Research

The UNC Institute for the Environment will guide a $2 million study on flood resilience in eastern North Carolina.

Assistant Professor Erik D. Hanson’s study found that moderate exercise stabilized immune cell counts in prostate cancer patients.

Associate Professor Kara Hume won a $1.3 million grant to research interventions for N.C. high school students with autism.

The prevalence of products with warning labels that were high in sugar decreased from 80% to 60%, and products high in sodium decreased from 74% to 27%.

Carolina experts are leveraging 40 years of HIV research to find a treatment for COVID-19.

UNC School of Government Professor Jessica Smith helped transform the state’s criminal justice system using an evidence-based formula for reform.

A book by seven co-authors from UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media explores what the workplace is like for women at the intersection of politics and technology.

Cohen's research through the newly-formed COVID Prevention Network will help develop a vaccine more rapidly.

Funding from these awards is used by faculty experts, staff and students to conduct research projects and experiments.