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Maternal Mental Health Seminar

Wilson Library 200 South Rd, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Asia Maselko, ScD, Associate Professor Epidemiology at the Gillings School, will present a seminar titled, "Maternal Mental Health, the Social Context, and Child Development: The Promise and Limitations of Maternal Depression Treatment." Maternal depression is an established risk factor for worse child developmental outcomes, yet it is not clear whether treating depression is enough to improve... Read more »

Prenatal Stress Effects Seminar

2004 Marsico Hall

Rosalind Wright, PhD, will present a seminar titled, "Complexities of Elucidating Prenatal Stress Effects on Child Health." This seminar will (1) Review the general stress-health paradigm; (2) Consider independent stress... Read more »

Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Seminar: Facing Obesity in Mothers and Their Offspring

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

Michele R. Forman, PhD, FACE, is a distinguished professor and the department head in the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University — and an accomplished graduate of the UNC Gillings epidemiology department! She will give a talk titled, "Facing obesity and other co-morbidity in mothers and their offspring: a life course approach." This seminar... Read more »

2019 Commencement Celebration

Carmichael Arena 310 South Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health will host its spring Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 11, starting at 1 p.m. The commencement speaker will be Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more information, including details on parking and the post-Commencement reception, please see the official... Read more »

Risk Factors in Child Development Talk

Join the Department of Maternal and Child Health for a job talk titled, "Risk and protective factors in child health and development" presented by Anna Austin, PhD. Dr. Austin is a candidate for an assistant professor position in the department. All are welcome.