Health Behavior Events

  1. Events
  2. Health Behavior Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Primary Care Utilization among Veterans with a History of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness

744 Conference Room, NC Mutual Building 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham, NC, United States

This is the first team meeting for the Durham Veterans Affairs' Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) Systematic Review on Primary Care Utilization among Veterans with a History of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness. This meeting is for those who are interested in getting more information about the Evidence Synthesis Program and the systematic review it is... Read more »

Global Grads: Applying for Optional Practical Training (OPT) Information Session

**Global Grads workshops focus on support for international graduate and professional students.** Are you graduating and applying for Optional Practical Training (OPT)? Please join Amanda Mills, assistant director for student and support services in International Student and Scholar Services, for an overview of the OPT program and a Q&A session. You must register for this... Read more »

Dissertation Defense: Amanda Kong

Amanda Kong, a doctoral student in health behavior, will defend her dissertation titled, "Associations of tobacco retailer density with neighborhood sociodemographic, individual smoking behaviors and COPD hospital admission rates: A spatial health approach."

Event Series Gillings Career Services Virtual Summer Series

Gillings Career Services Virtual Summer Series

“Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” series Join UNC's Gillings School Career Services office for their “Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” weekly career series to help recent graduates and alumni survive COVID-19 and come out victorious. We’ll be sharing expert advice, straight talk, alumni personal stories and ideas, along with... Read more »

Health Humanities Grand Rounds with Dr. Damon Tweedy: Reflections on Race and Medicine in the Year of COVID-19 and Nationwide Protests

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined an ugly light on the longstanding racial and ethnic health disparities that persist in our country. Coupled with the televised murder of George Floyd, these events have sparked a renewed racial reckoning in America. In his talk, Dr. Tweedy will explore the dilemma of race within the medical school and... Read more »

LaShauna Austria on Food Equity

The Food Justice Alliance at UNC would like to invite you to our next event on October 15th at 5 p.m., Discussions in Food Equity with LaShauna Austria. LaShauna is... Read more »

Health Behavior Alumni Trivia Night

Kurt Ribisl, Department of Health Behavior Department chair, will be providing a welcome and department updates then proceed straight into some trivia fun! Teams will be randomly assigned to facilitate... 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 »

Dissertation Defense: Dirk Davis

You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Dirk Davis, doctoral candidate in health behavior, titled "How Health Navigation Affects Mental Health: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study with Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV in Guatemala." The defense is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6 from 9-10... 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 »

Featured Featured

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. The recorded sessions will be posted on the website for later viewing. Registration required.

Advances in Behavioral Health Policy Seminar

Advances in Behavioral Health Policy presents: Dr. Ben Druss The COVID-19 Pandemic and Serious Mental Illness: A Public Health Perspective Dec. 17, 4-5 p.m. The presentation will take place from 4-5 p.m., followed by a “happy hour” organizing session for anyone who is interested from 5-5:45 p.m. Benjamin Druss is professor and Rosalynn Carter Chair... Read more »

Featured Featured

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 to assist you when you are approached by students.  This webinar will allow faculty and staff to engage and practice with colleagues on ways to... Read more »

Featured Featured

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 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 »

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 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 »