An alumna of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Deborah Parham Hopson went on to become an assistant surgeon general at the U.S. Public Health Service and the first African-American nurse to achieve the rank of rear admiral at USPHS.
An alumna of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Deborah Parham Hopson went on to become an assistant surgeon general at the U.S. Public Health Service and the first African-American nurse to achieve the rank of rear admiral at USPHS.
Carolina has again surpassed $1 billion in annual research and development expenditures, and the University’s ranking for federal research R&D expenditures rose from sixth to fifth in the nation.
The five-year, multi-institution project will also investigate diagnosis, treatment and prevention of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Carolina's second Nobel laureate, Aziz Sancar has made an impact in the lab and in the community.
As a researcher at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, Jo Anne Earp founded the NC Breast Cancer Screening Program to increase mammography screenings for older black women in poor, rural counties.
Nobel laureate Oliver Smithies spent a lifetime making discoveries that have changed the world.
