CHHS News

A panel of veterans’ healthcare experts appeared on WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks” this week, offering a primer to a much anticipated conference on the subject set for next week at UNC Charlotte. Former Deputy Surgeon General Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, the keynote speaker for the event, joined UNC Charlotte Academy for Veteran and Military Health Chair Christine Elnitski […]

CHHS master’s student Sheena Beach is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship meant to improve the quality and availability of behavioral healthcare in underserved populations. Beach is the first UNCC Master of Social Work (MSW) student to win the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Grant. She will receive a $6,500 […]

If you’ve walked into a darkened room recently, you may well have been greeted by the illuminated face of a friend or colleague staring intently into the warm glow of a computer screen. In all likelihood, you are yourself doing the same at this very moment. Digital devices have become intimately woven into the fabric […]

CHHS today learned the Lettie Pate White Foundation will provide the college a generous grant which will directly benefit students in the nursing and allied health professions. The foundation, which provides funding for female students with demonstrated financial need, pledged $160,000 to CHHS this academic year. The organization has contributed more than $1 million dollars […]

North Carolina ranked 37th in a recent state-by-state assessment of the nation’s health. While public health solutions are very rarely defined by a single action or small series of actions, efforts to address the needs of vulnerable and underserved populations will play an important role in improving the overall health of our state. Later this […]

Dr. Julian Montoro-Rodriguez, Director of the Gerontology Program at CHHS, is leading a pilot study for an interventional program focused on custodial grandmothers. The goal is to provide resources and guidance for grandmothers who serve as the primary caregiver for a grandchild. The study, titled “Social Support and Psychological Adjustment among Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren,” seeks […]

At the 17th annual European Congress of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Dr. Joshua Noone, Research Assistant Professor, and Dr. Chris Blanchette, Associate Dean of Research, presented a study on the national healthcare costs as they relate to Cachexia. The conference, held in November in Amsterdam, brings together professionals from industry, […]

The College of Health and Human Services is proud to announce that Dr. Michael Turner, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, will be taking on the role as Director of the Healthy Aging Research Academy (HARA). Dr. Turner is not only a natural fit for this position because his research focuses on the intersection of cardiovascular functioning, […]

Mecklenburg County community leaders and local, prominent health educators recently gathered together to hear Dr. Shanti Kulkarni present her team’s preliminary findings in regards to the Healthy Relationships Project. The need for the research came about after a 2013 Mecklenburg County Community Assessment ranked violence prevention as a local public health priority for the first […]

UNC Charlotte’s Social Work program has swiftly grown from its origins as a concentration unit within the Department of Sociology and Anthropology into a stand-alone program that is now drawing national recognition. The program first began in the 1970s, eventually growing into a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited Bachelor of Social Work program by […]