This event qualifies for one hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. This session features the work of leading campus health equity researchers. All are working towards developing solutions to reduce critical social and racial inequities. At this event, we will also present the Gillings Health... Read more »
Visiting from Indiana University SPH, Dr. Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson's research focuses on using economic-strengthening interventions, mobile health technologies, and applied behavioral economics to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including HIV, in economically disadvantaged populations in the US and abroad. Her research centers on youth and young adults, people living with HIV, racial and ethnic... Read more »
Women’s Healthcare Professionals Panel hosted by Carolina BEBEs Nov. 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Join the Carolina Bebes—Birth & Breastfeeding Evidence-Based Education and Support group for a panel discussion on women's healthcare careers! They will have a range of speakers including a certified nurse-midwife, lactation consultant, nutritionist and maternal health education training coordinator. Come ready for a... Read more »
This Critical Conversation is designed to be an interactive discussion to help you understand the meaning and history of reproductive justice, the legacy of reproductive oppression, and the ways in which our society is organized and designed to make reproductive choices for people who have historically been marginalized, particularly BIPOC people. Learn more. This event... Read more »
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 appropriately to spreading changes in state policies. Participants will learn from Colorado's experience with legalization and also discuss North Carolina's current strategy. Learn more and... Read more »
Please join NC TraCS for a CTSA Grand Rounds seminar, "The impact of sleeping and waking behaviors on maternal health during pregnancy," with Marquis Hawkins, PhD. He will discuss his work on sleep health characteristics and gestational weight gain. Hawkins is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and... Read more »
"Critical Conversations: Operationalizing Reproductive Justice" with Caitlin Williams, MSPH, and Marissa Velarde, MPH, on Thursday, March 24 from 12:30-1 p.m. on Zoom. Reproductive justice (RJ) has received increasing attention from mainstream public health in recent years. However, there remains a gap in knowledge and application within public health practice and research. In this Critical Conversation,... Read more »
Join the Gillings Student Government Association (SGA) to learn more about Racism and Maternal and Child Health Outcomes. This recorded lecture will be provided by Mobilizing African American Mothers through Empowerment (MAAME). The event will be held Monday, April 4 at 1 p.m. in Michael Hooker 0003/0004. Learn more about MAAME at their website: https://maameinc.org/our-story/
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 »
Join the UNC Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health as they explore topics presented in three journal articles featured in the upcoming MCH Journal Special Issue “Developing and... Read more »
This session will cover the scope and requirements of NIH’s new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy that goes into effect on January 25, 2023. Supplementary NIH guidance on the... Read more »
Save the date for the 28th National Health Equity Research Webcast, “Environmental Justice: The Science, the People, the Politics.” September 16, 2022, 3-4:30 p.m. Free registration opening soon. Subscribe to their... Read more »
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) welcomes Andre Sourander, MD, as the first distinguished speaker of their 2022-2023 series on September 28 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. Sourander will... Read more »
Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will present “Cultural Humility and Decolonizing Methodologies” as a Lunch and Learn, sponsored by the UNC Center for Health Equity Research. No registration is required. Meeting link: go.unc.edu/PalmquistLandL Information on zoom access.
In this Critical Conversation, we will explore the complexities that arise when pregnant people become entangled in the carceral system. Recent North Carolina legislation requires basic protections for incarcerated pregnant and postpartum people, but these changes are being asked of a structure ill-equipped to handle the complexities of this population. Join us to learn about... Read more »
In this Critical Conversation with doctoral student Alice Cartwright, MPH, we’ll review the public health evidence on abortion in the U.S. and discuss topics that are likely to become increasingly relevant. In light of the changing landscape of abortion access, we’ll discuss what state level bans in the U.S. may mean for other areas of... Read more »
In July, the US Supreme Court overturned 50 years of precedent set in Roe v. Wade to decide that there was no constitutional right to legal abortion, dramatically changing access to abortion. Today, more than 1 in 3 Americans lives in a state where abortion is nearly prohibited. Despite abortion being a defining characteristic of... Read more »
Wednesday, November 2, 3 - 5:30 p.m. SisterSong Workshop: “What is Reproductive Justice: An interactive workshop presented by SisterSong about the history, practice, and advocacy of reproductive justice for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.” This is a didactic course with Q&A included. The educational event will be in-person and led by SisterSong. - Simran... Read more »
Thursday, November 3, noon -1 P.M. Seminar on Reproductive Justice Work at UNC This is part of the monthly Women's Health Research Seminar Hot Topic Series presented by the Women's... Read more »
Please join the Gillings global health team to learn more about a yearlong funded global health fellowship opportunity with FHI 360. A rep from FHI 360 will discuss the fellowship... Read more »
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... Read more »
The Women’s Health Multidisciplinary Consortium (WHMC) invites you to join them for this month’s Hot Topic Seminar, titled “Reproductive Injustice: Incarceration and Reproductive Health Across the Life Course" to be... Read more »
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 »
The United States has one of the most advanced health care systems in the world, yet it has a higher maternal mortality rate than comparable countries. Maternal mortality affects women in the U.S. from all backgrounds. Among other conditions, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal mortality, at rates that disproportionately affect... Read more »
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 »
Gillings Research Unit Presents a two-part, virtual, education session on International Research Compliance. They will have speakers from the Export Controls Office, as well as the Office for the Vice Chancellor of Research. Part I speaker: William Bucha Export Compliance Manager UNC Export Compliance Office Division of Institutional Integrity and Risk Management Learn more and... Read more »
Gillings Research Unit Presents a two-part, virtual, education session on International Research Compliance. They will have speakers from the Export Controls Office, as well as the Office for the Vice Chancellor of Research. Part II speaker: Brian Collier Science and Security Director Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Learn more and register. Contact Jamie... Read more »
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 the inspiring stories of four patients, the film exposes widespread problems in our healthcare systems. From societal taboos and gender bias to misinformed doctors and... Read more »
Please join us for "Community-Based Primary Health Care in Low Resource Areas," a panel discussion with speakers from Curamericas Global. Contact Caroline McKay with questions.
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 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 to know more about the issues and concerns military connected students face and to identify individuals available to assist this population. Upon completion, participants will... Read more »
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 »
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 Wellbeing: Advancing Anti-Racist Developmental Science." A Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter... Read more »
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 held on: Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. – Frank Porter Graham Student Union (Employee Appreciation Day) There are several other opportunities for... Read more »
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 »
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 that can be tested and used as the foundation for planning action. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to systems thinking, learn how to... Read more »
Dr. Marcella Boynton is currently an assistant professor in the UNC Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine and a biostatistician at UNC NC TraCS Institute where... Read more »
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 »
This 2-day course (10/23 2-4pm & 10/25 3-5pm) is designed to provide a guide for consumers of probability-based panels to understand what they are working with: What questions to ask... Read more »
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 »
This course will focus on both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques to measure health. First, participants will learn about collecting qualitative data on health through semi-structured interviews and researcher... Read more »
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 as separate scripts and/or packages. Participants will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and to... Read more »
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 »
Interested in the MRT-TI Program? Come join us to hear from the program director, Catherine Sullivan, and current students enrolled in MRT-TI to learn more about the program and the application process. Contact Catherine Sullivan with questions
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 8:30am and return by 2:00pm. This program, held on the RTI campus in the Research Triangle Park, includes:• Fireside chat on Maternal and Child Health... Read more »
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 a maternal health implementation project in Ghana.The research will supply needed information to Ghanaian policymakers and lay important groundwork for future research into the factors... Read more »
"Innovating for health equity: human centered design, artificial intelligence and the future of public health" by Alessandra Bazzano MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences and Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal Child Health (CEMCH) This combined speaker series features high-profile speakers that will inspire, educate and build community... Read more »
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. In addition to a month-long diaper and wipe drive kicking off on April 1, All donations will go to Equity Before Birth, a community-based organization... Read more »
