Methods for Cross-Cultural Research

This online course is focused on designing & implementing social science research cross-culturally, with a particular emphasis on collecting interview data. Participants will consider different definitions of culture, how research is itself a cultural practice, what perspectives and analytical approaches can be employed in cross-cultural research, as well as best practices in designing and implementing... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

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)... Read more »

2020 Harry Guess Memorial Lecture – Sonia Hernández-Díaz – Drug Safety in Pregnancy: Challenges and Solutions in the Modern Era of Pharmacoepidemiology

Harry Guess Memorial Lecture Since 2008, the UNC International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology chapter has sponsored the Harry Guess Memorial Lecture. This lecture series was conceived of by UNC students to honor Dr. Guess, a man who built the pharmacoepidemiology program here, to remember his outstanding dedication to teaching and mentoring. Speaker: Sonia Hernández-Díaz, MD, DrPH,... Read more »

Wind Down Wednesdays: Harnessing Your Strengthes and Resilience

Wind Down Wednesday is a virtual mental fitness series created to help students to maintain a healthy school-life balance. Join professionals in Public Health and Mental Health invited by Associate Dean for Student Affairs- Charletta Sims Evans to coach current students on keeping your stress and anxiety low during the Fall semester. Speaker: Candice Fisher... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

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.

Biostatistics Seminar: Reframing Proportional-Hazards Modeling for Large Time-to-Event Datasets with Applications to Deep Learning

We are welcoming Dr. Simon, who will talk about "Reframing proportional-hazards modeling for large time-to-event datasets with applications to deep learning." Dr. Simon works on machine learning (including penalized regression and classification), efficient algorithms in high dimensional spaces, shrinkage estimation and clinical trial design. The techniques he develops are directed at problems in biology and... Read more »

Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium Panel Discussion: Being an Effective Expert when Expertise is Refused

Unprecedented access to knowledge and expertise should promote progress on global challenges like climate change, socioeconomic inequality and the global COVID-19 pandemic. However, facts are often met with severe skepticism and even hostility. Nobel Laureate Dr. William Moerner and respected panelists will discuss this challenging environment and the responsibilities of experts facing it. Registration required.... Read more »