Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided!
Since the birthplace of the environmental justice movement in Warren County, North Carolina has positioned itself as a champion for environmental rights. However, we still see glaring examples of environmental malpractice disproportionately affecting low income communities in North Carolina, specifically communities of color. Join us for a panel discussion on the connection between your waste... Read more »
As part of an effort to inspire students to pursue studies and/or research in the field of nutrition and wellness, Flourish is hosting a Pre-Health and Wellness Panel. The goal of the panel is to help students explore different careers within the field of human wellness. Register here.
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »
Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... Read more »
Flourish is partnering with RHA and CDS to bring you a Smart Snacking event. As a college student studying for exams, it’s important to fuel your mind and body with nutritious foods. Our campus Registered Dietician, Kelli Wood will be presenting on ways to make smart snacking choices. Participants will be making yogurt parfaits and... Read more »
Digital Spatial Profiling is a novel digital technology offering multiplexed measurement of protein and nucleic acids with unparalleled levels of precision. Quantify up to 96 targets (RNA or protein) on a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue section on a microscope slide in a completely non-destructive manner. Collaborators from Nanostring Technologies, Inc. will be giving this seminar.... Read more »
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
Erik Karlsson will present a talk titled, "Nham bay howie nov? (Have you eaten yet?): Nutrition and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Cambodia." This talk will explore the current status of both infectious disease and nutrition in Cambodia and discuss some of the work done on understanding the interplay between nutrition and several pathogens (avian and... Read more »
Dr. David Graham, Associate Director at the Food and Drug Administration, will be giving a lecture titled "Observational studies, effectiveness, and real-world evidence: How do we get there from here?" A reception catered by Tandem will follow the lecture. This event is sponsored by the UNC student chapter of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology and... Read more »
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
John Groopman, PhD, will be leading a seminar titled "Aflatoxin, HBV and Liver Cancer the 2nd Leading Cause of Global Cancer Mortality." Dr. John Groopman is the Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor of Preventative Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomburg School of Public Health and the Associate Director for Population Sciences at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive... Read more »
Jamie Perin, the 2018 James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, will be presenting her award lecture for this week's biostatistics seminar. The lecture is titled, "Predicting child mortality by cause in high mortality countries with the Bayesian lasso." Jamie Perin's research interests are international health, biostatistics, longitudinal data, missing data, child mortality, statistical epidemiology,... Read more »
Join the Gillings School for a seminar with visiting professor Dr. Roderick McClure to explore how using a Systems Thinking Approach can address critical road safety issues. Before joining the University of New England (Australia), Dr. McClure was based at the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He is an accomplished epidemiologist with expertise in engaging community... Read more »
The regular monitoring of key health indicators from mortality and morbidity to universal health coverage (UHC) progress is critical for the assessment of progress and performance, the development of strategies and plans, and the implementation of programs. This presentation will focus on the current balance between global estimates production and local data strengthening, the new... Read more »
Wondering about career options? Interested in networking with alumni? Attend the 4th annual ESE MentNet event for all of this and more! On behalf of the ESE Chapter of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Alumni Association, the ESE Department, and ENVRSO, all current ESE students are invited to attend. The event will be... Read more »
