UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health explained

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Former Name:UNC School of Public Health
Top Free Label:Preceding agency
Top Free:UNC Division of Public Health (1936-1939)
Type:Public public health school
Parent:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dean:Nancy Messonnier
Faculty:547
Students:1,545
Doctoral:535
City:Chapel Hill
State:North Carolina
Country:United States

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is the public health school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

In 2022, the institution was ranked the best public school and tied for second best school overall in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of American schools of public health.[1] Among schools of public health, the school receives the third most funding in NIH awards.[2]

History

The UNC Division of Public Health was organized in 1936 within the UNC School of Medicine. Separate status as a school of public health was granted in 1940, making the school the first school of public health established within a state university.[3] [4] The school awarded its first graduate degrees in 1940.[5]

Milton Rosenau became the first director of the Division of Public Health in 1936 and served as the first dean of the School from 1939 to 1946. In 1949, both the UNC School of Dentistry and UNC School of Nursing were added. Along with the Schools of Public Health, Medicine and Pharmacy, the five schools formally became the University's Division of Health Affairs.

It is named after donors Joan Gillings and Dennis Gillings, a former UNC professor and the founder of IQVIA.

In 2020, the school focused its resources on combating the spread of the COVID-19 global pandemic, with various research teams tackling a broad range of topics including vaccines, testing, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy and more.[6]

Academics

In 2018, the Gillings School launched its online Master of Public Health program.[7]

Notable faculty

Alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. News & World Report - Best Public Health Programs - Top Health Schools. U.S. News & World Report.
  2. Web site: Ranking Tables of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Award Data 2020. 2021-10-04. www.brimr.org.
  3. Book: Korstad, Robert Rodgers. Dreaming of a time: the School of Public Health: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1939-1989. 1990. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill.
  4. Web site: The University of North Carolina Record Division of Public Health of the School of Medicine 1936. digitalnc.org/. 2017-04-19.
  5. Web site: School History. sph.unc.edu/resource-pages/about-the-school/. 2017-04-19.
  6. Web site: Coronavirus Affects Everyone - The Gillings School Responds. UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
  7. News: The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, the Nation's Leading Public School of Public Health, Opens Applications for a New Online Master's Degree. 2018-11-27. en-US.
  8. Web site: deBruyn. Jason. New Haiti PM a UNC-CH grad. 2021-10-04. www.bizjournals.com.

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