In June the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four new drinking water health advisories related to PFAS contamination. The soundness of these advisories has since been called into question and in late July a lawsuit was filed seeking to overturn two of them.
The NC Department of Public Instruction and the Collaboratory are leading a joint $6 million effort to spur research on the impact of COVID-19 on student learning and the evaluation of existing policies and programs aimed at overcoming those challenges.
The first four Collaboratory Research Fellows are experts in their fields and since its establishment have been leaders of the PFAS Testing Network.
The North Carolina Collaboratory is hiring a Graduate Research Assistant for the 2022-23 academic year. The position will assist with the coordination of research studies, develop policy proposals and provide background research.
Building on the work of READDI, the NIH-funded center will develop oral antivirals to combat pandemic-level viruses like COVID-19.
On April 7, the North Carolina Collaboratory, in partnership with the UNC Institute for the Environment and the Upper Neuse River Basin Association, hosted a research symposium focused on the Falls Lake Study.
The North Carolina Collaboratory, established by the General Assembly in 2016, has helped to raise awareness for the importance of PFAS research and testing through the NC PFAS Testing Network.
Carolina senior Dylan Morgan has always had a strong connection with nature and he turned to UNC Institute for the Environment and the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory as a Tar Heel to gain the skills and experience to turn that connection into a career.
Analysis of sensor data from vaccine storage freezer minimizes waste and promises efficient vaccine delivery to underserved communities.
Research, Innovation and Global Solutions interviewed Gabrielle Schust about her MPH practicum with UNC Hospitals Beacon Program, her Graduate Research Assistant position for the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, her plans to pursue law school at UNC School of Law and what global health means to her.
