc. Regional Medical Officer Executive Director/Secretary President Bethesda, MD Jonathan J. Pullin, MS Ex Officio Health Strategy Partners LLC Edgar G. Villanueva, MHA, FACHE Associate Dean for External Affairs President and Chief Executive Officer David Dodson, MDiv UNC Gillings School of Global The Environmental Group of the Owner/Principal Public Health President Carolinas Inc. Leverage Philanthropic Partners MDC Inc. Winston Salem, N.C. Charlotte Nuñez-Wolff, EdD Roy J. Ramthun, MSPH Treasurer Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH President G. Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH Ex Officio Senior Director, Department of HSA Consulting Services LLC Veterinary Outreach Coordinator Epidemiology Global Alliance for Rabies Control Associate Dean for Business and Finance Laura Helms Reece, DrPH UNC Gillings School of Global Merck Research Laboratories Shelter Veterinarian Chief Operating Officer Champaign County (Ill.) Humane Society Public Health Alma (Gibbie) Harris, MSPH, RN Rho Health Director Alice D. White, PhD David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, James Rosen, MBA, MSPH PhD, FACP Buncombe County (N.C.) Department Vice President Partner Senior Vice President and Chief of Health (Retired) Intersouth Partners Worldwide Epidemiology Department Quality Officer Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, RN Jacqueline vdH Sergent, MPH, GlaxoSmithKline Baylor Health Care System Assistant Surgeon General RD, LDN Executive Director and BHCS Associate Administrator Chen-yu Yen, PhD, PE Endowed Chair HIV/AIDS Bureau Health Promotion Coordinator/ President and Chief Executive Officer Institute for Health Care Research Health Resources and Services Health Education Supervisor TerraSure Development LLC and Improvement Administration Granville-Vance (N.C.) District Vice President Health Department Gannett Fleming Inc. P. LaMont Bryant, PhD, RAC Joan C. Huntley, PhD, MPH Senior Vice President Product Director, Global Marketing Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology Ethicon Endo-Surgery Gannett Fleming Sustainable UNC Gillings School of Global Ventures Corp. Johnson & Johnson Public Health UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health ADVISORY COUNCIL Donald A. Holzworth, MS Gail H. Cassell, PhD, DSc (hon) James R. Hendricks Jr., MS Paul M. Wiles, MHA Chair Vice President, Scientific Affairs Vice President, Environment, Health and President and Chief Executive Officer Chairman (Retired) Safety (Retired) Novant Health Inc. Futures Group Global Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar Duke Energy Markus Wilhelm for Infectious Diseases James Rosen, MBA, MSPH Michael E. Kafrissen, MD, MSPH Eli Lilly and Co. Chief Executive Officer Public Health Foundation Board Research scientist Strata Solar LLC Liaison to Advisory Council Willard Cates Jr., MD, MPH Massachusetts Institute of Technology Louise Winstanly, LLB, MSB Partner President, Research John McConnell Intersouth Partners FHI 360 Attorney and Medical Ethicist Chief Executive Officer Chapel Hill, N.C. Marcia A. Angle, MD, MPH Michael J. Cucchiara McConnell Golf Lloyd M. Yates, MBA Adjunct Professor Managing Partner Jesse Milan Jr., JD Nicholas School of the Environment Graypants Inc. and Pangea Foods President and Chief Executive Officer Duke University Vice President and Director Progress Energy Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH Community Health Systems William K. Atkinson, PhD, MPH Gillings Visiting Professor Altarum Institute MEMBERS EMERITI President and Chief Executive Officer UNC Gillings School of Global James Patrick O’Connell, PhD, MPH WakeMed Public Health Chief Executive Officer Nancy A. Dreyer, PhD, MPH Mark E. Brecher, MD Jeffrey P. Engel, MD Acea Biosciences Inc. Chief of Scientific Affairs Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice North Carolina State Health Director Jane Smith Patterson OUTCOME President N.C. Division of Public Health LabCorp Executive Director Carmen Hooker Odom, MS Ken Eudy The e-NC Authority President Chief Executive Officer Virginia B. Sall Milbank Memorial Fund Capstrat Co-founder and Director Sall Family Foundation contentswinter 2011-2012 5 features & news 2 FROM THE DEAN’S DESK 26 Jonny Crocker 29 Lexie Perreras 3 SPOTLIGHT ON OUR STUDENTS 30 Nora Rosenberg 3 Why Public Health? 31 Heather Wasser 7 4 Urooj Amjad 4 Kang Chang 10 SCHOOL NEWS 5 Kapuaola Gellert 6 Gift Kamanga 13 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 6 Caitlin Kleiboer 7 Layla Lavasani 16 RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 8 Meghan Lewis 2010–2011 9 8 Jon Hibbard 9 Camille McGirt 18 OUR DONORS 22 Victor Zhong 18 Honor Roll of Donors and Partners 24 Carolina Batis 32 Calling all alumni: Reconnect! 25 Mehul Patel 33 Annual Fund As we went to press, we learned of the death on Dec. 14 of nutrition professor 10 and cancer researcher Marci Campbell, PhD. Read a short tribute on p. 10. We dedicate this issue to her. DEAN CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 16,500 copies of this document Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Ramona DuBose were printed at a cost of $11,057.90 22 Linda Kastleman or $0.67 per copy. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS MANAGING EDITOR Send correspondence to Editor, Carolina Public Health (ISSN Ramona DuBose Carolina Public Health, Gillings 1938-2790) is published twice School of Global Public Health, yearly by the UNC Gillings School EDITOR Campus Box 7400, Chapel Hill, of Global Public Health, 135 Dauer Linda Kastleman NC 27599-7400, or email Dr., Campus Box 7400, University ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR [email protected]. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400. SUBSCRIBE TO Peggy Dean Glenn Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2011–2012. CAROLINA PUBLIC HEALTH DESIGN AND PRODUCTION www.sph.unc.edu/cph Amanda Zettervall UNC Creative from the Dean’s desk LEIBOER K AITLIN C HOTO BY P In spite of serious budget cuts over the last three years, our faculty and staff members remain dynamic, committed and focused Dr. Barbara K. Rimer upon teaching the next generation of public health leaders and solving some of the great public health challenges — here in North Carolina and around the world. In this issue of Carolina Public Health, we place our students at center stage. Many of them are here through the generosity of donors. Thank you for enabling them as the next generation of problem solvers. Our students offer an antidote to gloom and cyni- really matters. Their passion propels our students cism about the state of the world. These smart, through classes, exams, labs, fieldwork, theses and highly motivated, socially networked, exuberant dissertations. They learn on their own, with and young people give me hope that the world may be from people in communities, from one another, and in better shape when it is in their hands. With skills especially, with faculty mentors who often become and knowledge acquired at our school, there’s no lifelong colleagues. stopping these young people. Remarkable personal transformations occur In our classes, students learn, as have many of as students experience the world through public our readers before them, the discipline and skill health. As have many of our readers, these stu- of identifying a research problem. They master dents will become professors and practitioners, evidence-based methods that separate science from health department directors, government leaders and entrepreneurs, physicians, dentists and nurses who understand populations and individuals, and The world may be in better shape so much more. We take pride in all they accomplish. Recently, one of our alumni, Garry Conille, MD, when it is in [our students’] hands. MPH, became prime minister of Haiti. Never has public health been more important. Our faculty, staff, students and alumni are on the front lines, speculation. In collecting and analyzing data, they solving the world’s greatest public