GILLINGS SCHOOL

Our mission is to improve public health, promote individual well-being and eliminate health inequities in North Carolina and around the world. Our work is done in basic science laboratories; clinical and public health settings; communities, including worksites; and community-based and other non-governmental organizations. With our special focus on the science of implementation and delivery, our faculty, staff and students bridge the gap between academic research and practical, public health to make a world of difference - and a different, healthier world... The Department of Biostatistics at the Gillings School of Global Public Health is recognized as a worldwide leader in research and practice... In 1949, Gertrude Cox, MS, helped establish the Department of Biostatistics in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health, selecting her former student, Bernard Greenberg, PhD, to lead the new department. Dr. Greenberg pioneered efforts to establish the practice of cooperative multicenter..

Primary location: Chapel Hill United States