This 2-day (3/28 and 3/30) hands-on course will focus on the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE) for urban research applications. It will demonstrate how free and open-source satellite imagery – including electro-optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery – can be utilized to map urban areas and urbanization trends and patterns, across space... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Usability testing in survey research allows in-depth evaluation of how respondents and interviewers interact with questionnaires, particularly web and mobile surveys. A respondent may understand the survey question and response options but may be unable to select their answer accurately on the small screen of a smartphone. For more information, please see the course website.... Read more »
This 2-day (3/28 and 3/30) hands-on course will focus on the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE) for urban research applications. It will demonstrate how free and open-source satellite imagery – including electro-optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery – can be utilized to map urban areas and urbanization trends and patterns, across space... Read more »
Wind Down Wednesday is a virtual mental fitness series created to help students to maintain a healthy school-life balance. Join professionals in Public Health and Mental Health invited by Associate Dean for Student Affairs- Charletta Sims Evans to coach current students on keeping your stress and anxiety low during the semester. Please register and select... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
This event, led by Camille Mason, MEd, and hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will address the topic of salary negotiation for public health professionals. Register on Handshake.
This three-day (4/4, 4/6, and 4/8) course introduces Structural equation modeling (SEM) with Stata software. This statistical method tests theoretically derived models with observed and unobserved variables. Students must know how to model and interpret correlations and ordinary least square (OLS) regressions and know how to use the basic Stata functions, i.e., enter and save... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
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/
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Betsy Bledsoe as the next presenter in their Spring 2022 Series. On Monday, April 4, Dr. Bledsoe will present "Translating Empirically Supported Trauma-Informed Practice Elements into Practice with Children and Families: A Common Elements Approach." Watch online.
This course will introduce participants to extracting structured data from web pages, also known as “scraping” the pages, using the R programming language. The first portion of the course will introduce basic HTML, CSS selectors, Developer Tools in Google Chrome and the R packages used for web scraping. The second portion will consist of a... Read more »
Register for a co-sponsored event with the global health units at the Gillings School and Schools of Medicine and Social Work in hosting Marguerite Barankitse, founder of Maison Shalom. She is a humanitarian activist who works to improve the welfare of children and challenge ethnic discrimination in Burundi. This event will be hybrid, so please... Read more »
This three-day (4/4, 4/6, and 4/8) course introduces Structural equation modeling (SEM) with Stata software. This statistical method tests theoretically derived models with observed and unobserved variables. Students must know how to model and interpret correlations and ordinary least square (OLS) regressions and know how to use the basic Stata functions, i.e., enter and save... Read more »
Workshop Objectives: At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • Understand the importance of having realistic financial goals clearly defined • Recognize the importance of managing your finances to address these goals • Develop achievable steps to stay on track • Take appropriate action to monitor progress toward the goals and... Read more »
Wind Down Wednesday is a virtual mental fitness series created to help students to maintain a healthy school-life balance. Join professionals in Public Health and Mental Health invited by Associate Dean for Student Affairs- Charletta Sims Evans to coach current students on keeping your stress and anxiety low during the semester. Please register and select... Read more »
Come present your research or entrepreneurship project for a chance to win two$ 100 prizes! April 7th9 a.m. to 12p.m. Presentations will be in the Armfield Atrium in Michael Hooker Research Center. Join the Gillings Student Government Association (SGA) and the Office of Research and Innovation and Global Solutions to learn more about the amazing... Read more »
Join the next virtual PHield trip with RTI International on Thursday, April 7, from 2-4 p.m. The event will feature a keynote presented by Dr. Hala AlMossawi, vice president of global health at RTI. Following the keynote, participants will have the opportunity to talk with RTI staff in breakouts focusing on internships in global health... Read more »
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will be led by Camille Mason, MEd. Register on Handshake.
This three-day (4/4, 4/6, and 4/8) course introduces Structural equation modeling (SEM) with Stata software. This statistical method tests theoretically derived models with observed and unobserved variables. Students must know how to model and interpret correlations and ordinary least square (OLS) regressions and know how to use the basic Stata functions, i.e., enter and save... Read more »
Join Minority Student Caucus (MSC) and Gillings Student Government Association (SGA) to volunteer at UNC's own Edible Campus. About Edible Campus: Edible Campus UNC is a program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden that creates working landscapes across UNC-Chapel Hill to facilitate campus-community engagement in topics of food and agriculture sustainability. During their time at... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Sandra Soliday Hong as the next presenter in their Spring 2022 Series. Dr. Soliday Hong will present "Early Care and Education Research - Policy and Practice Collaborations with State Agencies." Dr. Soliday Hong is the Policy Division Lead and an Advanced Research Scientist at... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Please join NC TraCS and Maria Fernandez, PhD, for a seminar – Planning implementation strategies using Implementation Mapping – on April 12 at 8 a.m. EDT. Implementation Mapping (IM) provides a systematic process for developing strategies to improve the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of evidence-based interventions in real-world settings. In this seminar, learn how IM... Read more »
Unpacking Global Period Policies Featuring presentations from Arundati Muralidharan, Diana Nalunga and Meggie Dumas Registration required. Contact Lara Veldman with questions.
The Gillings Black Student Support Pod was created to support the success of current, matriculated black students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. This support pod is ONLY for students who identify as Black in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. The purpose of this support pod is to create opportunities for students to... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
An Exploration of Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes Featuring presentations from Emily Hoppes and Amelia Mackenzie Registration required. Contact Lara Veldman with questions.
Join the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) for a panel discussion featuring families and professionals to learn about opportunities in the triangle area for children with I/DD and related neurodevelopmental challenges. Learn from families and caregivers of children who have disabilities as they share their lived experience in social and recreational environments. Plus, learn... Read more »
Agency and Dignity: Populations with Specific Menstrual Health Needs Featuring presentations from: Chloe Morrison, Alison Hoover and Aishwarya Nagar Registration required. Contact Lara Veldman with questions.
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 »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
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 & Blue Shield Auditorium of the Michael Hooker Research Center. The symposium will feature a keynote from Dr. Stephen D. Hursting, Co-Director of the UNC... Read more »
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Phillip W. Graham as the next presenter in their Spring 2022 Series. On Monday, April 18, Dr. Phillip W. Graham will present "Conducting Applied Research from an Equity Perspective." Dr. Graham directs the Center for Behavioral Health Epidemiology, Implementation and Evaluation Research in the... Read more »
Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, tenured Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and Blue Cross Endowed Professor in Health and Racial Equity, will give a lecture titled, “Examining Racism in Health Services Research: Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities.” Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher and... Read more »
The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities Presents - A Special Webinar on Children and COVID-19: “Children with IDD and COVID-19: What’s Next?” TOPICS INCLUDE: • Current Status of COVID-19 in NC • Ongoing concerns for children with I/DD and other special healthcare needs • Experiences of parents with children with I/DD • How to support... Read more »
This course introduces the workflow from mission planning to create maps to importing those maps into a GIS environment. Attendees will be introduced to: mission planning, including safety and FAA compliance; creating automated flights for data capture; spending time working with software to process and analyze images collected from drones; and creating maps. Commonly used... Read more »
Interested in systems thinking and social change? Come watch student teams compete in the final round of Map the System, a global competition focused on exploring the wider context of social and environmental issues. The teams will explain the roots of pressing social and environmental issues, where existing solutions fall short, and propose routes to... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Managing a State Response to a Global Pandemic: A conversation between Drs. Mandy Cohen and John Wiesman Registration required. Moderator: Jason deBruyn, WUNC health reporter Dr. Mandy Cohen was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. John Wiesman was secretary of the Washington State Department of... Read more »
Come relax and meditate with chocolate (alternative options will be available for those who aren't chocolate lovers).
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Plants are good for the body and spirit and make great gifts! Bring plants, clippings, pots, watering cans, flower vases, and any other indoor/outdoor plant and gardening supplies to trade and share. Label your plants if you can. If you don't have anything to trade, come by anyway for giveaways! Please RSVP if you can... Read more »
This session will focus on developing financial plans and strategies to address the dual goals of having a plan for paying off debt, while also contributing to building personal wealth. This session covers the basics (or essentials) of each area and describes practical techniques that can help you to formulate your own plan to manage... Read more »
Join Dr. David Chambers on April 27 at 2 p.m. EDT for a virtual seminar on implementation science in precision public health. This talk will discuss challenges and opportunities, assumptions and ongoing activities toward advancing implementation science in the context of dynamic systems, an evolving evidence base and a desire to sustain effective health interventions... Read more »
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Join the NC TraCS Inclusive Science Program on Thursday, April 28, at 11 a.m. for the seminar, ‘Lessons learned and unlearned in ZOE 2.0: a multi-ethnic community-based genetic epidemiologic study of early childhood oral health in North Carolina.’ Kimon Divaris, PhD, DDS, will discuss the development of an NIH-funded community-based pediatric oral health research program... Read more »
ESE students, faculty and staff: arrive at noon for the annual department group photo, followed by student and faculty awards announcements and Locopops! Contact Rhoda Cerny with questions.
Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a collaborative approach that integrates and articulates health considerations into policymaking across sectors to improve the health of all communities and people. Join the NACCHO Student Chapter at UNC for a virtual panel discussion about the future of advancing the HiAP framework to improve health outcomes and achieve health... Read more »
