Race, Health Equity and the Opioid Epidemic Panel

321 MacNider Hall, UNC School of Medicine 321 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Panelists: Helena Hansen, PhD, MD, associate professor, Department of Psychiatry at New York University Jennifer Carroll, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, Elon University Vigil Hayes, Appalachian harm reduction services coordinator, NC Harm Reduction Coalition Jon Zibbell, PhD, MA, senior public health analyst, RTI International

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Students, 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 you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »

Introduction to Focus Groups Seminar

Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on practice will highlight the most appropriate uses of focus groups, moderating focus groups, developing interview... Read more »

Conversations with Visiting Professor, Greg Aarons

2005 Michael Hooker Research Center (William L. Roper Conference Room) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, United States

The Implementation Science Student Group and Consortium for Implementation Science present an opportunity for students to have intimate, in-depth discussions with Dr. Aarons. His implementation science work is applied to improving system, organizational, and individual factors that influence implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices and quality of care in health care and public sector practice... Read more »

Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Greg Aarons, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), will be presenting "Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) to Improve Care in Systems and Organizations." Lunch will be provided. Please register online.

White Opioids: Race in the War on Drugs that Wasn’t Talk

Toy Lounge, Dey Hall University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States

Join Helena Hansen, PhD, MD, associate professor at New York University for an engaging talk titled "White Opioids: Race in the War on Drugs that Wasn't."  

BIOS Seminar: Pan-disease Clustering Analysis

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Shuangge Ma, PhD, professor of biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health, will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled "Pan-disease clustering analysis of the trend of period prevalence." For all... Read more »

A Fair Start for Children Lecture

Frank Porter Graham Bypass Buildling, Room 203 105 Smith Level Road,, Chapel Hill, NC

Suna Hanöz-Penney, director of International Programs at ACEV— Mother Child Education Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey, will present a lecture titled, " A Fair Start for Children, ACEV's Experiences in Program Replication... Read more »

Women’s Bodies Women’s Voices

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Beth Jörgenson from the University of Rochester and Dr. Karen Andes will be speaking about their research regarding women's reproductive health and disability in Latin America. This event is... Read more »

2019 Innovation Showcase

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Register now for the 2019 Innovation Showcase hosted by Innovate Carolina. During this annual event, you’ll meet the most innovative UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, student and alumni, plus standout entrepreneurs from the local... Read more »

UNC Climate Change and Resilience Symposium

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's 6th Annual Climate Change & Resilience Symposium will be held on Friday April 12. The event will feature keynote speaker Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, a retired Marine who is... Read more »

Health Humanities Journal Exhibition Night

Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw Hall 223

The Health Humanities Journal is a student-run journal that publishes work each semester on the intersection of medicine and the humanities. Come celebrate the work of the journal's authors. Refreshments and copies of the journal will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Health Humanities Journal.

The Alchemy of Change: Short Film Series

Gerrard Hall 160 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Before Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely take the stage at Memorial Hall, join Reagon and filmmaker Katina Parker for a screening of this new short film series. These beautiful short films serve as a call for us to recognize the often invisible work carried out by flesh-and-blood humans within institutions of learning. Accompanied by Reagon’s original... Read more »

The Alchemy of Change: A Parable Becoming, the Convening

CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio 123 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Toshi Reagon and BigLOVELY for a community song circle, featuring the many people with whom Toshi Reagon has collaborated in her time as a Carolina Performing Arts Mellon Foundation DisTIL fellow. This convening will feature music based on Act 1 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable Of The Sower, as well as new original songs inspired... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join 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 »