UNC Opioid Student Research Group Meeting

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come help kick off another semester with the Opioid Student Research Group. Learn more about the group and its plans for the year. The meeting will feature presentations by Dr.... Read more »

Oral Health Epidemiology Lunch and Learn

1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall 401 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill

Join Rhonda Stephens, DDS, MPH for a lunch and learn titled, "Oral Health: Epidemiology and Equity." Speaker: Rhonda Stephens, DDS, MPH Public Health Dentist Supervisor Dental Public Health Residency and... Read more »

Addressing Suicide Prevention through Lethal Means Counseling

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Carol Runyan, a leader in injury control, will be delivering a lecture on preventing suicide through lethal means counseling. Named one of the most influential leaders in injury control... Read more »

Event Series Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

214 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »

Iran’s Wicked Water: Problems + Politics

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service as the Deputy Vice President of a country that is under strong international and domestic pressure.

2nd Annual Gillings Showcase

1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for the 2nd Annual Gillings Faculty Research Showcase from 1:30-3:30 PM in 1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Various renowned professors from the Gillings School of Global Public Health will be... Read more »

I’m Too Young for This: Understanding, Measuring and Addressing Quality of Life, Fertility Concerns and Distress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

John M. Salsman, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is the Director of Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and the Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake... Read more »

Event Series Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

214 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »

H.A. Tyroler Alumni Award Lecture 2019

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is part of the Mentice AB Board of Directors. His talk, "Epidemiological Concepts and Methods to Advance STEEEP Health Care and the Quadruple Aim of Health... Read more »

Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Kenneth S. Stern, director of Bard College’s Center for the Study of Hate, will give a talk titled “Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate” on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium in the FedEx Global Education Center. For 25 years Stern was the American Jewish Committee’s expert on antisemitism.... Read more »

Introduction to Qualtrics

Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text and embedded data. This course is only... Read more »

World AIDS Day

3206A Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

World Aids Day Events and Activities: Free HIV Testing Services: 10am- 3pm Union 3rd Floor: 3206 A/B * HIV Testing is a 20 minute test with no needles provided by SHAC (Student Health Action Coalition)’s HIV program. Fun Games and Prizes 10am - 2pm West Lounge in the Union (1st Floor near Alpine Bagels): Activities... Read more »

Organophosphate pesticide exposure and other chemical mixtures in association with ultrasound and delivery measures of fetal growth Seminar

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

Dr. Kelly Ferguson earned her M.P.H. in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She joined the NIEHS Epidemiology Branch as a Tenure-Track Investigator in 2016. Her research group studies how maternal exposure to chemicals impacts pregnancy and the development of the fetus... Read more »