Join the Gillings community for a conversation with Pam Fessler, MPA, journalist, NPR correspondent and author of Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice. Her book highlights how the U.S. confined leprosy patients through much of the 20th century and how the patients fought against the injustice. Fessler will discuss lessons learned from... Read more »
Explore public health in action! Join the virtual PHield trip with RTI International on Feb. 18 from 1-3:00 p.m. The event will feature a keynote on mobilizing global public health research during a pandemic, a discussion regarding the intersection of public health, mental health, and racial equity, and breakout rooms where you can learn about... Read more »
Monday, February 22, 2021 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Register to attend the webinar or watch live on the Watson Institute's YouTubechannel. Vaccine Roll-out: What's Working for Implementation? A conversation with public health experts overseeing vaccinations in successful locations. What can other state leaders learn from these examples and scale the efforts that are working... Read more »
Join the NC TraCS Comparative Effectiveness Research team in an online journal club discussion of "Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine," published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Registration is required. Contact with Michelle Maclay questions.
This workshop qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The goal of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)... Read more »
What’s happening with COVID-19 variants? How might they affect the community? What’s the latest on trends, variants, vaccines and vaccine roll-out in North Carolina? What’s the state of the science regarding medications, transmission, COVID-19 on college campuses, treatment protocols and herd immunity? What does the future hold? Join experts in epidemiology to find out answers... Read more »
For decades, scientists warned of the potential for a global coronavirus outbreak. But when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, no therapeutics, drugs or vaccines were readily available. Founded by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill,... Read more »
In this webinar, John Drake, Ph.D., will describe the surveillance tools used to understand how interactions between humans and pathogenic reservoir-species may lead to spillover events. He’ll also discuss the... Read more »
Join this month's COVID-19 journal club to discuss the use of real-world data to evaluate the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine as described in this recent paper published in... Read more »
What are the structural and systemic barriers experienced by entrepreneurs of color? Join a panel of Gillings School alumni and faculty entrepreneurs on April 1 to learn more about their... Read more »
During the first full week of April each year, APHA brings together communities across the United States to observe National Public Health Week as a time to recognize the contributions... Read more »
This lecture qualifies for one hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Co-hosted by the Alumni Inclusive Excellence Committee and the Minority Student Caucus Featuring: Diane L. Rowley, MD, MPH Rowley is a professor emeritus with the Gillings School’s Department of Maternal and Child Health; a... Read more »
This event qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Dr. William (Bill) Jenkins Health Equity Lecture honors... Read more »
The UNC Student Chapter of ISPE has scheduled the 14th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture to be held on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. with Dr. Bob Glynn. The lecture... Read more »
Dr. Evan Mayo-Wilson is an epidemiologist with training and experience in intervention design, evaluation and translation of clinical evidence into policy and practice. His research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of pharmacological and behavioral interventions; improving methods for clinical trials and systematic review; and developing methods and interventions to increase research tran11sparency and openness. View... Read more »
