Funds
Acceleration Fund for Practice
Enables Gillings to use its expertise and resources to help North Carolina communities confront emerging public health challenges and drive innovative, sustainable solutions.
Acceleration Fund for Research
Provides support for Gillings faculty, students and staff to address critical public health challenges through research.
Dean's Acceleration Fund
Provides support for our dean to support emerging challenges and innovative projects across the School.
Epidemiology
Provides support for the department to investigate the causes, patterns and prevention of diseases and health conditions in populations.
Global Public Health Travel Fund
Provides support for graduate and undergraduate student travel as it relates to practicum and other educational opportunities
Health Behavior
Provides support to the department to design and evaluate interventions that help individuals and communities adopt healthier behaviors and reduce health disparities.
Health Policy and Management
Provides support to the department to prepare the next generation of leaders to improve health care systems, shape health policy and manage organizations that deliver health services.
Maternal and Child Health
Provides essential funding to the department to focus on improving the health and well-being of women, children, adolescents and families through research, practice and policy.
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Provides support to provide training, technical assistance, data analysis, strategic planning and innovative public health solutions that improve health outcomes across North Carolina and beyond.
Nutrition
Provides critical funding to the department to examine how diet and nutrition influence health and develop evidence-based strategies to prevent disease and promote wellness across the state of North Carolina. Additionally, our faculty partner with Carolina Athletics to support the health and performance of Tar Heel student-athletes.