College of Health and Human Services

Public health professor receives prestigious national fellowship

UNC Charlotte public health professor Michael Dulin has been selected for one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships in health policy.

University mourns loss of Roy Fielding

Former senior lecturer of Kinesiology Roy Fielding died Friday, May 15.Fielding, who had been a fixture at UNC Charlotte from 1977 through his recent retirement, served as lecturer, aquatics director and senior lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology. UNC Charlotte’s Belk Gym Pool was named “The Roy R. Fielding Aquatic Center” in his honor.

Nursing alum shares challenges of caring for COVID-19 patients

In nearly 11 years working as a nurse at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, California, Christy Murray Stromska ’07 ’09 has seen it all.

Social Work professor addresses video chat fatigue

As people across the country participate in an increasing number of video calls per week, a sense of “video chat fatigue” is setting in for many. Sonyia Richardson, clinical associate professor of Social Work, recently discussed the phenomenon for an article published by wellandgood.com.

New UNC Charlotte podcast to support college athletes’ mental health

NCAA grant helps launch project to help athletes manage school and sports.

UNC Charlotte School of Data Science now enrolling students for fall

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.

Public health professor talks cleaning surfaces in homes, offices

Lyndie Forthofer from the UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences was a guest on WBTV’s “QC Morning,” where she talked about what surfaces in homes and offices need to be sanitized and how often, in light of the coronavirus. Watch the video to learn more about precautions to take to try to stay healthy.

Nursing grad to receive Distinguished Alumni Award at conference

Donna Owen ’73 had big dreams while growing up in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. She wanted to practice nursing at a big hospital in a big city.

Three Charlotte universities unite to support racial healing and transformation

Three Charlotte universities are banding together to support racial healing and transformation. As the Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium, UNC Charlotte, Johnson C. Smith University and Queens University of Charlotte will collaborate to listen to Charlotte’s many racial truths; encourage a community that understands its history of race and racism; and develop student, university and community leaders who work across the region toward truth, racial healing and equity.

UNC Charlotte opens the Carolinas’ first interdisciplinary School of Data Science

UNC Charlotte has opened the Carolinas’ first School of Data Science. This interdisciplinary school allows UNC Charlotte to expand on its programs in the field and open up the growing and diverse field of data science to students with varied career interests.