Department News

This fall, the Data Science Initiative is becoming the School of Data Science. Read our recent press release here.

Nialah Sharp, a dual Master of Health Administration and Master of Science in Health Informatics and Analytics student (and 2019 BSPH alumna) is the 2019 recipient of the Haynes Rice Award. The Haynes Rice Award is bestowed by NAHSE, the National Association of Health Service Executives, to outstanding graduate students who are striving to become […]

The latest issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal (NCMJ) focuses on how technology and big data can impact healthcare in North Carolina. The issue was co-edited by Dr. Michael Thompson, associate chair of the UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences, and Dr. Michael Dulin, director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation. “We […]

On March 26, UNC Charlotte’s Data Science Initiative hosted its second annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference. This half-day event held at the Ritz-Carlton featured several keynote speakers, a panel discussion, and a networking reception for attendees, academics, and professionals. Among the 300 attendees were Dr. Laura Gunn and the first Health Informatics and […]

The Health Informatics and Analytics Program welcomes Chris Blanchette, Saugat Karki, and Yillian Yuan to the advisory board! Chris Blanchette is now the Senior Director and Head of Real World Data and Analytics for Novo Nordisk. Prior to this role, he was the Director of the Data Science Initiative and an Associate Professor of Public […]

BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) North Carolina held an internship event for their Data and Analytics Unit (DnA). This event included a disucssion panel, on which Dr. Michael Thompson also served. Three of the Health Informatics and Analytics Program students attended the event. Among these students was Jainmary Jose who noted, ‘It was a great networking event […]

The CDC Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP) is accepting applications through 5 November. Interviews will be conducted in February and March, and the fellowship begins in Summer 2019. To apply for PHIFP, you must Meet the educational, informatics, public health, and research experience outlined below. Be willing to commit to a 2-year full-time program […]

Barbé finds future in pairing medicine and data science to respond to health care challenges Mario Barbé, MD, completed his master’s degree in Health Informatics in Summer 2018. His employer, Clínica Alemana, sponsored his study at UNC Charlotte. Mario returns to his work with the necessary skills needed to advance the health informatics efforts at […]

Physician and UNC Charlotte graduate candidate Saugat Karki was selected recently for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) prestigious Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP). This two-year training program is for doctoral- or master’s-level professionals, applying computer science and information technology to solve complex health problems. PHIFP recipients help the CDC investigate and […]

Joseph Konstanzer, a graduate of UNC Charlotte’s dual master’s program in public health and health informatics, has been named a public health fellow at Public Health Institute (PHI)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working out of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy. The office is responsible for implementing the […]