Health policy and management doctoral candidate Eunice Yang will defend her dissertation research, titled "The effect of competition among fully-capitated Medicaid managed care plans on healthcare utilization." Watch online. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.
Doctoral candidate Olive Mbah will present her dissertation research on Thursday, Dec. 16 from Noon-2 pm EST. The title of her dissertation is "The impact of the Affordable Care Act on racial/ethnic and community-level inequities in colorectal cancer outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries." Watch online.
Gillings students, as part of schoolwide strategic planning, the Gillings School has convened a Practice Task Force, and we need to hear from you! We are seeking your thoughts and... Read more »
All are invited to register for this free symposium on the topic of marijuana legalization on Feb. 22. Representatives from basic science and community-based prevention will discuss strategies to respond... Read more »
Celebrate International Women's Day with the Russian Flagship Program! Grab a cup of tea (or coffee!) and join us for a chat with Dr. Michele Rivkin-Fish, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology. Learn more about Dr. Rivkin-Fish's personal experiences in the region and what led her to her current focus on health care in... Read more »
Sejin Lee will defend her dissertation research on March 15 at noon. The topic of her dissertation is "Real-world treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with advanced melanoma: Immunotherapy vs targeted therapy." Watch online.
Join the NC TraCS Institute for a live training session for Semblie, a free platform for developing digital health interventions. Semblie was designed with the needs of public health researchers... Read more »
Dr. Mandy Cohen will present "Emerging from the Covid Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?" for the 2022 Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy. Please join UNC Public Policy in person in Hill Hall or virtually via Zoom. Learn more. Contact Terry Tamari with questions.
Please join NC TraCS and Maria Fernandez, PhD, for a seminar – Planning implementation strategies using Implementation Mapping – on April 12 at 8 a.m. EDT. Implementation Mapping (IM) provides... Read more »
Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, tenured Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and Blue Cross Endowed Professor in Health and Racial Equity, will give a lecture titled, “Examining Racism in Health Services Research: Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities.” Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher and... Read more »
Managing a State Response to a Global Pandemic: A conversation between Drs. Mandy Cohen and John Wiesman Registration required. Moderator: Jason deBruyn, WUNC health reporter Dr. Mandy Cohen was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. John Wiesman was secretary of the Washington State Department of... Read more »
Join Dr. David Chambers on April 27 at 2 p.m. EDT for a virtual seminar on implementation science in precision public health. This talk will discuss challenges and opportunities, assumptions... Read more »
Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a collaborative approach that integrates and articulates health considerations into policymaking across sectors to improve the health of all communities and people. Join the NACCHO Student Chapter at UNC for a virtual panel discussion about the future of advancing the HiAP framework to improve health outcomes and achieve health... Read more »
Doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management Kathleen Knocke will defend her dissertation research, titled "The impact of rural hospital-based maternity unit closures in North Carolina," on May 10 at 8 a.m. Watch online.
Doctoral candidate within the Department of Health Policy and Management Hadi Beyhaghi will defend his dissertation on June 30 from 10 a.m. - noon. The title of his dissertation is "Advanced analytics for predicting survival and facilitating precision medicine in checkpoint immunotherapy." Dissertation committee chair is Kristen Hassmiller Lich. Watch online.
The Canvas Challenge is a multi-module, guided-paced course available fully online on Canvas for Gillings’ teaching faculty. The Challenge affords instructors a collaborative space to refine their pedagogical practices with... Read more »
