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PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT:
THE LATEST ON COVID-19https://news.uncg.edu/public-health-expert-covid-19-latest/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Q%26A%20with%20Dr.%20Toller%20Erasquin&utm_campaign=CW_2020-08-12
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Is mask mandate slowing the spread?
“It’s high compliance, plus social distancing and hand-washing. And the quarantining of oneself if you are testing positive. It’s a combination,” said Sharon Morrison, MSPH, MHSE, Ph.D., a professor in the department of public health education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Read the complete article in the High Point Enterprise.
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A Sweaty Stair Workout That Takes Just 20 Minutes
“Going up steps is definitely more stressful on the body,” certified exercise physiologist DeAnne Davis Brooks, Ed.D, C.S.C.S., an associate professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and USATF Level 1-track coach, tells SELF. “It’s higher intensity than walking on level ground.” Read the complete interview…
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Professor Irby Coard discusses race and ethnicity on Triad Today
To see more of her work, visit caminoslab.org/onetalk.
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TRIAD TODAY CHATS WITH UNCG PROFESSOR, DR. PAM BROWN, ABOUT KINESIOLOGY
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UNCG APPOINTS NEW CHANCELLOR’S FELLOW FOR CAMPUS CLIMATE, DR. ANDREA HUNTER
https://news.uncg.edu/new-chancellors-fellow-campus-climate/
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HHS Student Success Coordinator, Zithobile Nxumalo speaks with WFMY about “How to be an ally to minority communities”
Read story on WFMY.
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Dr. Yarneccia Dyson selected as a 2020 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
https://hhs.uncg.edu/swk/dr-yarneccia-d-dyson-selected-as-a-2020-health-disparities-research-institute-scholar/ National Institute of Minority Health Disparities
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High-risk vs. low-risk: Here’s what to consider when planning summer outings, activities
WFMY News 2 spoke with a doctor and a public health professor about how they would rate some common summer outings and activities when it comes to the risk of coronavirus transmission
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Kinesiology student graduates while deployed in COVID-19 relief effort
https://myfox8.com/news/army-national-guardsman-serves-while-graduating-from-uncg-during-pandemic/
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Dr. Tyreasa Washington receives the 2020 THOMAS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR AWARDS
2020 Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards
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Genetic counseling helps patients make sense of their genetics
https://www.facebook.com/publicmediaNC/videos/660715611328756/?t=0
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2019 GC DPH POST-OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM STAFFING SUSTAINMENT FUNDING
Dr. Melissa Floyd-Pickard (Social Work) received new funding from the Guilford County Department of Public Health for the project “2019 GC DPH Post-Overdose Response Team Staffing Sustainment Funding.” The Rapid Response to Opioid Overdose project seeks to enhance services in responding to opioid overdose through a model of harm reduction.…
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MAINTAINING HEALTH AND WELLNESS WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING
While social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucially important to do what you can to maintain health and wellness from home. In the following Q&A, UNC Greensboro’s Stefanie Milroy, director of HealthyUNCG and health education expert, and Cari Culp, registered dietitian, discuss how to stay healthy and well…
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Peace and Conflict Studies Hosts Fulbright Scholar
The Department of Peace and Conflict Studies is pleased to host Dr. Shona Munro of the Royal New Zealand Police College as a visiting Fulbright Scholar during the Fall of 2020. Dr. Munro’s visit is the latest development from interdisciplinary research programs led by Drs. Emily Janke and Jeremy Rinker…