Tuesday, June 15, 2021 8:00am to 5:30pm EST This event will be held virtually. All are welcome. The NORCH is pleased to announce the topic for this year’s symposium: Global Food Systems and Sustainable Nutrition in the 21st Century. The lineup of speakers includes experts in the fields of public health, global food systems, food... Read more »
Dept of Nutrition Seminar: "Metabolically Healthy Obesity: Resilience or Just a Matter of Time?" Dr. Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest School of Medicine, will give a presentation titled “Metabolically Healthy Obesity: Resilience or Just a Matter of Time?” Registration is required at https://go.unc.edu/nutrseminars
Celebrate Healthy Aging month with Gillings Culture of Health at a lunch and learn on Nutrition for a Healthy Brain! Learn about eating to support a healthy brain (and gut brain), decrease inflammation and improve mood and cognition. Take home some simple strategies for healthy aging! Learn more and register. Thursday, September 16, 12:30-1:15pm
Dr. Colin Orr, assistant professor of general pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, will give a presentation titled “Food Insecurity and its Impact on Child Growth and Nutrition.” Registration... Read more »
Dr. Linda M. Collins, Professor of Global Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York University, will give a seminar titled “It’s About More Than Effectiveness: Optimization of Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions.” Registration is required.
Dr. Susan Sumner from the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI), professors from her laboratory team, and undergraduate researchers from her lab will share the unique opportunities available for undergraduate students... Read more »
Leveraging the strengths of Carolina’s schools of public health and medicine, its affiliated research centers and institutes, and its prowess in big data management, the Heterogeneity in Obesity Creativity Hub: Transdisciplinary Approaches for Precision Research and Treatment is a large, collaborative project with 27 faculty from 16 departments, six schools and five centers and institutes.... Read more »
The Department of Nutrition invites you to join Professor Alice Ammerman, DrPH, ’90, MPH ’82, as she accepts the Nutrition Distinguished Alumni Award with a virtual cook along and research update on Thursday, Nov. 11. She will be demonstrating a recipe from her Med-South diet: a dietary pattern designed and rigorously tested by Ammerman and... 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 »
As part of the Nutrition Obesity Research Center's Enrichment Program, Dr. Lamis Jomaa, associate professor of nutrition and food sciences at American University of Beirut, will give a seminar titled... Read more »
Please join the Department of Nutrition for a lecture with Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, ('00 epidemiology), vice-chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine... Read more »
Kymberly Gowdy, MS, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, will present “Dietary n3-PUFAs Modulate the... Read more »
The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center invites submission of abstracts from undergraduate and graduate students currently working in the lab or research group of a current UNC NORC member. Four prizes will be awarded. The best undergraduate student poster will receive a $250 prize, and the best undergraduate student oral presentation will receive a $250... Read more »
The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Program will hold an in-person symposium on Monday, April 18 from 1 – 3 p.m. in the Blue Cross... Read more »
Machine learning analysis methods offer the opportunity to integrate and learn from large amounts of biological, clinical, and environmental data. During this session, clinicians and researchers will discuss examples of... Read more »
Designed for graduate students, health professionals and nutrition scientists from academia, agencies, and industry This course delivers fundamental NGx concepts and addresses barriers that impede translation of research results from... Read more »
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 »
You are invited to the Third Annual Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium, to be held in person on July 21-22 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Registration and... Read more »
You are invited to the Third Annual Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium, to be held in person on July 21-22 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Registration and... Read more »
Virtual Seminar with Carla Prado, PhD, “Body Composition in Research and Clinical Settings: From Assessment to Targeted Nutrition Interventions” Professor / Campus Alberta Innovates Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food... 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 »
Please join the Department of Nutrition as they welcome author and academic Dr. Marion Nestle on Sept. 22. Dr. Nestle will be speaking on her experience with food politics with her talk titled "Food Politics in the Coronavirus Era: What's Next?" A reception will follow in the Armfield Atrium of Michael Hooker Research Center
In this in-person seminar, Dr. Herman Pontzer will give a seminar on “Aging, Exercise and Evolution in Human Energetics.” Dr. Pontzer is an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and global... Read more »
As part of the University's Research Week, you are invited to the Department of Health Sciences' research forum on October 12 (noon - 1 pm), featuring speakers on Aging and Mobility. The hybrid forum will take place in person (MacNider 321, LUNCH provided) and via Zoom. We ask that you RSVP if you would like to... 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 »
In-Person Seminar with Rick Woychik, PhD, “Emerging Scientific Priorities at the NIEHS” Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) All are welcome Register here.
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Nutrition: Connections Between Food, Environment, & Health, a free virtual mini-symposium from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22. Precision nutrition is an emerging personalized approach to nutrition that takes into account an individual’s unique dietary needs, lifestyle factors, and genetic makeup. This... Read more »
All are invited to 'Que for the Kids, an annual fundraiser dinner on Tuesday, April 11 from 6-8 pm at the FedEx Center! 100% of proceeds from the event will... Read more »
The 2nd Annual UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) Student Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET in the atrium of the Michael Hooker Research Center. Four prizes of $250 each will be awarded in the following categories: best undergraduate student poster, best undergraduate student... 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... 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... Read more »
Please join the Department of Nutrition for a faculty candidate seminar with Dr. Kelsey Fisher-Wellman. Dr. Fisher-Wellman is currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University's Department of Physiology. His... Read more »
Please join the Department of Nutrition for a faculty candidate seminar with Dr. Matthew Ulgherait. Dr. Ulgherait is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia University. His research focuses on the... Read more »
Please join the Department of Nutrition for a faculty candidate seminar with Dr. Arion Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy is currently an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry at NC State... Read more »
Please join the Department of Nutrition for a faculty candidate seminar with Dr. Katsu Funai. Dr. Funai is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology... Read more »
The Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium (INSS) is an annual translational nutrition science conference. This conference will build on the dialogue that began in their first three symposia to develop best practices for translational nutrition science and to generate ideas for proposals and collaborative projects, which will lead public health, therapeutic and clinical efforts to reduce obesity and its... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 Appreciation Day) There are several other opportunities for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus: Student Stores Pharmacy - Offers no-appointment flu... 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 and what features to understand about probability panels in evaluating their use for data collections, and how to best use probability-based panel data. It will... 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 data, customizing the “End of Survey” experience, and randomization. We will explore embedded data, and several ways you can import or set data in your... Read more »
