COVID-response collaborative blends data science, community wisdom
Faculty and graduate students create the I4 Boundary Spanners program to address local COVID-19 concerns by combining data analysis with firsthand community perspectives
Graduate student ‘Boundary Spanners’ help N.C. communities address COVID-19 challenges
The Graduate School project, funded through the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, provides a team approach combining data science, public policy and service.
New study shows COVID-19 shapes approval of political leaders
A new study reveals an interesting phenomenon that occurred during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a surge in support for political leaders.
Health care deficits increase COVID-19 risk in rural populations
At the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, major cities like New York became epicenters for the virus’s spread. But rural populations have also been hit hard.
Doing COVID-19 dirty work
Employing wastewater epidemiology UNC microbiologist Rachel Noble is leading a state-wide collaboration tracking novel coronavirus outbreaks across North Carolina, gaining insight that testing individuals does not offer.
Graduate student Rachel Woodul talks about COVID-19 and her research on pandemics
Optical Journal Podcast – Daniel speaks with Rachel Woodul, Medical Geographer, and Disease Ecologist. Rachel is a doctoral student and 2021 Impact Award recipient
Caitlin Williams sees collaborative graduate student video project as way to increase understanding of COVID-19
CoronaChat team produces bilingual content to address ‘a real gap in Spanish-language information on coronavirus.’
Anthropology research team studies UNC-Chapel Hill student experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Assistant professor Caela O’Connell and doctoral student Sierra Roark, members of the team, discuss the study and their research investigating how communities have responded to other challenges and hardships.
Doctoral student RJ Niewoehner studies how to increase flu vaccinations — and he sees linkages that may help COVID-19 response
Niewoehner worked with Bradley Staats, professor of operations, and a vaccine management company on research focusing on health care providers.
UNC School of Education, University of Missouri researchers work to help high school students understand COVID-19
‘I care about K-12 students having the opportunity to learn science in a way that helps them make sense of their world,’ says doctoral student Molly Ewing.
