Mental Health First Aid Training
This training qualifies for 8 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training that... Read more »
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Can We Solve the 21st Century Public Health Challenges with 20th Century Sanitation Infrastructures?
Dr. Musa Manga is a Sanitation and Environmental engineer with over ten years of experience in professional practice, fundamental and applied scientific research on water, sanitation and environmental engineering in... Read more »
Pharmacogenomics and Decision Support in the EHR Mini-Symposium
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Pharmacogenomics and Decision Support in the Electronic Health Record (EHR), a free virtual mini-symposium from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 27. Presenters will explore mechanisms for predicting how a patient’s genome will influence their response to medications, implementing pharmacogenomics in the clinic,and development... Read more »
Mental Health First Aid Training
This training qualifies for 8 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training that will give students, staff, andfaculty the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem orexperiencing a mental health crisis. Training Dates: October... Read more »
Community Safety Training
The Gillings School's All Hazards Committee is hosting a community safety training presented by UNC Public Safety on Oct. 28 from 3-4 p.m. Registration is required. Sgt. James David will discuss safety measures involving building security, reporting options, Alert Carolina, safety apps and more.
Pet Pod Halloween Costume Party – Virtual
Pet Pod Halloween Costume Party! Dress yourself and your pet and join us for laughs. All students, faculty and staff are invited. No pet is required to join. View the event.
Build and Leverage Your Network for Career Success
Some people enjoy networking! For the rest of us who may need a little help, we’ll teach some easy, non-threatening ways to connect with others to meet your goals. This workshop teaches essential networking skills from planning, meeting people, and building relationships to providing career-specific information necessary for public health. IN THIS WEBINAR, YOU’LL LEARN:... Read more »
Mental Health First Aid Training
This training qualifies for 8 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training that will give students, staff, andfaculty the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem orexperiencing a mental health crisis. Training Dates: October... Read more »
Workshop on Data Equity Issues in Quantifying Racism, Race and Ethnicity
This event qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Efforts to establish the science of social statistics preoccupied itself with developing methods to situate race variables as causes of social inequality. Yet, efforts to affirm the role of racism as a sociopolitical condition... Read more »
Food Insecurity and its Impact on Child Growth and Nutrition
Dr. Colin Orr, assistant professor of general pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, will give a presentation titled “Food Insecurity and its Impact on Child Growth and Nutrition.” Registration is required.
The Great Campus Hunt for International Students
Join the Research, Innovation and Global Solutions office for a fun event to get to know/explore UNC and a fall-themed activity at the end! The organizers need to know how many people are participating, so please only register if you can definitely attend. Details on where to meet will be provided to registrants. This event... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Early Care and Education as a Support for Promoting Lifespan Health and Well- Being: Development Science with Implications for Policy and Practice
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Sandy L. Soliday Hong as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New Faces and New Directions! Join them Mondays from 2-3:15 p.m. (EST) via zoom. On Monday, Nov. 1, Dr. Soliday Hong will present Early Care and Education as a Support... Read more »
Home Environments Book Club & Peer Support Pod
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to rejuvenate? Join our support pod for 45 minutes each Monday to learn more about creating home environments for wellness and support each other as we... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Design Thinking in Public Health: A Panel Discussion with Recent Gillings MPH Alumni
Design thinking is a creative problem-solving approach that prioritizes desirability, feasibility and viability. Design thinking is being applied more and more in public health practice and research and is well aligned with other approaches including community-based participatory research and implementation science. Want to learn more? Join Design Thinking Lead Liz Chen in a 1-hour virtual... Read more »
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Gillings Humanitarian Health Seminar: Dilshad Jaff and Benjamin Meier
This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Save the date for Nov. 3 at noon. The... Read more »
Triangle Global Health Conference
How does the global health sector evolve to continue to deliver impact in a changing world? The TGHC 2021 annual conference is taking place after a year in which we... Read more »
Minority Student Caucus Town Hall Event
2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for the Minority Student Caucus town hall event on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m. We welcome BIPOC students at Gillings to a safe space to bring concerns... Read more »
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ESE Centennial Symposium & Tailgate
The UNC Gillings Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering is hosting a Centennial Symposium and tailgating event on Homecoming weekend: November 5–6, in person, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus November... Read more »
Prioritizing Possibilities for Child and Family Well Being: Building the EcoSystem to Translate the Science of Healthy Development to Scale
This seminar will focus on translating the science of healthy development into practical evidence-based approaches to foster the well-being and resilience of children, families, and communities. The promise for healing... Read more »
It’s About More Than Effectiveness: Optimization of Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions
Dr. Linda M. Collins, Professor of Global Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York University, will give a seminar titled “It’s About More Than Effectiveness: Optimization of... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would... Read more »
Map the System Info Session
Map the System is a global competition that allows you to deeply explore an issue that matters to you by thinking differently about social and environmental change. No experience in... Read more »
FHI 360-UNC Graduate Research Fellowship Info Session
Please join the Research, Innovation and Global Solutions office to learn more about a year-long funded global health fellowship opportunity with FHI 360. A representative from FHI 360 will discuss... Read more »
School and Community-Based Research with Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: Challenges, Solution and Data
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Jessica Steinbrenner as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New Faces and New Directions! Join them... Read more »
Home Environments Book Club & Peer Support Pod
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Undergraduate Research with the Nutrition Research Institute
Dr. Susan Sumner from the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI), professors from her laboratory team, and undergraduate researchers from her lab will share the unique opportunities available for undergraduate students... Read more »
UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellows Info Session
Please join the Research, Innovation and Global Solutions team to learn more about a funded global health summer fellowship opportunity with IntraHealth International. A representative from IntraHealth will discuss the... Read more »
Hettleman Talks
Enjoy four 15 minute virtual presentations by this year’s recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Scholarly Achievement. The talks will provide an engaging look into these distinguished... Read more »
Carolina for Kibera Seminar
Join Carolina for Kibera (CFK) for a talk on CFK Africa: Pandemic Frontline Global Health in Kenya Informal Settlements. Feel free to attend in person or via Zoom. To watch... Read more »
HAVEN Virtual Training
This training qualifies for 2.5 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. HAVEN (Helping Advocates for EndingViolence Now) is a collaboration... Read more »
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Health of Our State and Beyond Series: Obesity
Leveraging the strengths of Carolina’s schools of public health and medicine, its affiliated research centers and institutes, and its prowess in big data management, the Heterogeneity in Obesity Creativity Hub:... Read more »
Gillings Wind Down Wednesday: Mental Fitness
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... Read more »
The 14th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture
The UNC Student Chapter of ISPE has scheduled the 14th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture to be held on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. with Dr. Bob Glynn. The lecture will be held remotely this year and will be accessible through a zoom link.
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Health of Our State and Beyond Series: Access to Clean Water
Addressing a need that affects over the drinking water in North Carolina, as well as 1.8 billion people worldwide, the Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub is pursuing the... Read more »
Virtual Cook Along with Dr. Alice Ammerman
The Department of Nutrition invites you to join Professor Alice Ammerman, DrPH, ’90, MPH ’82, as she accepts the Nutrition Distinguished Alumni Award with a virtual cook along and research... Read more »
Data Collection Using Mobile Phones in Developing Countries
The rapid growth of mobile phones in developing countries opens up new possibilities for data collection. Short message service (SMS), interactive voice response (IVR), online surveys (web) and computer-assisted telephone... Read more »
Virtual PHield trip to the Orange County Health Department
Mark your calendars for Friday, Nov. 12, 1-3 p.m. Students, staff, and faculty are invited to join the virtual PHield trip to the Orange County Health Department. Take this chance... Read more »
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Advancing Health Equity Solutions at UNC
This event qualifies for one hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. This session features the work of leading campus health... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would... Read more »
HAVEN Virtual Training
This training qualifies for 2.5 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. HAVEN (Helping Advocates for EndingViolence Now) is a collaboration... Read more »
Gillings Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Support Pod
This pod is an opportunity for Gillings faculty, staff, post-docs and students who identify as Asian, Asian American and/or Pacific Islander to connect and build community. The monthly pod meets... Read more »
Home Environments Book Club & Peer Support Pod
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
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Locating Decolonization in Anti-Racism Spaces: A New DEI Frontier in Public Health
This event qualifies for one hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the Gillings School's inclusive excellence and global health... Read more »
Safe Zone Training
This training qualifies for 4 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Safe Zone program is designed to create a... Read more »
Addressing economic determinants of HIV vulnerabilities in high-risk young adults
Visiting from Indiana University SPH, Dr. Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson's research focuses on using economic-strengthening interventions, mobile health technologies, and applied behavioral economics to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including HIV, in economically disadvantaged populations in the US and abroad. Her research centers on youth and young adults, people living with HIV, racial and ethnic... Read more »
Gillings Black Student Support Pod
The Gillings Black Student Support Pod was created to support the success of current, matriculated black students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. This support pod is ONLY for students who identify as Black in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. The purpose of this support pod is to create opportunities for students to... Read more »
Culturally Tailoring Parent Mediated Interventions: An Iterative Process
In this talk, Professor Magaña will discuss the need for culturally tailored parent-mediated interventions for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the process of cultural adaptation. She will... Read more »
Women’s Healthcare Professionals Panel
Women’s Healthcare Professionals Panel hosted by Carolina BEBEs Nov. 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Join the Carolina Bebes—Birth & Breastfeeding Evidence-Based Education and Support group for a panel discussion on women's healthcare... Read more »
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Working with International Students Workshop
The inclusive excellence team is hosting a workshop on Nov. 18 from 11-12:30 p.m. titled "Working with International Students." The workshop is eligible for 1.5 training hours. This workshop will... Read more »
Black Women Be(en) Knowing: A Critical Conversation about Reproductive Justice
This Critical Conversation is designed to be an interactive discussion to help you understand the meaning and history of reproductive justice, the legacy of reproductive oppression, and the ways in which our society is organized and designed to make reproductive choices for people who have historically been marginalized, particularly BIPOC people. Learn more. This event... Read more »
Gillings Biostatistics Student Panel for Prospective Students and Applicants
Come learn from current Biostatistics students who have been through the application process. Open to all interested/potential applicants to the Gillings School's biostatistics programs. Register in advance. Contact Taylor Krajewski... Read more »
Gillings International Student Support Pod
The purpose of the Gillings International Student Support Pod is to provide a platform to help international students figure out ways to navigate some of the challenges of being an... Read more »
Synthesizing evidence about harms in systematic reviews
2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. Evan Mayo-Wilson is an epidemiologist with training and experience in intervention design, evaluation and translation of clinical evidence into policy and practice. His research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of pharmacological and behavioral interventions; improving methods for clinical trials and systematic review; and developing methods and interventions to increase research tran11sparency and openness. View... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would... Read more »
Home Environments Book Club & Peer Support Pod
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would... Read more »
Research Considerations for Educational and Health Disparities in Autism
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Danai Kasambira Fannin as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 series. On Monday, Nov. 29, Dr. Danai Kasambira... Read more »
Home Environments Book Club & Peer Support Pod
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Infectious Disease Epidemiology in North Carolina: Using Surveillance to Improve Health Equity – Best Practices Highlights
This event qualifies for 2 hours of credit to the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Infectious Disease Epidemiology in North Carolina: Using Surveillance to Improve Health Equity - Best Practices Highlights December 1, 2021 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Virtual Symposium - Registration required. This symposium will feature talks... Read more »