Laura Linnan

Laura Linnan is the Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and a professor of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also the founding director at the Carolina Collaborative for Research on Work and Health (CCRWH).

She has been Associate Dean since 2016 and as such, is the chief academic officer at Gillings “overseeing the curriculum for more than 70 degree programs at the undergraduate, and graduate levels. She is also responsible for the appointments, promotion and tenure process for more than 230 Gillings faculty members on both tenure and fixed term tracks.” Results of caring and reaching for health (CARE): a cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing a worksite wellness intervention for child care staff