College of Health and Human Services
Study assesses COVID-19 impact on vulnerable populations in Charlotte
A new study released by UNC Charlotte researchers has found the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with concerning mental health effects among vulnerable community members in Charlotte.
Study considers barriers, opportunities in peer sexuality education
A new article co-authored by UNC Charlotte public health researchers is exploring peer sexuality education at predominantly white institutions (PWIs), historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and community colleges.
Fall webinar series to focus on data science
UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science, North Carolina’s first undergraduate program in data science, is now enrolling undergraduate students for the fall semester.
UNC Charlotte work in UCITY Family Zone boosted by $220,000 grant
Funding will support ongoing community programs for high-risk individuals.
Report offers guidance to meet needs of area seniors
What is known about individuals in Mecklenburg County who are over 60 years old? That was the question the Southminster retirement community posed to UNC Charlotte researchers, who with the support of a $200,000 grant from Southminster, set out to answer through the regions’ most comprehensive survey focusing on citizens 60 and older.
Study highlights disparities in COVID-19 in urban and rural areas
A new study led by UNC Charlotte public health researchers is highlighting the progression of COVID-19 in urban and rural counties and revealing geographic disparities in the prevalence of the virus.
Governor appoints social work professor to statewide task force
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed UNC Charlotte social work professor Sonyia Richardson, Ph.D., to a statewide task force on health inequities.
CHHS announces leadership transitions
With the approaching retirement of Jane Neese, senior associate dean of academic affairs, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke has announced a series of transitions in leadership at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services.Neese has provided Tudor-Locke with formal notice of her intent to retire Sept. 1, 2021.
This nursing student won’t stop in the fight against HIV
Graduate nursing student Leslie Castillo Navia blends passion and service to fight HIV as Charlotte’s 2020 ‘Let’s Stop HIV Together’ ambassador.
Social gerontologist learns lessons from her octogenarian mother and COVID-19 isolation
Social gerontologist Cynthia Hancock, Ph.D., interviewed her 85-year-old mother, Joyce Riffe, about how COVID-19 has affected her life. The two talked about Riffe’s own experiences with polio and her mother’s surviving the Spanish Influenza pandemic in 1918.Hancock, a sociology professor, directs the gerontology program at UNC Charlotte. She has been on the faculty since 2002 and currently teaches classes on aging and the life course, families and aging and sociology of aging.