Alumni Virtual Panel (Admissions)
ZoomAlumni Virtual Panel (Admissions) Location:Virtual (ZOOM) Date:Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Time: 5 – 6 p.m. Registration link to come.
Alumni Virtual Panel (Admissions) Location:Virtual (ZOOM) Date:Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Time: 5 – 6 p.m. Registration link to come.
Join the Gillings IPEP Student Interest Group and the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center during National Public Health Week to honor the theme of Violence Prevention and learn more about Project RESTART (Restorative, Effective Solutions Toward Accountability, Responsibility and Treatment), an interdisciplinary research initiative to develop a survivor-centered Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP). Attendees will... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes -... Read more »
Workshop: Design-Thinking in Global Public Health Facilitated by Dr. Liz Chen, Design-Thinking Lead Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023 (student wellness day) Time: 8:30 a.m. - noon ET (30 min light breakfast,... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes -... Read more »
Tuesdays – 10:30 AM Meet at the Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall for a 30-minute walk on campus or the neighborhood nearby.
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
Mindfulness and self-compassion meditations assist with stress reduction, mental flexibility and resilience. Dedicate time to self-nurture with a 15-minute mindfulness meditation and self-compassion session. Tuesdays – 10 AM in 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center
Tuesdays – 10:30 AM Meet at the Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall for a 30-minute walk on campus or the neighborhood nearby.
Doctoral candidate in health policy and management Caitlin Biddell will present her dissertation research, "Impact of financial barriers to care on adverse healthcare events among cancer patients and survivors." This event will take place in Michael Hooker Research Center room 3005 and via Zoom. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.
On Tuesday, April 11, from 11:00 am-1:00 pm, the Department of Maternal and Child Health will be holding open student listening sessions under the tents in the McGavran-Greenberg Courtyard. Presenters will include: Claudia S. P. Fernandez, DrPH, Professor, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health Shawna Howard, MPH student, MCH concentration Meghan Shanahan, PhD, Assoc. Chair... Read more »
The Health Policy and Management Lunch and Learn Series presents: "Unfinished Journey: Health Care Reform in the Biden Administration and Beyond" with Dr. Jonathan Oberlander, PhD. Tuesday, April 11 at 12:30 p.m. Registration required. Contact Jake Stallard with questions.
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 go to fund school breakfasts and lunches for children in NC through the Carolina Hunger Initiative! The event includes barbecue from local chef Sam Suchoff,... 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 »
Join sessions at this Zoom Link. Submit questions here! The inclusive excellence team is offering information sessions to discuss inclusive excellence training opportunities and available resources and allow employees the... Read more »
Join us for the next seminar in our Intersection of Global Health and Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series. This panel discussion will feature three LGBTQ+ global health professionals to learn about... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
The United States has one of the most advanced health care systems in the world, yet it has a higher maternal mortality rate than comparable countries. Maternal mortality affects women in the U.S. from all backgrounds. Among other conditions, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal mortality, at rates that disproportionately affect... Read more »
Join the Women's Health Multidisciplinary Consortium for a panel discussing the impact of policy and advocacy on women's health. The event will take place in person at Bondurant G-100 on April 13 at 12:30 pm and on Zoom. Please register in advance. Lunch will be provided. Speakers include: Ciara Zachary, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health... Read more »
Tuesdays – 10:30 AM Meet at the Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall for a 30-minute walk on campus or the neighborhood nearby.
Join the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering for their 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Seminar. Dr. Richard Johnston Technical Officer Water, Sanitation and Hygiene World Health Organization Johnston, who earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the Gillings School in 2008, co-leads the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program on Water Supply, Sanitation... Read more »
On behalf of re:wild Your Campus at UNC and the Graduate Student Government, all are invited to a free screening of the documentary film called "Into The Weeds" at the Carolina Union on Climate Action Day - April 13, 2023. This production follows a groundskeeper named Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his lawsuit against Monsanto (now... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
Featuring Jeanette Reyes, PhD, physical scientist at the U.S. EPA, and Karen Setty, PhD Come directly engage with ESE alums! Ask honest and practical questions about life in environmental sciences... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
This 2-part course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Attendees will learn to structure their R code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Attendees will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and... Read more »
Mindfulness and self-compassion meditations assist with stress reduction, mental flexibility and resilience. Dedicate time to self-nurture with a 15-minute mindfulness meditation and self-compassion session. Tuesdays – 10 AM in 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center
Tuesdays – 10:30 AM Meet at the Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall for a 30-minute walk on campus or the neighborhood nearby.
Featuring Rebecca Martinez, PhD, Riley Mulhern, PhD, and Paul Fitzgerald Come directly engage with ESE alums! Ask honest and practical questions about life in environmental sciences workplaces. Watch online.
This 2-hour interactive workshop will focus on how to interpret, prioritize, and constructively respond to NIH study section critiques in a 1-page response. Learn 2 in-depth strategies including how to ‘interpret the tea leaves’ (i.e., leverage discrepancies between scores & comments for insights and your benefit) and construct a compelling 1-page response with punch using... Read more »
This course will offer an overview of big data types and sources and discuss their potential for survey and social science research (social media data, digital trace data, administrative data and sensor data through a total data quality lens). Presenters will address quality issues with each type of data, possible error frameworks to use in... Read more »
Join Innovate Carolina to 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 meaningful, systems-level change. Teams... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
The Decolonize, Dismantle and Redesign student working group is hosting a two-day hybrid webinar event entitled From Academia to Action: Decolonizing Practice in Global Health and Beyond on April 20-21. Join us in conversation with global health practitioners, scholars, and activists from across the globe. We will explore decolonizing practice, broaden perspectives on collective-building and... Read more »
This 2-part course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Attendees will learn to structure their R code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Attendees will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and... Read more »
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
Tuesdays – 10:30 AM Meet at the Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall for a 30-minute walk on campus or the neighborhood nearby.
Join the Culture of Health for a gentle yoga session. Mondays – Noon – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (30 minutes - virtual) Wednesdays – 5:15 PM – Contact rhoda_cerny@unc.edu (45 minutes - virtual) Thursdays – 11 AM – In-person (30 minutes) – 0003 Michael Hooker Research Center Thursdays – 5:15 PM – In-person (45 minutes) – 0003... Read more »
The Decolonize, Dismantle and Redesign student working group is hosting a two-day hybrid webinar event entitled From Academia to Action: Decolonizing Practice in Global Health and Beyond on April 20-21. Join us in conversation with global health practitioners, scholars, and activists from across the globe. We will explore decolonizing practice, broaden perspectives on collective-building and... Read more »
Daniel Dawes, JD, will give a keynote address titled, "The Political Determinants of Health." Mr. Dawes is a widely respected healthcare and public health leader, having authored two groundbreaking health policy books, 150 Years of ObamaCare and The Political Determinants of Health. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Global Health Equity and the... Read more »