Shelley Golden

Shelley Golden, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her research focuses on public policies influencing health behaviors, particularly tobacco and alcohol use, examining how policies and neighborhood characteristics shape individual behaviors. She teaches MPH and doctoral courses and emphasizes structural interventions and ecological models in public health.

Education:
- PhD in Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013)
- MPH in Health Behavior/Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999)
- BS in Biology, Yale University (1994)

Research Interests: Golden investigates policy impacts on health behaviors, including tobacco pricing strategies, environmental influences, and health equity. She advocates for policy-driven environmental changes to improve public health outcomes.

Notable Awards:

• Faculty Mentoring Award from The Graduate School

Grants & Advising: Golden collaborates on grants related to tobacco control and policy evaluation. She advises MPH and doctoral students, fostering the next generation of public health professionals through rigorous training programs.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Gillings School's Health Behavior research groups, focusing on policy analysis and health disparities.