Please join Nutrition Coalition to make thank-you cards for the RDs and nutrition educators at the Gillings School. This event is sponsored by Nutrition Coalition. Please contact nutritioncoalitionunc@gmail.com.
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 »
Erik Karlsson will present a talk titled, "Nham bay howie nov? (Have you eaten yet?): Nutrition and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Cambodia." This talk will explore the current status of both infectious disease and nutrition in Cambodia and discuss some of the work done on understanding the interplay between nutrition and several pathogens (avian and... Read more »
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... Read more »
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) annual Research Conference is a unique interdisciplinary forum that brings together researchers and clinicians for a program dedicated to increasing knowledge, stimulating research, and promoting prevention and treatment of cancer and cancer recurrence through nutrition, physical activity and weight management. For more information, including the complete program, visit... Read more »
Tania Aburto, doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition, will defend her dissertation titled, "Dietary changes associated with hypertension diagnosis in Chinese adults." The dissertation completed was under the direction of Barry M. Popkin.
Lilia Pedraza, doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition, will defend her dissertation titled, "How did Mexico’s sugary drinks and junk foods tax change shopping behaviors, overall and across store types?" The dissertation was under the direction of Lindsey Smith Taillie and Barry M. Popkin.
Nutrition Coalition’s mission is to provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student members to build relationships, share ideas, and perform community service in the campus and community that focus on issues related to food, food access, and promoting healthy lifestyles. Snacks will be provided.
Please join the Parr Center for their third headliner of the 2019-2020 series, Robin Jeshion, professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. She specializes in the philosophy of language and mind. Recently she has been writing about slurring terms, attempting to understand to what extent audiences and social structures are incorporated in their... Read more »
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »
In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service as the Deputy Vice President of a country that is under strong international and domestic pressure.
Join us for the 2nd Annual Gillings Faculty Research Showcase from 1:30-3:30 PM in 1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Various renowned professors from the Gillings School of Global Public Health will be giving 10-minute presentations on their research. This includes professors from the following departments: Nutrition, Health Behavior, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health Leadership, Maternal & Child Health,... Read more »
John M. Salsman, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is the Director of Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and the Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake... Read more »
GlobeMed at UNC invites you to their second annual Sexual Health Art Show. Through this show, GlobeMed will portray the many aspects of maintaining and ensuring sexual health for all people, whether in the U.S. or abroad. Tickets can be purchased at the event website. Email unc@globemed.org with questions.
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »
David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is part of the Mentice AB Board of Directors. His talk, "Epidemiological Concepts and Methods to Advance STEEEP Health Care and the Quadruple Aim of Health... Read more »
