Text Analysis Using R
Text Analysis Using R This two-day workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Text analysis... Read more »
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Text Analysis Using R
Text Analysis Using R This two-day workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Text analysis... Read more »
Computational Methods for Analyzing Big Data in the Social Sciences
Computational Methods for Analyzing Big Data in the Social Sciences In this workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, participants will get an overview of various... Read more »
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Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement
Dr. Tyson Brown of Duke University will present Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement. The Social Epidemiology Research Program is co-sponsoring this event with... Read more »
Three-day SPSS Course
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how... Read more »
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UNC Researchers Collaborate to Deliver Solutions and Bring Hope
Join Tar Heels Together for University Research Week’s capstone event, featuring a lively panel discussion on Carolina’s sustained, holistic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenting an all-star panel of frontline... Read more »
Three-day SPSS Course
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. it will... Read more »
Three-day SPSS Course
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how... Read more »
Thrive: Revisiting (and Revising) Your 2020 Goals with Dr. Bahby Banks
Gillings Virtual Fall Student Success Seminar - Thrive: Revisiting (and Revising) Your 2020 Goals with Dr. Bahby Banks UNC Gillings Student Success Seminars focus on empowering all of our students... Read more »
COVID-19 and Beyond: Cities on the Front Lines of a Healthier Future
On Thursday, October 29, the Partnership for Healthy Cities—supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies—is holding its first discussion to feature the voices of global health leaders and leading mayors on... Read more »
The UNC COVID-19 Household Transmission Study (Co-HOST)
Jessica Lin, MD, MSCR, is an assistant professor of medicine in UNC's Division of Infectious Diseases. She trained in UNC's ID fellowship at UNC and joined the faculty in 2013.... Read more »
Conducting Cross Cultural Surveys Short Course
This course will provide an introduction to survey research methods for designing multinational and multicultural surveys. It begins with an overview of the field of comparative surveys. This will summarize... Read more »
Faculty Lunch & Learn: Seeking Funding from Foundations and Corporations
Please join Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Mary Beth Knight, PhD, and fellow faculty members to learn more about the process of seeking research and related funds from private... Read more »
Leadership in Public Health Alumni Panel
The Public Health Student Leadership Association presents “Leadership in Public Health”. This virtual panel will feature six Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni from diverse backgrounds. Join them for... Read more »
Landscapes of racial dispossession and control: Cultural and structural racism and population health inequities
Dr. Margaret Hicken of the University of Michigan will present Landscapes of racial dispossession and control: Cultural and structural racism and population health inequities. The Social Epidemiology Research Program is... Read more »
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2020 Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture
Ralph Baric, PhD, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and professor in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department... Read more »
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COVID Conversations with Faculty, Staff and Students
Join the Gillings School community in discussing COVID-19. Please send questions to chrisana@email.unc.edu. If you are not able to attend, we will do our best to still answer your questions.... Read more »
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Navigating Challenging Student Situations Webinar
Supporting students in difficult situations can be confusing, challenging and time-consuming. Our students face a variety of issues that are complex. We want to make sure you have the resources... Read more »
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Dean’s Lecture Series – Leprosy, Stigma and Public Health: Lessons from the Past
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... Read more »
Spring PHield Trip to RTI
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... Read more »
Vaccine Roll-out: What’s Working for Implementation?
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... Read more »
NC TraCS COVID-19 Journal Club: Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
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... Read more »
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Diversifying the Gillings Research Workforce: NIH Diversity Supplement Workshop
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 »
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Second Annual Department of Epidemiology COVID-19 Updates Seminar
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... Read more »
READDI, not Reactive: Preparing for the Next Pandemic
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, the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) is finding solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic while developing drugs and therapeutics for future viral outbreaks —... Read more »
Infectious Disease Intelligence: Predicting the Next Pandemic
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 »
NC TraCS COVID-19 Journal Club: Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine
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 the New England Journal of Medicine: BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting. Discussion Leaders Michele Jonsson-Funk, PhD Associate Professor, Epidemiology Gillings... Read more »
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Entrepreneurship Panel: A Virtual Discussion with Entrepreneurs of Color at the Gillings School
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 »
National Public Health Week: Building Bridges to Better Health
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 »
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What would Dr. Bill Jenkins tell those refusing the COVID-19 vaccine because of the Tuskegee Study?
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 »
The Dr. William ‘Bill’ Jenkins Health Equity Lecture
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 14th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture
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 »
Synthesizing evidence about harms in systematic reviews
2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. 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... Read more »
Infectious Disease Epidemiology in North Carolina: Using Surveillance to Improve Health Equity – Best Practices Highlights
This event qualifies for 2 hours of credit to the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Infectious Disease Epidemiology in North Carolina: Using Surveillance to Improve Health Equity - Best Practices Highlights December 1, 2021 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Virtual Symposium - Registration required. This symposium will feature talks... Read more »