Dr. Yingqi Zhao is the recipient of the UNC Biostatistics 2020 James. E. Grizzle Alumni Award. Dr. Zhao earned her PhD. in 2012. With the goal of improving patient outcomes, her work focuses on developing novel statistical and machine learning methods for personalized medicine, dynamic treatment regimes, disease screening and surveillance, clinical trial design, and... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
Join the Student Executive Council of the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice on Thursday, Nov. 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. for an exciting interprofessional event. Hear a brief presentation from two experts from the School of Education, followed by breakout sessions to explore the impact that COVID-19 has had on K-12 public education and how... Read more »
You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Dirk Davis, doctoral candidate in health behavior, titled "How Health Navigation Affects Mental Health: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study with Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV in Guatemala." The defense is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6 from 9-10... Read more »
On Nov. 6 from 10:30 am - noon, presenter Joeseph Ibrahim, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, will speak on Bayesian sample size determination for a clinical trial in the presence of historical data that inform the treatment effect. He will discuss a broadly applicable, simulation-based methodology that provides a framework for calibrating the informativeness... Read more »
Please join Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Mary Beth Knight, PhD, and fellow faculty members to learn more about the process of seeking research and related funds from private sponsors; specific strategies for success; and the UNC resources available to support your efforts in this process. Discover actionable steps toward diversifying your funding portfolio... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
Nikki A. Ford, PhD, senior director of nutrition at Hass Avocado Board, will give a presentation titled "The Avocado Nutrition Center: Working for a Quasi-Federal Organization." Registration required.
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Please join the Implementation Science Student Group for an interactive fireside chat with guest Dr. Lauren Franz from Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. They will explore the application of implementation science to address the gap from research to practice for early autism intervention globally and locally. Themes will include applications of implementation science,... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute’s Carolina Consortium for Human Development (CCHD) invites you to the Fall 2020 Cairns Capstone Lecture. Dr. Edith Chen will present Socioeconomic Disparities in Health: Costs of Upward Mobility? on Monday, Nov. 9 from 2-3:15 p.m. Each semester, the CCHD celebrates its proseminar series with the Robert B. Cairns Capstone Lecture... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
ESE Centennial Seminar Series Speaker: Ku McMahan, MPH 2007, PhD 2011 Environmental Sciences and Engineering, was recently named recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Ku serves as team lead for Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a $35M partnership between USAID, South... Read more »
During this workshop we will discuss the following with implications for our practice as scholars: 1. How to refer to others and be critical and thoughtful of our language use (terms and generalizations) 2. How to question what is being said and what is left unsaid (e.g. mitigating discursive erasures). 3. How to recognize and... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
