This session will discuss factors that may interfere with your sleep. Learn tips for better sleep and relaxation, and evaluate your bedroom environment to optimize your sleep wellbeing. Lunch will be served. Contact Charletta Sims Evans with questions.
Current undergraduate juniors who are first-generation students with significant financial need or are members of a group traditionally underrepresented in graduate education are encouraged to apply for the McNair Scholars Program at https://mcnair.unc.edu/apply/ Join a cohort of fellow Scholars who are passionate about research and intend to earn a PhD. All majors welcome. Contact mcnairprogram@unc.edu... Read more »
This course will provide researchers with qualitative tools and perspectives to authentically conduct community-based participatory research. Participants will learn how to center community perspectives and marginalized voices. Community groups often lack resources and platforms to alleviate narratives about emerging and systemic social and public health challenges. Researchers are often challenged by lacking community partnerships to... Read more »
This course will provide researchers with qualitative tools and perspectives to authentically conduct community-based participatory research. Participants will learn how to center community perspectives and marginalized voices. Community groups often lack resources and platforms to alleviate narratives about emerging and systemic social and public health challenges. Researchers are often challenged by lacking community partnerships to... Read more »
This orientation is mandatory for presidents, treasurers and advisors of Gillings School organizations. New leaders will learn about funding opportunities, how to engage with key units, and administrators in the school, and network with your peers. Lunch will be served. Contact Charletta Sims Evans with questions.
The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation (AEESP) presents "Drinking water quality in rural Alaska: Addressing socioeconomic challenges from molecular level insights." This lecture will be given by 2024-2025 AEESP Distinguished Lecturer Lynn Katz, PhD, Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair in Civil Engineering and Director of the Center for Water and the Environment... Read more »
Diana Zychowski is a fourth-year infectious disease/postdoctoral fellow at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her primary research focus is on the intersection of tick-borne infections, public health surveillance and population sciences. Coffee and bagels will be available. Contact kjames@med.unc.edu with questions.
This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Charlotte. PreMiEr’s mission is to improve the health of people within the built environment through manipulation of indoor microbiomes. Contact premier_erc@duke.edu with questions.
Bill Miller, MD, PhD, is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and member of the Institute with a focus on the intersection of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and substance use. Also trained as an infectious diseases physician, he has worked globally and domestically to prevent transmission of HIV and STIs and improve the care of people... Read more »
Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, will be moderating the Black Maternal Health Change Makers and Bridge Builders discussion at the 53rd Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference. Contact Dr. Iruka with questions.
Meet the new embedded Counseling and Psychological Services counselor Claudio Cáceres Araya, MSW, LCSW to learn about the services provided to residential students. Lunch will be provided. Contact Charletta Sims Evans with questions.
Please join the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute for an information session about the Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Research Program and the Innovation to Impact Awards. This session will cover key details about the program and will include an overview of the funding opportunity, eligibility requirements, and the application process.... Read more »
Dear Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology enthusiasts, As co-organizers, we would like to invite you to the Gerardo Heiss Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar this coming Fall. This seminar series, dedicated to the late Dr Gerardo Heiss, a wonderful mentor and legend in cardiovascular epidemiology will cover a broad set of topics related to cardiovascular disease and related metabolic... Read more »
Engaging Patient, Community and Other Partners in Your Research Join UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute for a multi-part online training series about engaging patient, community, and other partners in research. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session. This session will focus... Read more »
Come learn a new hobby with the art of candle making with K&S CandleWorks. Candle making is not only a fun hobby, but it also has several health benefits that can improve your overall well-being. Some of the top benefits of candle making are stress relief, improved sleep, increased concentration, improved mood and increased creativity.... Read more »
The Department of Health Sciences is hosting a research forum titled "New Research Frontiers in Health Sciences." It will feature: Molly Beiting, PhD CCC-SLP Div. Speech & Hearing Sciences Improving outcomes for children with speech sound disorders Timothy Eckard, PT, DPT, PhD Div. Physical Therapy Developing scalable, field-ready risk stratification systems for lower extremity injuries... Read more »
Come learn a new hobby with the art of candle making with K&S CandleWorks. Candle making is not only a fun hobby, but it also has several health benefits that can improve your overall well-being. Some of the top benefits of candle making are stress relief, improved sleep, increased concentration, improved mood and increased creativity.... Read more »
This interactive online workshop will focus on semi-structured interviewing, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Topics covered will include basics of semi-structured interviews, development of interview questions and probes, interviewing skills, and considerations for conducting virtual interviews. Participants will have the opportunity to practice developing interview questions and using interviewing skills. Contact MaryBeth... Read more »
The Sheps Center is proud to host a Lunch and Learn series this year focused on statistical methods for analyzing data. These sessions will be facilitated by Chuck Huber from StataCorp. These workshops will be held via zoom and registration is required. Contact Lindsay McCall with questions
Becky White, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of medicine and co-director of HIV services with the North Carolina Department of Corrections. White uses "real world" clinical experience to inform research focused on the dynamic interface between public health and medicine. Coffee and bagels will be available.
Title: Inhaled Vitamin D as a Protectant Against Air Pollutant-Induced Oxidative Stress Speaker: Kevin Schichlein (Predoctoral Trainee at UNC in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine) Location: ZOOM (https://unc.zoom.us/j/97260740036?pwd=w2s4GWFkEMPdXDapVqf9f2ytt3uhyb.1)
Engaging Patient, Community and Other Partners in Your Research Join UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute for a multi-part online training series about engaging patient, community, and other partners in research. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session. This session will cover... Read more »
Are you passionate about making a difference in the world? Do you want to work in partnership with local and global communities to achieve health equity? Join to learn more about the new public health undergraduate major beginning fall 2025. Register by September 9 as dinner will be provided. Contact Patsy Polston with questions.
The Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC) at UNC is an informal reading and working group of graduate and professional students (but open to the entire UNC community) who meet monthly to talk about all things related to the intersections of literature, medicine and culture. In the past, we’ve met to workshop conference papers or... Read more »
This interactive online workshop will provide an introduction to focus groups, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Topics covered will include focus group methodology, considerations for planning a focus group, development of focus group discussion guides, focus group facilitation skills, and tips for conducting virtual focus groups. Attendees will also observe or participate... Read more »
A reception will follow the event. When families and communities are forced to relocate due to natural or human-made disasters, it can have a serious impact on health and well-being. The 29th National Health Equity Research Webcast will feature a panel discussion with three experts on forcible displacement who, through research and community engagement, have... Read more »
29th National Health Equity Research Webcast Friday, September 27, 2024 11 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium (Rosenau 133 Hall) and online This year’s National Health Equity Research Webcast will feature a discussion with experts on community displacement and health. A reception will follow immediately after the event. We look forward to seeing... Read more »
This workshop will provide students with the basics of navigating networking. Students will learn how to find career opportunities on Handshake, use the Alumni Tool & Groups feature on LinkedIn,... Read more »
Title: Temperature, Humidity, Fine Particulates, Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease: A Matched Case Control Study Speaker: Erik Slawsky (Predoctoral Trainee at UNC in the Department of Epidemiology) Location: TBD
