Celebrating Lorraine Alexander

Retirement Party for Lorraine Alexander, Monday, April 20, 2026, in the McGavran-Greenberg courtyard outside the Department of Epidemiology

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Tributes by:

• Maria Gallo, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology
   
• Meg Zomorodi PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FNAP, Senior Associate Provost for Academic Excellence, Division of Student Success
  Vice President, Robert A. Ingram Institute for Healthcare Access
  Professor, UNC School of Nursing
  [prepared remarks]
   
• Andy Olshan, PhD, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology
  [prepared remarks]
   
• Karin Yeatts, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology
  [prepared remarks]
   
• Meg Landfried, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior
  MPH Practicum Director
  [prepared remarks]
   
• Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, Clinical Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health; Associate Dean for Practice, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management; Director, National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center; Fellow, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
   
• John Wallace, Co-director, Regional Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response;
  Amy Joy Lanou, PhD, Director, NCIPH
   

Thanks for the party go to Sarah Lewis, Chandra Caldwell, Sharon Sullivan, Susan Gombe, and Julie Daniels. Jittery cellphone video recording by Victor Schoenbach.