National Public Health Week
Celebrate National Public Health Week with UNC Gillings! Check out our website to discover all the ways we are celebrating. gillingsNPHW.web.unc.edu
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School Events
Conversations with Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Gillings Research, Innovation and Global Solutions Office for a Q&A with President and CEO of InterHealth International Inc., Pape Gaye! Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Gillings... Read more »
3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease join us for the 3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor. We are excited to welcome Dr. Scott Laney, Epidemiologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Laney’s recent work has focused on coal miner health. The title of his lecture is, "Resurgence of... Read more »
BIOS Seminar: Data Integration
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJan Hannig, PhD, professor of statistics and operations research at UNC Chapel Hill, will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled, "Data Integration Via Analysis of Subspaces (DIVAS)." A major challenge in... Read more »
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Lower Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCome help assemble naloxone kits and learn about NC legislative initiatives addressing the opioid epidemic with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. This event is sponsored by the North Carolina Attorney General's Collegiate Council on Opioid Misuse, the Public Health Leadership Student Organization (PHLSA), and the Student Pharmacists Opioid Misuse Prevention (StOMP).
GillingsX
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAre you a Gillings student or post-doc doing innovative global health work? Is your practicum or research focused on solving important public health challenges around the world? Are you involved in a local initiative or study with global implications or ties? If so, apply to speak at this year's GillingsX event and share your work... Read more »
Pharmaceutical Innovations Seminar
Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery - Great Room 100 E Franklin St 2nd floor, Chapel Hill, NCJoin the Office of Technology Commercialization at the next Carolina Innovation Seminar to hear the latest news about the Eshelman Institute for Innovation. Learn how the Institute is accelerating ideas that lead to discoveries and breakthroughs in research, education and health care.
10th Anniversary Celebration – UNC IGHID
Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB) 111 Mason Farm rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease save the date for the 10th anniversary aelebration of the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Special guests: Richard Chaisson, MD, professor of medicine, epidemiology and international... Read more »
Take the Plastic Pledge
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAre you passionate about reducing your global footprint?: Stop by the Gillings Student Government table in the Atrium to take the Plastic Pledge, answer some climate change trivia and pick... Read more »
Activity: Just Walk!
Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesStudents, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if... Read more »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAll Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »
HPV Vaccination Talk
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMelissa Gilkey, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior, will be giving a talk titled, "Changing Parent and Provider Behavior to Support HPV Vaccination." About the Speaker: Dr. Melissa B. Gilkey is an assistant professor of health behavior in the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. With research interests... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesStudents, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided!
GiveUNC
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Gillings School Advancement Office on April 9 for GiveUNC and get in on the excitement in the Atrium with giveaways and treats! GiveUNC is a 24-hour University-wide giving day when we call public health Tar Heels across the world to participate and make a gift of any size, to any area of the... Read more »