Design Thinking in Public Health: A Panel Discussion with Recent Gillings MPH Alumni

Design thinking is a creative problem-solving approach that prioritizes desirability, feasibility and viability. Design thinking is being applied more and more in public health practice and research and is well aligned with other approaches including community-based participatory research and implementation science. Want to learn more? Join Design Thinking Lead Liz Chen in a 1-hour virtual... Read more »

Triangle Global Health Conference

How does the global health sector evolve to continue to deliver impact in a changing world? The TGHC 2021 annual conference is taking place after a year in which we experienced, and continue to experience, unprecedented health and social challenges. Whilst the impact of these challenges has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are... Read more »

Minority Student Caucus Town Hall Event

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for the Minority Student Caucus town hall event on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m. We welcome BIPOC students at Gillings to a safe space to bring concerns and feedback related to personal experiences navigating your academic journey at Gillings. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 1, to... Read more »

Prioritizing Possibilities for Child and Family Well Being: Building the EcoSystem to Translate the Science of Healthy Development to Scale

This seminar will focus on translating the science of healthy development into practical evidence-based approaches to foster the well-being and resilience of children, families, and communities. The promise for healing the trauma and adversity concentrated in many of our communities is enormous when the provision of needed services and programs are shaped and coordinated with... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Map the System Info Session

Map the System is a global competition that allows you to deeply explore an issue that matters to you by thinking differently about social and environmental change. No experience in systems mapping is necessary. A finalist will be chosen amongst teams competing at UNC. The UNC winning team will win a trip to compete at... Read more »

UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellows Info Session

Please join the Research, Innovation and Global Solutions team to learn more about a funded global health summer fellowship opportunity with IntraHealth International. A representative from IntraHealth will discuss the... Read more »

Hettleman Talks

Enjoy four 15 minute virtual presentations by this year’s recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Scholarly Achievement. The talks will provide an engaging look into these distinguished... Read more »

Carolina for Kibera Seminar

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

Join Carolina for Kibera (CFK) for a talk on CFK Africa: Pandemic Frontline Global Health in Kenya Informal Settlements. Feel free to attend in person or via Zoom. To watch... Read more »

Event Series HAVEN Virtual Training

HAVEN Virtual Training

This training qualifies for 2.5 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. HAVEN (Helping Advocates for EndingViolence Now) is a collaboration between the Equal Opportunity and Compliance office, the Carolina Women’s Center and Student Wellness.  It provides students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral students with tools to... Read more »

Gillings Wind Down Wednesday: Mental Fitness

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 »