Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, Atrium Lobby

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Oct. 5 in the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, Atrium Lobby. Additional opportunities will be held on: Thursday, Oct. 12, Noon - 4 p.m. – Genetic Medicine Research Building, Lobby Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. –... Read more »

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

Genetic Medicine Research Building, Atrium Lobby

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Oct. 12 in the Genetic Medicine Research Building, Atrium Lobby Additional opportunities will be held on: Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. – Frank Porter Graham Student Union (Employee Appreciation Day) There are several other opportunities for... Read more »

Cognitive Interviewing in Survey Research

This short course is designed to provide participants with fundamentals on how to design, conduct, and analyze cognitive interviews. Participants will have the opportunity to practice specific cognitive interviewing techniques, including think-alouds, probing, and observation. Participants will also learn about revising survey questions based on interpreting cognitive interview results. Contact Jill Stevens with questions

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. – Frank Porter Graham Student Union (Employee Appreciation Day) There are several other opportunities for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus: Student Stores Pharmacy - Offers no-appointment flu... Read more »

Utilizing Probability Panels: Best Practices in Planning, Fielding, and Analysis

This 2-day course (10/23 2-4pm & 10/25 3-5pm) is designed to provide a guide for consumers of probability-based panels to understand what they are working with: What questions to ask and what features to understand about probability panels in evaluating their use for data collections, and how to best use probability-based panel data. It will... Read more »

Intermediate Qualtrics

This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into “Survey Flow” features including routing with branches, embedded data, customizing the “End of Survey” experience, and randomization. We will explore embedded data, and several ways you can import or set data in your... Read more »

Registration open for “Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection Techniques for Health Measurements”

This course will focus on both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques to measure health. First, participants will learn about collecting qualitative data on health through semi-structured interviews and researcher driven photo-elicitation interviews. Second, we give an introduction to the design and implementation of quantitative surveys. Participants will learn more about the design of survey... Read more »

Guest Lecture: “Advancing community engagement and equity in rural cancer control”

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

Dr. Marquita Lewis-Thames, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University. In her talk, Dr. Lewis-Thames will define equity and its relationship to disparities, community engagement, and belongingness. She will frame the disparities rural cancer survivors face, the challenges associated with accessing adequate health services to support long-term survivorship care, and... Read more »

Modular Design and Automated Testing with Python

This course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Participants will learn to structure their Python code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Participants will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and to... Read more »

Multi-Item Scale Development Part 2

This course is the second in a two-part scale development course series on scale development. Part one of the series focused on the general theories and methods used in the scale development process. This second portion focuses on the analytic methods used to statistically test, refine, and validate scale data. These methods include Cronbach’s alpha,... Read more »

Michael Sherraden Lecture Series: Growing Up in Uncertain Times

136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg. (Auditorium, School of Social Work) Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Thoai Ngo is vice president of Social and Behavioral Science Research at the Population Center in New York. He’ll speak as a guest of Global Social Development Innovations at the UNC School of Social Work about “Growing Up In Uncertain Times: Evidence and Action for the World’s 1.8 billion Youth." In 2017, Ngo was named... Read more »

UNC Italian Food, Culture and Health Info Session

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come out to the info session to learn more about this opportunity. We invite you to participate in a unique traveling study abroad program, where you will embark on an intercultural journey exploring two vastly different Italian cities, culture, and lifestyle. Tuscania is a charming rural town north of Rome with cultivated fields, spanning orchards,... Read more »

Dataverse API

This is a full-day, intensive, interactive course focused on using the Dataverse Application Programming Interface (API) to interact with data archived in a Dataverse-based repository. The session will be broken into to two segments over the course of the day: 1) we will cover the basics of what an API is, how it works, and... Read more »

A Seminar in Honor of Wendy Brewster: “Endometrial Cancer, Health Disparities, and Mentorship”

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

Please join the Women's Health Multidisciplinary Consortium for a special seminar this month in honor of Wendy Brewster, MD, PhD. Wendy was a trailblazer in women's health and racial health disparities at UNC, as well as a beloved mentor. To continue carrying on her legacy, the "Endometrial Cancer, Health Disparities, and Mentorship" seminar will feature... Read more »

Advancing Global Health Training Through Collaboration – Talk

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

Health Behavior Presents: Teaching Assistant Professor Candidate Naya Villarreal, MPH, is the Gillings Global Health Associate Director in the Global Health unit at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Ms. Villarreal manages schoolwide global health programming, including global fellowships, internships, and travel awards. Prior to joining the Gillings School, Ms. Villarreal worked at... Read more »