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School Events
Second Annual Student Research and Entrepreneurship Showcase
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCome see students display their research and entrepreneurship endeavors! The event will feature online and residential student posters. Two $100 gift cards will be presented! There will be free food... Read more »
Crucial Conversations: Why are so many Black babies dying in NC?
Conference Room, North Carolina Justice Center 22 S. Dawson St., Raleigh, NC, United StatesNorth Carolina has one of the worst records in the nation for the deaths of babies a year or younger. The rate of Black babies’ deaths is driving that statistic.... Read more »
Sustainable Scholarship Discussion
215 Health Sciences Library 335 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA conversation with Nandita Mani and Sarah Wright about the cost of scholarly information and the implications for UNC-Chapel Hill. In February, the University of California canceled its contract with Elsevier... Read more »
Love Your Heart
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCulture of Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health invites you to celebrate National Heart Health Month at the Love Your Heart event. Free heart-healthy information and snacks... Read more »
The Challenge that Climate Change Poses for Global Health
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. Balbus is a world leader on the effects of climate change on human health and leads NIEHS efforts on this topic. His background combines training and experience in clinical medicine with expertise in epidemiology, toxicology and risk sciences. He has authored studies and lectures on global climate change and health, transportation-related air pollution, the... Read more »
Strategies for Cleaner Air: Quantifying the Impact of Transportation Sector Emissions on Regional Air Quality
235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCalvin Arter, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Strategies for Cleaner Air: Quantifying the Impact of Transportation Sector Emissions on Regional Air Quality." This talk is... Read more »
Implementation Science Student Group Field Trip
Frank Porter Graham Bypass Buildling, Room 203 105 Smith Level Road,, Chapel Hill, NCThe Implementation Science Student Group (ISSG) leadership team would like to invite you to join our Spring ISSG field trip with the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) and Frank Porter... Read more »
Plant Swap
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlants are good for the body and spirit and make great Valentine's Day gifts! Bring plants, clipping, pots, watering cans and other plant supplies to share. Label your plants if... Read more »
Meet the Authors: Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
Carolina Union 3103 FPG Student Union, CB# 5210, Corner of South and Raleigh Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin UNC for an upcoming discussion with the authors of the newly released book, Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. The event is Thursday,... Read more »
More (single-cell) data, more (statistical) problems
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSingle-cell RNA-Seq(scRNA-seq) is the most widely used high-throughput technology to measure genome-wide gene expression at the single-cell level. However, single-cell data present unique challenges that have required the development of specialized methods and software infrastructure to successfully derive biological insights. Compared to bulk RNA-seq, there is an increased scale of the number of observations (or... Read more »
Update in Esophageal Diseases: Manometry to Computational Plumbing
2004 Marsico HallDr. Pandolfino is the Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His career has focused primarily on studying the biomechanics of bolus transport and gastrointestinal motility as it pertains to gastroesophageal reflux and swallowing disorders. He currently is funded by the NIH... Read more »
On Learning Machine Learning
Room 2002 Carolina Square 133 West Franklin Street, Suite 100, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesOscar Gonzalez, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present “On Learning Machine Learning” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Dr. Gonzalez studies statistical mediation, machine learning/data mining, and psychometrics and how these statistical methods can help identify, evaluate, and... Read more »
Health Policy Day – 2020 Vision: The Road Ahead
The 2020 Health Policy Day will consist of Danielle Gray's keynote address, a panel of NC health care leaders and closing remarks by Jon Oberlander and Pam Silberman. Danielle Gray is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield NC. Contact Estella Obi-Tabot with any questions.
Engaging primary care practices in rural N.C.: Lessons from the Heart Health Now study
219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCardiovascular event rates can be 50% higher in rural N.C. counties than in metropolitan areas. With little informatics support, Heart Health Now engaged 219 small primary care practices in N.C.... Read more »
Text Analysis Using R
Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesText analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the skills and understanding... Read more »
NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesRegister now for the NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference! Come and hear stories from a diverse group of leaders who are finding innovative ways to feed children. WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2020, from 8 am-4 pm WHERE: UNC Friday Center for Continuing Education *There is a $40 registration fee, which will cover the cost of... Read more »
Dissertation Defense: Natalie Blackburn
2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesYou are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Natalie Blackburn: "An Economic Evaluation of an Alcohol Reduction Intervention in the HIV Clinic Setting in Vietnam" Wednesday, February 19... Read more »
Diversity Job Fair
Ram's Head Recreation Center 340 Ridge Road , Chapel HillMeet employers from for-profit, non-profit and government sectors that are interested in fostering workforce diversity.
Power System’s Evolving Risks And Challenges: Shocking Tales of Electricity Grid Transition and a Hunted Utility
235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesYufei Su, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Power System’s Evolving Risks And Challenges: Shocking Tales of Electricity Grid Transition and a Hunted Utility." This talk... Read more »
Sustainable Scholarship Discussion
214 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA conversation with Nandita Mani and Sarah Wright about the cost of scholarly information and the implications for UNC-Chapel Hill. In February, the University of California canceled its contract with Elsevier... Read more »
Data Visualization Lunch and Learn
2305 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Student Global Health Committee will be hosting its second Data Visualization Lunch and Learn with Lorin Bruckner from the UNC Research Hub. Come learn more about best practices in... Read more »
Spring Job & Internship Fair
Ram's Head Recreation Center 340 Ridge Road , Chapel HillMeet employers hiring for full-time positions and internships.
Sustainable Scholarship Discussion
215 Health Sciences Library 335 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA conversation with Nandita Mani and Sarah Wright about the cost of scholarly information and the implications for UNC-Chapel Hill. In February, the University of California canceled its contract with Elsevier... Read more »
Probably Approximately Correct Causal Discovery
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. David Page for his talk "Probably Approximately Correct Causal Discovery." Dr. Page works on algorithms for data mining and machine learning, and their applications... Read more »
Delivery of biomolecules to the mammalian gut using engineered probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii
2004 Marsico HallDr. Nathan Crook’s research focuses on developing new methods for engineering microbes, and applying these methods to improve human health. As a graduate student at UT Austin, he developed several... Read more »
Environmental Sciences and Engineering Open House
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) is hosting an admitted student day for Graduate Students (PhD ,MS, MSPH, MSEE and dual degree) on Friday, Feb. 21. This is... Read more »
DNA Methylation and Breast Cancer: Signals of Mechanism and Risk
2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAlterations in epigenetic processes have been implicated in breast cancer development. One such epigenetic process — DNA methylation — might provide important insights into breast cancer. In this seminar, Dr.... Read more »
From data to story: a healthcare case study
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe typical graph in a presentation often leads our audience wondering... so what? When that question isn’t succinctly answered through effective visuals and story, it can lead our audience asking... Read more »
Showcase for a Cause 2020
G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe UNC Allied Health Ambassadors are planning the 5th Annual “Showcase for a Cause” fundraiser for February 21, 2020, from 6-8 p.m. in Bondurant Hall G100 (auditorium). This fundraising event... Read more »
Pearl Hacks 2020
Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEver wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound... Read more »
Pearl Hacks 2020
Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEver wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound... Read more »
Pearl Hacks 2020
Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEver wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound... Read more »
Unleash Your Innovation!
171 Rosenau Hall 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDo you want to increase the impact of your research? Do you have an idea for a social venture in public health? Join the Office of Research, Innovation and Global... Read more »
Logisitic Regression
Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not demonstrated.... Read more »
Improving Prediction of Transdermal Uptake of Semi-Volatile Organic Chemicals from Consumer Products
235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAzin Eftekhari, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Improving Prediction of Transdermal Uptake of Semi-Volatile Organic Chemicals from Consumer Products." This talk is part of the ENVR 400 In-House Seminar Series.
Third Annual UNC Epidemiology Career Panel
G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe UNC Epidemiology Career Panel is multidisciplinary and geared towards current Masters and Doctoral students in all departments in Gillings as well as in the School of Medicine and School... Read more »
Social Status and Social Behavior in Peer Networks: A Developmental Perspective
136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg. (Auditorium, School of Social Work) Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFPG Lecture Series Welcomes Dr. Antonius H. N. (Toon) Cillessen Children and adolescents spend a significant amount of time each day in the company of peers. Together with their peers,... Read more »
Designing Web Surveys
Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe focus of this course is on the design of web survey instruments, appropriate choice and design of input tools, address layout and formatting of the instrument, including alignment of... Read more »
HAVEN Training
3005 Michael Hooker Research Center (Carmen Hooker Odom Conference Room) 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, United StatesHAVEN (Helping Advocates for Violence Ending Now) provides students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows with tools to be an ally to someone who has experienced sexual or interpersonal (relationship) violence... Read more »
Development of Bayesian Software in SAS
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. Chen of the SAS Institute in Raleigh will talk about the "Development of Bayesian Software in SAS." Dr. Chen manages the Advanced Statistical Methods group in SAS and is... Read more »
Microbial Nutrition in the Mammalian Gut
2004 Marsico HallDr. Lawrence David has expertise in ecology, genomics, human diet, and fecal biomarkers. He received a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia and a graduate degree in Computational &... Read more »
Global Health Happy Hour
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHosted once a month on a Thursday from 5:00-7:00 pm, the goal of Global Health Happy Hour is to continue building strong connections and promote idea-sharing across the Triangle’s diverse global health community. Locations will change monthly – rotating between Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Durham. All are welcome. If you are interested in global health, please... Read more »
MPH@UNC Immersions: Building Skills and Relationships for a Lifetime
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAll current MPH@UNC students, including those starting the program in January 2020, are invited to join us at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health for the Spring 2020 immersion experience! Immersions for MPH@UNC represent an opportunity for students to join other students, Gillings School faculty members and alumni to engage in collaborative learning... Read more »
41st Annual Minority Health Conference
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s 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. This year’s conference theme is Truth to Power: Exercising Political Voice to Achieve Health Equity.... Read more »