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Medicaid Expansion and Opioid Use Seminar

3005 Michael Hooker Research Center (Carmen Hooker Odom Conference Room) 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, United States

Alex Gertner, MD/PhD candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Injury and Violence Prevention Fellow at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, will present a talk titled "Did Medicaid Expansion Increase Use of Opioid Agonist Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder?" Abstract: Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for opioid use disorder reduces the risk... Read more »

2019 Patricia F. Waller Lecture: Information Systems

Sonja Haynes Stone Center 150 South Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Emanuel Robinson of Westat will be the keynote speaker for the 2019 Patricia F. Waller Lecture, an annual lecture honoring the legacy of Dr. Patricia Waller, the founding Director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center. Dr. Robinson will present a lecture entitled, "Information Systems in Motor Vehicles: How Much Tech is Too Much?”... Read more »

Lunch and Learn: Ebola in West Africa

3100 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Working as a Physician Assistant in Liberia, Sam Tozay helped with the West African Ebola outbreaks. Learn about his experience with regulatory research and his current project, the UNC Ebola survivor study. Presenter: Sam Tozay, UNC Liberia, Ebola Research Site Coordinator This event is sponsored by the Student Global Health Committee. Please contact Tara Casebolt if... Read more »

Robert C. Millikan Seminar

2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This year's seminar will be led by Timothy Rebbeck, PhD.  Dr. Rebbeck is the Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention in Epidemiology at the  Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health, professor of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Epidemiology at Biomarkers & Prevention. Dr. Rebbeck's talk is titled "Cancer... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: The sps3 experience

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Leslie McClure, PhD, professor and chair of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, will present "A Post-Hoc Evaluation of a Sample Size Re-estimation: The SPS3 Experience," Methodologically, Dr. McClure is interested in the design and analysis of randomized clinical trials with multiple outcomes, and methodology for re-estimating sample size in... Read more »

Preclincial Vaccine Evaluation Seminar

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Ralph Baric, PhD, professor in the UNC Departments of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Immunology, will present a seminar titled "Preclinical Vaccine Evaluation." Ralph Baric’s research specializes in coronaviruses and emerging infections like Zika virus. In a recent interview, he discusses whether the world is prepared for the next superbug outbreak. In 2017, Dr. Baric was... Read more »

PrEP in 2019 Talk

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Christopher Hurt, MD, associate profession in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, will present a talk titled "PrEP in 2019: State of the Science and Challenges Ahead." Refreshments will be served. Christopher Hurt, MD, is an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine... Read more »

Influenza Vaccines Talk

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Bruce Gellin, MD, MPH, president of global immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will present a talk titled "Influenza (seasonal and pandemic) Vaccines and Vaccination." Dr. Bruce Gellin joined the Sabin Vaccine Institute as the inaugural president of Global Immunization in March 2017. Prior to joining Sabin, Bruce served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for... Read more »

Seminar with Dr. Alex Rowe of the CDC

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Alex Rowe, medical epidemiologist and chief of the Strategic & Applied Science Unit in the Malaria Branch of the CDC will present a talk entitled "Effectiveness of strategies to improve health care provider performance in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): a systematic review". The talk will focus on the Health Care Provider Performance Review... Read more »

3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join us for the 3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor. We are excited to welcome Dr. Scott Laney, Epidemiologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Laney’s recent work has focused on coal miner health. The title of his lecture is, "Resurgence of... Read more »

Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Seminar: Facing Obesity in Mothers and Their Offspring

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Michele R. Forman, PhD, FACE, is a distinguished professor and the department head in the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University — and an accomplished graduate of the UNC Gillings epidemiology department! She will give a talk titled, "Facing obesity and other co-morbidity in mothers and their offspring: a life course approach." This seminar... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Bounds and Estimators for the Risk Function

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Stephen R. Cole, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School, will present a talk on, "Bounds and Estimators for the Risk Function." Dr. Cole works to build accurate and... Read more »

Monitoring Health Progress: From Global Estimates to Local Health Data

Room 2002 Carolina Square 133 West Franklin Street, Suite 100, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The regular monitoring of key health indicators from mortality and morbidity to universal health coverage (UHC) progress is critical for the assessment of progress and performance, the development of strategies and plans, and the implementation of programs. This presentation will focus on the current balance between global estimates production and local data strengthening, the new... Read more »

Pragmatic Clinical Trials: A conversation with leadership at UNC’s Translational and Clinical Sciences program

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (TraCS) at UNC's School of Medicine will host a conversation about how pragmatic trials differ from conventional clinical trials and which option is the right trial design for UNC’s research questions. Join us to learn more about pragmatic trials, and to share and discuss resources on campus for planning... Read more »

2019 Commencement Celebration

Carmichael Arena 310 South Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health will host its spring Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 11, starting at 1 p.m. The commencement speaker will be Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more information, including details on parking and the post-Commencement reception, please see the official... Read more »