Policy and systems change to advance injury and violence prevention

Please join the Department of Health Behavior for Dr. Anna Austin's job talk, entitled “Policy and systems change to advance injury and violence prevention.” Dr. Austin is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health and Core Faculty at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center. Watch live in Rosenau Hall... Read more »

Curbside Conversations

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

On Tuesday, April 11, from 11:00 am-1:00 pm, the Department of Maternal and Child Health will be holding open student listening sessions under the tents in the McGavran-Greenberg Courtyard. Presenters... Read more »

Policy and Progress: Key Perspectives in Women’s Health

Join the Women's Health Multidisciplinary Consortium for a panel discussing the impact of policy and advocacy on women's health. The event will take place in person at Bondurant G-100 on April 13 at 12:30 pm and on Zoom. Please register in advance. Lunch will be provided. Speakers include: Ciara Zachary, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health... Read more »

Below the Belt Film Screening and Panel Discussion

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

The Public Health Leadership Student Association will host a screening and expert panel discussion of the documentary "Below the Belt," a film about the realities of living with endometriosis. Through... Read more »

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

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

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Sept. 28 in the Michael Hooker Research Center, Lower Level Atrium. Additional opportunities will... Read more »

Green Zone Training

Green Zone training is for faculty, staff, and students who wish to learn more about the military connected student experience. The goals are to train members of the Carolina community... Read more »

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, Atrium Lobby

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Oct. 5 in the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, Atrium Lobby. Additional opportunities will... Read more »

MCH presents Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD talk

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Department of Maternal and Child Health presents a guest lecture by Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, entitled "Attending to the Role of Racism and Cultural Wealth on Child and Family... Read more »

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

Genetic Medicine Research Building, Atrium Lobby

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Oct. 12 in the Genetic Medicine Research Building, Atrium Lobby Additional opportunities will be... Read more »

Cognitive Interviewing in Survey Research

This short course is designed to provide participants with fundamentals on how to design, conduct, and analyze cognitive interviews. Participants will have the opportunity to practice specific cognitive interviewing techniques,... Read more »

Systems Thinking Workshop

Complex problems need complexity-aware methods. Systems thinking, one such method, is a structured approach to learning about complex problems that engages diverse perspectives in developing visual representations of emerging understanding... Read more »

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. – Frank Porter Graham Student Union (Employee... Read more »

Intermediate Qualtrics

This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into “Survey Flow” features including routing with branches, embedded... Read more »

Modular Design and Automated Testing with Python

This course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Participants will learn to structure their Python code into reusable functions and store those functions... Read more »

Dataverse API

This is a full-day, intensive, interactive course focused on using the Dataverse Application Programming Interface (API) to interact with data archived in a Dataverse-based repository. The session will be broken... Read more »

RTI-UNC Gillings PHield Trip 2024

RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and RTI International invites students, faculty and staff to join the annual PHield Trip! Please note: A bus will depart Gillings at... Read more »

Maternal and Child Health Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Caitlin Williams

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Title: Implementation sustainability: Institutionalizing maternal health projects through public policy in Ghana This dissertation seeks to develop theory around institutionalization through public policy in low-resource settings, using the case of... Read more »

Black Maternal Health Week

The Black Maternal Health Week Coordinating Committee is excited to announce an inaugural student-led week of events sponsored by the MCH department in recognition of Black Maternal Health Week 2024.... Read more »