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This training will cover the new Qualtrics interface rolled out in Spring 2021. Users will be guided through the new interface to showcase where features have been moved, how old features are now implemented, and a demonstration of new features added in the latest update. Users with a prior knowledge of Qualtrics will find this... Read more »

The MedUNCedoos, the a cappella group for UNC Allied Health Sciences and Gillings School of Global Public Health, will be holding its 2021 auditions on Tuesday, August 31st. All medical, health professions, and graduate students are welcome to join. No experience necessary! Check out our audition sign-up sheet for more info and to sign up... Read more »

Culinary medicine is a new emerging field of medicine that combines cooking and the science of medicine to help individuals make informed decisions about their meals. The principle is based on the idea that food not only prevents disease, but also alleviates symptoms of disease and promotes physical and mental well-being. If you are interested... Read more »

Learn practical, easy and proven ways to strengthen your immune defenses – just by making small changes to what you eat! Boost your health to feel better and fight illness. Judes will feature specific immune-strengthening ideas to adopt, plus a recipe that you can make to take your immune system from helpless to hero! Employees... Read more »

Introduction to Multilevel Modeling is a two-day workshop focused on the application and interpretation of multilevel models, also known as hierarchical linear models and mixed models, for the analysis of nested data structures. Nesting can arise from hierarchical data structures, longitudinal data structures or both. In this workshop, we provide an introduction to the application... Read more »

This course will discuss why suicide occurs, the risk factors associated with it and how to intervene with those who are at risk. Employees register online. Students email totalwellbeing@unc.edu

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Dr. Howard Frumkinis an internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist and epidemiologist. He will discuss the health impacts of the global climate crisis, as well as hope as a positive influence on human health and response to these challenges. He has served as Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health, led the... Read more »

Suicide Prevention for Autistic Individuals: The Important Role of Stakeholder Engagement with Brenna Maddox, PhD Department of Psychiatry Time: Sep 15, 2021 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Eastern Time As the implementation scientist at the UNC TEACCH Autism Program, Dr. Maddox's work focuses on improving community services for people on the autism spectrum across the... Read more »

At one time or another, everyone experiences symptoms of mental illness. Too frequently the response to such symptoms in the workplace is confusion, fear, judgment, avoidance and outright rejection. This leads to a worsening of symptoms and a deterioration of performance. This training is designed to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and to... Read more »

This course explains how to clean and analyze textual data using R, including both raw and structured texts. It will cover multiple hands-on approaches to getting data into R and applying analytical methods to it, with a focus on techniques from the fields of text mining and Natural Language Processing. Registration required.

Please join Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute this Fall for their series: “Carolina Consortium on Human Development: New Faces and New Directions.” See their website for the full list of speakers and dates. Dr. Clare Harrop will kick-off the series on Monday, Sept. 20 from 2-3:00 p.m. via zoom with her presentation, “Sex Differences... Read more »

We all hold biases we aren’t aware of. Many of these biases are necessary to make quick decisions as we go about our day—which street to avoid when driving or walking, what to do when we see an animal on a hike, what financial institution to bank with. While these biases aid us in making... Read more »

Interested in improving the precision of communicating about race/ethnicity in publication? Join a team of interdisciplinary student researchers presenting a pre-conference workshop before the annual International Association of Population Health Science meeting. The workshop is open to non-conference members or attendees. Gillings students and faculty are encouraged to attend so that collectively we can improve... Read more »

UNC Gillings Student Success Seminars focus on empowering all of our students to succeed in navigating the university environment.  We plan the seminars with the overall goal of equipping students to achieve their academic and personal goals by offering sessions geared toward enhanced learning (e.g. research talks), sessions on interpersonal development, personal responsibility, professional development, leadership,... Read more »

Get to know more about the UNC student chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and the past presidents' journeys through UNC to their current role in Health Economics and Outcomes Research. A Q&A session will follow. Watch online. Contact Anna Li with questions.

Dr. Ashley Amaya is a Senior Survey Methodologist at the Pew Research Center. She has a PhD in survey methodology from the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Amaya has published several articles and book chapters on the Total Survey Error Framework, it’s adaptation to Big Data, and the synthesis... Read more »

The UNC Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) invites you to attend their virtual Open House on Monday, Sept. 27 from 1-2:00 p.m. The CHER Open House is an opportunity for individuals to learn more about the Center and opportunities to work with CHER as a trainee, student, collaborator or in some other capacity. Please... Read more »

The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Dorothy Espelage as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New Faces and New Directions! Join them Mondays from 2 - 3:15 p.m. (EST) via zoom. On Monday, September 27th, Dr. Dorothy Espelage will present Bullying... Read more »

Implementing discipline over our emotional life is difficult and requires lifelong practice. Being able to choose to act or respond in a particular manner is preferable to reacting on a consistent basis, yet it is difficult. Enhancing emotional intelligence improves our ability to master our emotional functioning. High emotional intelligence can improve our communications with... Read more »

This short course is focused on designing and implementing social science research cross-culturally, with a particular emphasis on collecting interview data. In this course, participants will consider different definitions of culture, how research is itself a cultural practice, what perspectives and analytical approaches can be employed in cross-cultural research, as well as best practices in... Read more »

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