COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020 Time: 3:00PM to 4:00PM EDT Location: UNC/SPH (Live) Zoom Webcast Title: Session 3- Evolving issues related to respiratory protection use during the COVID-19 response. Presentation Team: John Staley, PhD, MSEH, Pat Curran, CIH and Craig Colton, CIH Registration information
Dr. Feng-Chang Lin will present "Working as a biostatistician: My life in the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute (NC TraCS)." He is heavily engaged in collaborative research in biomedical fields. His primary area of research is in the development of novel statistical methods for modeling recurrent events that frequently appear in biomedical studies;... Read more »
Targeted heat interventions for agricultural workers: a pilot study Presenter: Roxana Chicas, BSN, RN, PhD Candidate Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University Date: April 17 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET Location: Webcast Only If you have already registered for this seminar, you should have received an email with a personal link to... Read more »
UNC AMWHO will be hosting the 2020 AMWHO COVID-19 Virtual Summit on Apr. 18 from 12-3:30 p.m. EST as an alternative platform to engage in conversations about global health with other passionate students during this unprecedented time. Students from around the world will discuss the global response to COVID-19 and engage with professionals during our... Read more »
COVID-19 has brought stress, anxiety and pain to many. The situation has raised questions about how to continue with "normal life," despite so much of the status quo being shaken. In light of this unprecedented moment, join us for a conversation about the mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and how we can be... Read more »
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 »
The UNC Department of Maternal and Child Health’s Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice is hosting an interprofessional leadership panel with maternal and child health leaders working in diverse local, state, and national settings. The focus of the panel will be leadership in times of uncertainty. Panelists will discuss... Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic — and our response to this disease — has underscored deep, persistent societal inequities. The Emergency Preparedness, Ethics and Equity Series will explore how we can continue to foster inclusive excellence and health equity during the most turbulent of times. Speakers will explore ways to consistently apply culturally relevant, ethical and equitable... Read more »
Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, this webinar series is exploring 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 »
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 »
Building COVID-19 Research Collaborations Webinar Changing your shoes while riding a bicycle during a hurricane: developing COVID-19 models on a policy timeline April 23 from 11 a.m. to noon Presenters: Mark Holmes, Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management Kim Powers, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology Drs. Holmes and Powers will... Read more »
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 »
Join the UNC Entrepreneurship Center for their "Navigating the Great Pause" weekly series to help entrepreneurs & businesses survive COVID-19 and come out stronger on the other side. Topics are: Apr 16: How to Navigate in the New Normal: Assessing Your Situation, Money & Legal Resources Apr 23: How to Operate Effectively in the New... Read more »
Dr. Michael Love's talk, "Avoiding two pitfalls in data analysis of gene expression" will conclude the 2020 Biostatistics Spring Seminar series. Dr. Love's research concerns statistical and computational methods for the analysis of high-throughput sequencing assays to facilitate biomedical and biological research. He has developed a number of open-source software packages for the analysis of... Read more »
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 »
Health policy and management doctoral candidate Juan Carlos Caro Seguel will defend his dissertation research titled, "Parental investments, socioemotional development and nutritional health in Chile." This event will be broadcast via Zoom.
