The Racial Equity Institute presents “A Groundwater Approach to Racial Equity", sponsored by Durham County and the Durham Chamber of Commerce. In the half-day Groundwater Approach workshop, trainers use data and stories from a variety of sources to demonstrate the ongoing and pervasive impact of race. This research-based presentation focuses on the following six points... Read more »
Mandy Cohen, MD, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), will deliver the Novant Lecture on Thursday, February 21, 2019. More information to follow. This event is organized by doctoral candidates in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Please contact Abby Hoffman with any questions.
Bruce Gellin, MD, MPH, president of global immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will present a talk titled "Influenza (seasonal and pandemic) Vaccines and Vaccination." Dr. Bruce Gellin joined the Sabin Vaccine Institute as the inaugural president of Global Immunization in March 2017. Prior to joining Sabin, Bruce served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for... Read more »
Cara V. James, PhD, director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will present a talk titled "Achieving Health Equity through Increased Understanding, Sustainable Solutions and Collective Action." James, who earned a doctorate in health policy from Harvard University, is a nationally recognized expert in health disparities, health... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 »
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... Read more »
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) annual Research Conference is a unique interdisciplinary forum that brings together researchers and clinicians for a program dedicated to increasing knowledge, stimulating research,... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 for health equity research. The Center is hosting its first Health Equity Summer Intensive, a two-day training on innovative methods and approaches to conducting health... Read more »
