Gillings School Final Exam Week Events
Reach out to the Office of Student Affairs for more information.
Reach out to the Office of Student Affairs for more information.
Join the Department of Health Sciences to learn about community engagement in research at Carolina with Dr. Essie Torres from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Lunch will be served. Contact the Department of Health Sciences Office of Research and Scholarship with questions.
This leadership symposium will answer the question: "What is required of today's leaders to improve the health of the public through healthcare and public health cross-systems work?" This event will take place in 133 Rosenau, Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium with a reception to follow in the Michael Hooker Research Center Atrium. Moderated by Nancy Messonnier,... Read more »
The fifth National Climate Assessment named sexual and gender minorities suscpetible to climate-related disasters for the first time. To build on these findings, please join us in a conversation exploring federal LGBTQ+ disaster data. Register at the Social Ecology webpage. Please note that this webinar takes place at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, 2:00 p.m.... Read more »
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine can significantly reduce chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Join guest speaker, Gregory Stewart, for an interactive discussion on how you can incorporate these pillars into your daily life. Contact Caroline Carter with questions.
This short course will demonstrate the capabilities of the PC version of ATLAS.ti (version 23), a qualitative analysis software program for coding and interpreting qualitative data. ATLAS.ti also provides numerous options for attaching memos and comments to text segments, documents, and codes. We will demonstrate how to import textual data, create and apply codes, write... Read more »
Usability testing allows in-depth evaluation of how respondents & interviewers interact with questionnaires, particularly web & mobile surveys. A respondent may understand the survey question & response options, but may be unable to select their answer accurately on the small screen of a smartphone. It is critical for researchers to have the necessary tools to... Read more »
This 5-hour (1/23/24 and 1/25/24; 1pm – 3:30pm each day) course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. This course introduces students to Stata and data management. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to manage data more effectively. Each day, the... Read more »
The purpose of the lecture is to inspire, interrogate, and explore the ideas at the nexus of medicine, nursing, and public health, and to spur actions that move these ideas forward together. The Columbia Street Lecture is inspired by the main north/south corridor through campus. Columbia Street separates the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public... Read more »
Join WHL for the 2024 Womxn in Healthcare Leadership Symposium, Authentic Leadership: Bridging Expectations and Realities. The keynote speaker will be Katie Eimers, MSEd. The panel discussion will be moderated by Gretchen Bellamy, JD, LLM with panelists, Danica Patterson, MHA, Minni Marwaha, MHA, MBA, and Lynne Fiscus, MD, MPH. RSVP at the registration webpage. If... Read more »
Unlock grant writing success with our dynamic workshop. Join us for a dynamic 2-hour session where you'll master techniques and receive expert guidance to draft impactful significance and innovation sections for your grants. Engage in interactive exercises, learn specific techniques, and understand the why and how behind them. Elevate your skills swiftly with hands-on practice.... Read more »
Mixed methods research (MMR) refers to research design & implementation that combines qualitative & quantitative data collection and/or analysis strategies. This course discusses best practices, through the review of exemplars and discussion of theoretical approaches, in “mixing” methods & integrating qualitative & quantitative research. We will focus on strategies, tips, & best practices to accomplish... Read more »
This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course, led by the Carolina Drone Lab, will cover drone data collection, planning, and analysis. Attendees will be introduced to: mission planning, creating automated flights for data capture, processing software for drone imagery (Pix4dMapper), and... Read more »
This session provides interactive dialogue about the transference of trauma, and subsequent compassion fatigue that is common in higher education settings. Join us to discuss resilience skills to over come vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue in Higher Education. Contact Tiffany Edouard with questions.
Join Gillings Global Health for a panel discussion with four Gillings School international student alumni to hear about their experience navigating the United States job market as an international student.... Read more »
This course will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities. This is a 4 hour course. Description: Qualtrics is a powerful browser-based web-survey tool. It is available to UNC Chapel Hill faculty, staff, and students, for UNC-related projects. Qualtrics allows users to build complex surveys, distribute them, and analyze the... Read more »
Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury is the former Vice Chair of BRAC, the largest and among the most celebrated non-governmental organization globally. Previously, he was its Executive Director, founding Director of the... Read more »
This course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. Methods for Cross-Cultural Research is a 2.5 hour short-course focused on designing and implementing social science research cross-culturally, with a particular emphasis on collecting interview data. In the face of increasing globalization, concerns for external validity, and the... Read more »
Join PlayMakers Repertory Company + the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health for "Every Brilliant Thing," a special health and wellness initiative in partnership with Student Affairs at the University... Read more »
The Dissertation Structure, Organization, and Completion workshop will focus on a pivotal aspect of doctoral degree completion, the dissertation proposal. Each component of the dissertation proposal defense will be discussed as well as strategies to ensure a successful outcome of this signal event. Workshop participants will learn how academic scholars present research focusing heavily on... Read more »
This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course offers a broad introduction into the use of geospatial... Read more »
Join us for 10-15 minutes to complete the student survey. Your valuable feedback will help us make Gillings a better place for students like you! Survey responses will remain confidential and will be used only for implementing new initiatives, identifying and addressing challenges. Complete the survey and receive a valentine's day treat. Contact Lateesha Watkins... Read more »
Please join the Gillings Research Office for our International Travel and Teleworking Q&A. They will discuss the relevant policies and procedures for faculty, staff and students who wish to do UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated work while traveling internationally and answer any questions you may have. Contact Jaime O'Brien with questions.
The second annual Global Health Scholars Symposium is scheduled for Friday, February 16, starting in Bioinformatics Room 1131. This is a hybrid event presented by the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Medical and doctoral students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty will share research... Read more »
This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into Survey Flow features including embedded data, customizing the End of Survey experience, Screen Out Management, and implementing randomization. We will explore methods of importing embedded data into your survey, sending information from one... Read more »
This course focuses on best practices for writing questions and visual design for surveys, with a focus on holistic designs in which question wording and visual design work together to produce good measurement. It draws on the empirical literature to provide practical guidelines for questionnaire design and considers mixed-mode and mixed-device surveys. The course will... Read more »
Unlock the potential for your research with the SPIN Database! Learn how to navigate the world's largest funding opportunities database. Learn to: - Customize searches for your investigative field or project - Refine results with comprehensive filters - Save parameters for future use - Manage, edit, and delete saved searches with ease - Bookmark, export,... Read more »
Please join Gillings Academic Affairs and Gillings Global Health to hear about the changing landscape and process of moving from a non-STEM designated program to a STEM-designated program, along with an update on the school's steps thus far. All Gillings students are welcomed to share their concerns and questions regarding this process during the session.
Engage offers networking opportunities for alumni and students alike. Held the day before the Minority Health Conference, the event was originally launched as “Re-Engage” to strengthen connections between the Gillings School and its alumni community.
The Minority Health Conference, the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics, and community members to take action for change. The conference was founded and is led by students at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill. We are excited... Read more »
This is a full-day, intensive online interactive course focused on using the Dataverse Application Programming Interface (API) to interact with data archived in a Dataverse-based repository. The session will be broken into to two segments: 1) we will cover the basics of what an API is, how it works and what it is used for,... Read more »
The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and RTI International invites students, faculty and staff to join the annual PHield Trip! Please note: A bus will depart Gillings at 8:30am and return by 2:00pm. This program, held on the RTI campus in the Research Triangle Park, includes:• Fireside chat on Maternal and Child Health... Read more »
This one-day workshop will provide a hands-on, guided introduction to working with US Census data using tidycensus in R. The course will focus on using geographically-referenced demographic and socioeconomic data from the decennial census and American Community Survey. Participants will learn how to acquire data, perform basic data preprocessing tasks, create basic visualizations, and perform... Read more »
This series will cover the 7 Dimensions of Wellness: emotional, physical, occupational, social, intellectual, environmental and financial. This session is the intellectual session. Reflect on setting and improving your boundaries, plus other mindful activities and journaling prompts. Everyone is welcome. Registration is required for breakout activity rooms. Snacks will be provided. Contact Tiffany Edouard with... Read more »
Come learn about the Alcoa aluminum company’s discriminatory labor and waste management practices in this interactive panel discussion highlighting the Concerned Citizens of West Badin’s advocacy and organizing efforts against environmental racism. Refreshments will be provided. Co-hosted by: UNC Environmental Justice Action Research Clinic, NCEJN, CCWBC, UNC Rural & UNC Engagement Week. Contact Lindsay Savelli... Read more »
This course is focused on an introduction to data analytics followed by hands-on exercises. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to perform data analytics in a visual programming environment. We will specifically concentrate on one aspect of data analytics called supervised predictive learning. Two types of predictive learning will... Read more »
Happening March 18th-22nd! Spend the week learning from experts about the job search process during four virtual sessions. End the week at an in-person Global Health Career Networking Event featuring top global health employers! Sessions: The Job Search for International Students, Interviewing from the Recruiters Perspective, Networking for the Job You Want, Career Trajectories -... Read more »
Health Policy and Management doctoral candidate, Addie Coleman, will present her dissertation research, titled "Alcohol and substance use among American Indian/Alaska Native birthing people: A mixed methods study of punitive versus supportive state policies and community-level risk factors." Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.
"Innovating for health equity: human centered design, artificial intelligence and the future of public health" by Alessandra Bazzano MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences and Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal Child Health (CEMCH) This combined speaker series features high-profile speakers that will inspire, educate and build community... Read more »
This course will cover a number of unsupervised learning techniques for finding patterns and associations in Big Data. These include dimension reduction techniques such as principal components analysis and non-negative matrix factorization, clustering analysis and significance analysis, and network analysis with graphical models. The main emphasis will be on the analysis of real data sets... Read more »