Usability Testing in Survey Research

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

Usability testing allows in-depth evaluation of how respondents and interviewers interact with questionnaires, particularly web and mobile surveys. Not all design guidelines work equally well for all surveys and all... Read more »

Second Annual Student Research and Entrepreneurship Showcase

Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come see students display their research and entrepreneurship endeavors! The event will feature online and residential student posters. Two $100 gift cards will be presented! There will be free food... Read more »

Text Analysis Using R

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

Text analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the skills and understanding necessary to collect text data from a variety of sources, including websites and APIs. Participants will gain practical skills for completing their own analyses using... Read more »

Dissertation Defense: Natalie Blackburn

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Natalie Blackburn: "An Economic Evaluation of an Alcohol Reduction Intervention in the HIV Clinic Setting in Vietnam" Wednesday, February 19... Read more »

Data Visualization Lunch and Learn

2305 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Student Global Health Committee will be hosting its second Data Visualization Lunch and Learn with Lorin Bruckner from the UNC Research Hub. Come learn more about best practices in... Read more »

Logisitic Regression

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

This short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not demonstrated.... Read more »

Designing Web Surveys

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

The focus of this course is on the design of web survey instruments, appropriate choice and design of input tools, address layout and formatting of the instrument, including alignment of... Read more »

Guest Lecture: Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Glioma

00-002 Pagano Conference Room, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, United States

Melissa Bondy, PhD, Chair of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University, will speak as the Michael O'Malley Guest Lecturer on February 28 at 1pm in the UNC Lineberger Cancer... Read more »

Advanced Topics in Qualtrics

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

This training will cover advanced features in building surveys in Qualtrics. Participants must already have a university Qualtrics account and solid working knowledge of Qualtrics. Some portions will be hands-on;... Read more »

Design for Health

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Gillings is excited to host a panel discussion with local public health professionals who practice design thinking in their applied work. These professionals represent five different organizations, including RTI, Male... Read more »

Paul A. Godley Health Equity Symposium

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

The UNC School of Medicine, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and UNC Center for Health Equity Research are hosting the Inaugural Paul A. Godley Health Equity Symposium on March 5, 2020 to... Read more »