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 »

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

Come help assemble naloxone kits and learn about NC legislative initiatives addressing the opioid epidemic with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. This event is sponsored by the North Carolina Attorney General's Collegiate Council on Opioid Misuse, the Public Health Leadership Student Organization (PHLSA), and the Student Pharmacists Opioid Misuse Prevention (StOMP).

GillingsX

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

Are you a Gillings student or post-doc doing innovative global health work? Is your practicum or research focused on solving important public health challenges around the world? Are you involved in a local initiative or study with global implications or ties? If so, apply to speak at this year's GillingsX event and share your work... Read more »

System (in)Justice Symposium

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

Join the UNC Gender-Based Violence Research Group and the Injury Prevention Research Center for the 2019 Gender-Based Violence Symposium: Systems (in)Justice: Unpacking institutional responses to sexual violence to inform research and practice. To learn more and stay updated on symposium news visit our website. Every effort will be made to accommodate advance accessibility requests; on-site requests cannot be... Read more »

UNC Climate Change and Resilience Symposium

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's 6th Annual Climate Change & Resilience Symposium will be held on Friday April 12. The event will feature keynote speaker Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, a retired Marine who is now CEO of the American Security Project.  He will speak on the threat climate change poses for US national security. The event will also have... 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 »

12th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture

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

Dr. David Graham, Associate Director at the Food and Drug Administration, will be giving a lecture titled "Observational studies, effectiveness, and real-world evidence: How do we get there from here?" A reception catered by Tandem will follow the lecture. This event is sponsored by the UNC student chapter of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology and... 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 »

Gillings School Alumni Association: Triangle-area Social

Jimmy V's Osteria + Bar 420 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC, United States

This is a great opportunity to connect and network with fellow public health professionals during the week of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Conference. The event is open to all Gillings alumni, students, faculty and staff, local and state health department partners, and friends. Spaces are limited. Please register online by May... Read more »

Health Equity Summer Intensive

215 Health Sciences Library 335 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Health Equity Summer Intensive aligns with the UNC Center for Health Equity Research's mission by creating space for community leaders, health care professionals, and academics to learn new tools... Read more »

Vaccines & Vaccine Hesitancy Webinar

Webinar

Learn about this challenge and what you can do to enable children to access the vaccines they need to protect them from an array of preventable and potentially lethal diseases.... Read more »

Data User Workshop: Add Health Parents Study

Duke University

The Center for Population Health and Aging (CPHA) at Duke University, in collaboration with UNC's Carolina Population Center (CPC), will host a Data User Workshop for the Add Health Parents... Read more »

Gillings Welcome: Building Community

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

This cookout connects Gillings School students from various groups (e.g., students of color, international students, transfer students LGBTQ students, students with families or students who have been out of school... Read more »

Gillings Welcome and Orientation for New Residential MPH Students

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

At orientation you will receive information on academic advising and faculty mentoring, course registration, MPH Core courses, practicum requirements, UNC policies, career and global resources, your concentration and your culminating... Read more »

Welcome and Insurance 101 – International Student Welcome Week

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

Hear from our Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Kauline Cipriani, and hear from Campus Health representative Vicki Warwick about your student health insurance! What does co-pay mean? What services are... Read more »

7th Annual Diversity THINKposium: Voice

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The University Office for Diversity & Inclusion invites you to take part in the 7th annual Diversity THINKposium. This year’s theme, Voice, addresses how we use our voices to contribute to the sense of belonging for, and the retention and engagement of, all stakeholders at Carolina. Attendees will participate in interactive workshops, insightful panel discussions and small group... Read more »

LGBTQ Health Disparities Research Collaborative Kickoff

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

The purpose of the LGBTQ Health Disparities Research Collaborative is to provide graduate students and faculty members at UNC-CH with a space to engage in critical conversations related to issues... Read more »

Digital Therapeutics: Software as Treatment

Learn from industry leaders about how software is changing the treatment paradigm. Sarah Jackson, chief of staff of Click Therapeutics, and Carly Levin, strategic development, will discuss the rapidly evolving field of digital therapeutics and answer a variety of questions, including: What are digital therapeutics? Who are the key players in the market? What is... Read more »

25th National Health Equity Research Webcast: Structural Racism

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

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites you to the 25th National Health Equity Research Webcast. This interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (133 Rosenau Hall) or can be viewed online. Registration is FREE and requested for all participants. Presenters Felicia Arriaga,... Read more »

Insights into Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis

Memorial Hall

The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center is hosting a free and public event with Filippo Grandi, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This will be the first time that the High Commissioner will be speaking at a public event outside of New York and Washington D.C. Come learn about what the... Read more »

Student Organizations and Activities Fair

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

Every year, the Gillings School of Global Public Health hosts a Student Organizations and Activities Fair for UNC offices and organizations from around campus to meet Gillings students and inform them about available services and activities they will be able to participate in throughout the school year.

UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility Fall Symposium

Old Clinic Auditorium 4008

The UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS) is pleased to present some of the most new and intriguing environmental exposure research. These projects were developed with support from CEHS pilot funds, CEHS facility cores, and the CEHS campus wide network of scientists. The results from these projects establish the groundwork for additional exploration,... Read more »

UNC Water and Health Conference

Bringing together research with policy, practice and networking events. The 2019 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organized by the Water Institute at UNC, will explore drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds with a strong public health emphasis. For registration information, please visit the conference... Read more »

University Day

Memorial Hall

University Day is an occasion to remember the University’s past and celebrate its future. The date, October 12, marks the laying of the cornerstone of Old East, the institution’s first building and the oldest state university building in the nation. This year’s theme is service to the state of North Carolina. The program will highlight... Read more »

Triangle Global Health Conference

Durham Convention Center 301 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC, United States

The Triangle Global Health Consortium (TGHC) is hosting its 6th annual conference on October 16. The theme this year is One Health. The abstract application window for speakers, panels, workshops, story-tellers, and the One Health Challenge Question closes on July 15th, while poster abstracts will be accepted until August 15th. For more information, visit https://www.triangleglobalhealth.org/annual-conference.

Department of Biostatistics’ 70th Anniversary (BIOS 70)

The Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We're celebrating 70 years! Join alumni, friends, faculty and current students as we reflect on past achievements and current research endeavors. F. DuBois Bowman, PhD 2000 biostatistics, dean and professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, will provide the keynote luncheon on Monday, Oct. 28. Bowman is a distinguished researcher whose scholarship... Read more »

Gillings School Reception at APHA Philadelphia

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us in Philadelphia for the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Nov. 2-6. A reception for Gillings alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends will be held in the Marriott beginning at 6 p.m. Remarks by Dean Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Liberty Ballroom C 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA... Read more »