Maternal and child health doctoral student Mallory Turner will defend the dissertation titled "Association between North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten and School Exclusionary Discipline." Contact Julie Theriault for Zoom access information.
Come learn about the centers in the Department of Maternal and Child Health and all that they are doing to help parents, children and families. View the Open House online. Contact Myka Elliott for Zoom password or questions. • Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program • Maternal Health Learning Innovation... Read more »
Join the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC) for the September Leadership Series. These virtual conversations will feature practical tips and inspiration from public health leaders about the leadership skills they have built and leveraged to move initiatives forward. Three speakers will be featured in separate conversations on Sept 28, 29, 30. Sept 28,... Read more »
Join the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC) for the September Leadership Series. These virtual conversations will feature practical tips and inspiration from public health leaders about the leadership skills they have built and leveraged to move initiatives forward. Three speakers will be featured in separate conversations on Sept 28, 29, 30. Sept 29,... Read more »
Join the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC) for the September Leadership Series. These virtual conversations will feature practical tips and inspiration from public health leaders about the leadership skills they have built and leveraged to move initiatives forward. Three speakers will be featured in separate conversations on Sept 28, 29, 30. September 30,... Read more »
This event qualifies for 1.25 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Save the date! The UNC Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science and Practice Leadership Panel will be hosting a virtual Leadership Panel on October 5, 2021 via Zoom Webinar (3pm-4:15pm... Read more »
This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Save the date for Nov. 3 at noon. The Gillings Humanitarian Health Initiative Seminar Series will focus on the safety and security of health care workers and facilities in humanitarian settings. Panelists include Dr.... Read more »
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... 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... 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... 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 DMS plans required in proposals, data repository selection and allowable costs in proposal budgets will also be reviewed. Some resources and tools to help researchers... 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 newsletter to get updates about registration, panelists, and NHERW events. The archive of the 27th webcast, “This is U.S.: Dissent, Denial, and the Health of Populations,” is available... 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 present "Population-based digitalized interventions with telephone coaching for childhood anxiety, preschool disruptive behavior and prenatal depression." Dr. Sourander’s presentation will describe the background, development of... 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... 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... 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,... 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 Health Multidisciplinary Consortium. All are welcome to attend! Speakers and Talk Titles: Dr. Kavita Arora: "Equitable Postpartum Permanent Contraception." Dr. Abigail English: “Reproductive Health, Rights,... Read more »
