This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirements. In this session, researchers and community advocates will provide insights into... Read more »
The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Program presents a virtual symposium featuring keynote speaker and P&F awardee Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen and presentations from P&F award winners... Read more »
What’s happening with COVID-19 variants? How might they affect the community? What’s the latest on trends, variants, vaccines and vaccine roll-out in North Carolina? What’s the state of the science... Read more »
GILLINGSX 2021 - RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS SESSION 1: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM PAST GLOBAL EXPERIENCES? Monday, March 22 @ 1 p.m. | Registration required Defusing the 'Cultural... Read more »
For decades, scientists warned of the potential for a global coronavirus outbreak. But when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, no therapeutics, drugs or vaccines were readily available. Founded by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) is finding solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic while developing drugs and therapeutics for future viral outbreaks —... Read more »
GILLINGSX 2021 – RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS SESSION 2: RESILIENCE WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL Wednesday, March 24 @8 a.m. | Registration required Is Self-Compassion a Key to Resilience? - Dr. Melissa Clepper-Faith (she/her), MPH in Maternal and Child Health Let's TikTok about it: What do Young-Adult BIPOC with MentalHealth Concerns Want to See in the... Read more »
GILLINGSX 2021 – RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS SESSION 3: GROWTH DURING A PANDEMIC Thursday, March 25 @ 8 p.m. | Registration required Behind the Front Lines: the Role of Virology in Pandemic Response and Preparedness - Cait Edwards (she/her), MPH in Applied Epidemiology Resilience Redefined - Dr. Bahby Banks (she/her), MPH in Public Health... Read more »
The University-wide giving day, GiveUNC, is March 30. Choose the area of the Gillings School that your gift supports, and your gift helps unlock challenges to help raise more funds for Gillings. Those who donate receive a Gillings School mask!
What are the structural and systemic barriers experienced by entrepreneurs of color? Join a panel of Gillings School alumni and faculty entrepreneurs on April 1 to learn more about their experience starting public health consultancies, empowering girls, building resilience in rural communities and more! Registration required. Featuring: Jean G. Orelien, DrPH, BIOS ’07, founder of... Read more »
During the first full week of April each year, APHA brings together communities across the United States to observe National Public Health Week as a time to recognize the contributions... Read more »
Let’s have a conversation about what addiction looks like in people socialized as women. What typically co-occurs with substance use? When does substance use become disordered, and what does recovery look like? What policies determine who is allowed to be pregnant or parent while using substances or pursuing recovery? How does discrimination inform institutional and... Read more »
Why Water Action Must Be Part of Climate Action April 9 at noon The keynote lecture for the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Centennial Celebration will be given by Gary White.... Read more »
This lecture qualifies for one hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Co-hosted by the Alumni Inclusive Excellence Committee and the Minority Student Caucus Featuring: Diane L. Rowley, MD, MPH Rowley is a professor emeritus with the Gillings School’s Department of Maternal and Child Health; a... Read more »
How do we address extreme environmental events from all perspectives to build resilience in North Carolina? Join Director of the UNC Institute for the Environment Mike Piehler for a conversation... Read more »
This event qualifies for four hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Standard Safe Zone is designed to introduce concepts, terminology and resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Safe Zone trainees develop: A deeper awareness of personal ideas, stereotypes and assumptions... Read more »
