The Department of Health Policy and Management will be hosting Aaron Williams for a talk on "Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development" on October 30, 2019 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room (1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall).
Join the Opioid Student Research Group on Wednesday, 10/30 at 12pm to learn more about Project Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) and how it can increase patient access to opioid treatment and recovery. This session will feature a talk from Franklin Walker, MBA. Lunch will be provided. Register to save your spot.
What should you expect when you're expecting? Whether you're pregnant, adopting or fostering, the only thing you know you can expect is lots of change! Join us for the CWC's overview of resources on and off campus, lactation rooms and other accommodations, finding and paying for child care, and work/life balance. *Please feel free to arrive... Read more »
Meghan Miller, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Fall 2019 series. Miller's talk is titled, "Energizing communities... Read more »
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) is pleased to host Eva Telzer, PhD, for a distinguished lecture on Wednesday, October 30 at 3 p.m. at the School of... Read more »
You’re invited to join us at the Gillings Undergraduate Pre-Med Information Session. We will have representatives from the UNC School of Medicine covering information on new Pre-Med requirements. Register now.
Come hear about the FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship. A representative from FHI 360 and current and former fellows will be present to answer questions! Don't mist the opportunity to learn about this yearlong paid fellowship and get your questions answered! Program description and applications are now available.
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.
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University... Read more »
UNC-Greensboro’s Gabriela Livas Stein, PhD, discusses her approach to demographic and familial methodological considerations in doing health research with Latinx children and their families. Dr. Livas Stein’s research uses developmental psychopathology and cultural-ecological frameworks to investigate the impact of culturally relevant factors on the development of psychopathology for ethnic minorities. Part of the Multilingual Research... 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.
Dr. Betensky was prior to NYU Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on methods for the analysis of censored and truncated outcomes and covariates, which frequently arise from the subsampling of cohort studies. She has a long-time interest in clinical trials, and has written on the... Read more »
This topical workshop will provide participants with up-to-date information about cannabinoid use in North Carolina and in the United States. Specific emphasis will be on medicinal use, policy guidelines and social and health implications. Attendance is free and CEs offered. Registration is required. Visit the website for more information and to register.
In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service... Read more »
Chris Wiesen will present “Power Estimation for Hypothesis Tests Commonly Used in Social Science.” as part of the Carolina Population Series 2019-2010 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Chris Wiesen earned a M.S.Ed at the University of Pennsylvania (1988) and an M.A. (1992) and a Ph.D. (1994) at UNC. Before coming to the Odum Institute, Wiesen spent... Read more »
Registration for the 2019 National Student Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, November 2 is now open. Featured Sessions Include: APHA President's Talk Expert Presentations and Roundtable Discussions Networking Luncheon "City of Brotherly Love: Community Public Health Panel" "Don't Make it Awkward: Confident Conference Networking Skills" Register now.
