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Shared Decision Making During Pregnancy: Implementing Tools Using Health Information Technology

Fox Auditorium, Carrington Hall, School of Nursing 120 North Medical Drive,, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Allison Shorten's 25 years of research contributes significantly to evidence connecting the model of pregnancy care to birth outcomes and developing, evaluating, and implementing decision aids for share decision making in pregnancy. Dr. Shorten developed and clinically tested the first best practice, evidence-based decision-aid for women with a previous cesarean, establishing the value of... Read more »

Paul A. Godley Health Equity Symposium

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The UNC School of Medicine, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and UNC Center for Health Equity Research are hosting the Inaugural Paul A. Godley Health Equity Symposium on March 5, 2020 to... Read more »

Validation and Annotation for Single-Cell Data Clustering

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. Lynn Lin, who will speak about Validation and Annotation for Single-Cell Data Clustering. A Duke University Alumni, her research interests include a range of related problems in Bayesian mixture model development for classification, variable selection, design and model selection, structured and hierarchical nonparametric Bayesian methods, rare event detection and... Read more »

Using novel genetic approaches to study infectious diseases

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join March Children's Research Institute seminar and lunch with speaker Mark Heise, PhD. He will be presenting "Using novel genetic approaches to study infectious diseases."

Primary Care Utilization among Veterans with a History of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness

744 Conference Room, NC Mutual Building 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham, NC, United States

This is the first team meeting for the Durham Veterans Affairs' Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) Systematic Review on Primary Care Utilization among Veterans with a History of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness. This meeting is for those who are interested in getting more information about the Evidence Synthesis Program and the systematic review it is... Read more »

Total WellBeing Expo

Fetzer Hall

We hope to see you at the upcoming Total WellBeing Expo, Wednesday, Mar. 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fetzer Hall. Carolina’s annual wellness event offers employees the opportunity to learn more about the many campus and local resources that support employee total well being from your head, heart and heels. There will... Read more »

Coronavirus (COVID-19): BARDA’s Support for Countermeasure Development

Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery - Great Room 100 E Franklin St 2nd floor, Chapel Hill, NC

Emil Runge, director of programs for First Flight Venture Center, will share some of the ways that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is supporting the U.S. Government's ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) medical countermeasure development efforts. More information and tickets Contact Bryant Moore with questions.

Boston Alumni and Student Reception

Carrie Nation 11 Beacon St, Boston, MA, United States

3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »

Free

Washington DC Alumni and Student Reception

City Tap House Dupont 1250 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »

New York City Alumni and Student Reception

Bo's Kitchen & Bar Room 6 W 24th Street, New York, NY, United States

3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »

COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series: Session 1

COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series The first in a series of respiratory protection sessions for response during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center, part of the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Session 1 will cover donning and doffing of N95 filtering... Read more »

Atlanta Alumni and Student Reception

5Church Atlanta 1197 Peachtree St NE #528, Atlanta, GA, United States

3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »

Free

“Not that kind of epidemiologist”: The value of social and chronic disease epidemiology in data science

This event is powered by Zoom. The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. Whitney Robinson, who will shed light on biostatistical analysis in epidemiology, with special coverage of the current COVID-19 outbreak. Dr. Robinson's research explores why various sociodemographic groups (by gender, ethnicity, state of residence, sexual orientation, etc.) experience greater burdens of non-communicable diseases than... Read more »

PhD Dissertation Defense: Emily Haines

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Emily Haines will defend her dissertation research, entitled, "Improving care coordination for adolescents and young adults with cancer: building a bridge between needs and services."

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »

COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series: Session 2

Series of respiratory protection sessions for response during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center, part of the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Description: Session 2 - covering respiratory protection issues for stakeholders involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response Date: Wednesday, April 1... Read more »

The Science of Social Distancing: Part 2

The second COVID-19 Conversations webinar will discuss benefit-risk analysis of social/physical distancing strategies, including for vulnerable populations; examine strategies for mitigating mental health impacts; and explore what science is available to guide eventual relaxation of measures. The webinar will feature a panel of expert speakers, including: Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH (Moderator) - Professor of Medicine, Harvard... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »

Function-on-function kriging, with applications to 3D-printing of aortic tissues

Dr. Simon Mak will present "Function-on-function kriging, with applications to 3D-printing of aortic tissues" in this seminar hosted by Zoom. Dr. Mak's interests include (but not limited to) developing practical methodologies with theoretical guarantees for “big data” and “small data” analytics, both of which are important for solving real-world problems. This lecture will be streamed... Read more »

Health Schools Info Fair – Resume Book

Interested in becoming a physician, dentist, physical therapist, physician assistant, optometrist or other health care professional? Get your resume seen by representatives from healthcare graduate programs from across the U.S. You will also receive the contact information for ALL representatives that have registered for the fair. This resume book is open to all UNC-CH students.... Read more »

Alumni and Student Networking Social

3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »

Free
Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »

Emerging Evidence on COVID-19 Spread and Treatment

Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, this webinar series will explore the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, with a focus on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact. Hear from trusted experts... Read more »

Nonparametric Deconvolution Models

In this talk, Dr. Allison J.B. Chaney will describe nonparametric deconvolution models (NDMs), a family of Bayesian nonparametric models for collections of data in which each observation is the average over the features from heterogeneous particles. For example, these types of data are found in elections, where we observe precinct-level vote tallies (observations) of individual... Read more »

Virtual GillingsX

GillingsX 2020: Breaking Down Barriers GillingsX is an annual event hosted by the Student Global Health Committee where Gillings students make 10-minute TEDx-style presentations to highlight inspiring projects, findings, and experiences they have had advancing global health. This year's theme is Breaking Down Barriers: How can different disciplines in public health collaborate and form partnerships... Read more »