Event Series Gentle Yoga

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.

Dissertation Defense: Natalie Smith

Doctoral candidate Natalie Smith will be defending her dissertation research on Monday, March 22 at 1:00 pm EDT. Her dissertation is titled "Cost-effectiveness for public health policymaking: The case of sugar-sweetened beverages." Watch online. Please contact Valerie Hooker for password or other questions.

Discrimination, Context and Health Panel

This lecture qualifies for 75 mins of credit toward the Gilling School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. FPG’s Carolina Consortium on Human Development is honored to host a panel discussion on Discrimination, Context and Health featuring Dr. Mayra Bámaca, Dr. Glorisa Canino, and Dr. Shawn Jones. Join us on Monday, March 22... Read more »

Have It Your Way: Contraceptives 101

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the NCCU Department of Public Health Education on Tuesdays a 10:40 a.m. to receive empowering health information. March 23: Tanya Bass, MS, MED., CHES, CSE and Leslie Massicotte, Practicum Student – “Have It... Read more »

Event Series Gillings Game Night

Gillings Game Night

Gillings Game Night Event Series is a virtual social hour hosted by Natiaya Neal, Student Affairs Events Manager. Please register to receive the zoom links.  All winners will receive newly branded Gillings swag items! In order to ship prizes following game night, please make sure to submit a DELIVERY address when you register. Email Natiaya... Read more »

READDI, not Reactive: Preparing for the Next Pandemic

For decades, scientists warned of the potential for a global coronavirus outbreak. But when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, no therapeutics, drugs or vaccines were readily available. Founded by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) is finding solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic while developing drugs and therapeutics for future viral outbreaks —... Read more »

Infectious Disease Intelligence: Predicting the Next Pandemic

In this webinar, John Drake, Ph.D., will describe the surveillance tools used to understand how interactions between humans and pathogenic reservoir-species may lead to spillover events. He’ll also discuss the dynamical models that researchers use once an outbreak has been reported to understand how an infectious disease spatially spreads. Registration required.

NC TraCS COVID-19 Journal Club: Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine

Join this month's COVID-19 journal club to discuss the use of real-world data to evaluate the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine as described in this recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine: BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting. Discussion Leaders Michele Jonsson-Funk, PhD Associate Professor, Epidemiology Gillings... Read more »

Equity and Childhood Resilience

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. In this seminar, Dr. Lauren A. Smith will discuss how the principles of equity can contribute to building resilience and overall wellbeing among children and youth.  The discussion will touch on ways structural biases,... Read more »

GATHER Film Screening & Panel Discussion

This event qualifies for 2.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the Gillings Alumni Association on March 24 for a 5 p.m. screening of GATHER - an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities... Read more »

Wind Down Wednesday – Mental Fitness Series

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 stress and anxiety low during the semester. Jan. 27: Radical Self Care... Read more »

The Future of Social Impact and Innovation

Sonal Shah is a Professor at Georgetown University, and was the Founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation (2014-20). Sonal served as Deputy Assistant to the President for President Obama and founded the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. Registration required.