Week of Events
National Nutrition Month Fair
National Nutrition Month Fair
Please join Nutrition Coalition in kicking off our week long SNAP Challenge, which will be open to all students of Gillings. Clubs and organizations related to hunger and nutrition will host booths, games, prizes and more! This event is sponsored by Nutrition Coalition. Please contact nutritioncoalitionunc@gmail.com.
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
UNC Gillings Faculty and Staff Meeting
UNC Gillings Faculty and Staff Meeting
Please join us for the UNC Gillings School spring faculty and staff meeting. Light refreshments to be provided prior to the meeting. Please contact Taylor Zimmerman with any questions.
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
All 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 »
Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards Ceremony
Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards Ceremony
The Gillings School will recognize one faculty members from each department who inspires students; enhances student learning through creative, engaging and innovative teaching methods; and/or support student success in the classroom and student growth as public health professionals. Awards will be presented on Monday, March 25. Light refreshments will be provided.
Influenza Vaccines Talk
Influenza Vaccines Talk
Bruce Gellin, MD, MPH, president of global immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will present a talk titled "Influenza (seasonal and pandemic) Vaccines and Vaccination." Dr. Bruce Gellin joined the Sabin Vaccine Institute as the inaugural president of Global Immunization in March 2017. Prior to joining Sabin, Bruce served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided!
Caregiver Training on HIV-Exposed Child Neurodevelopment Talk
Caregiver Training on HIV-Exposed Child Neurodevelopment Talk
Michael Boivin, PhD, MPH, professor psychiatry, neurology and ophthalmology and director of the psychiatry research program at Michigan State University, will present a talk titled "Effects of Caregiver Training on HIV-Exposed Child Neurodevelopment and Caregiver Mental Health: Results from a Cluster Randomization Trial in Uganda." Dr. Boivin is a renowned expert in evaluating the neuropsychological... Read more »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
All 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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Conducting Research with Latinx Participants Seminar
Conducting Research with Latinx Participants Seminar
How do we know what we are measuring when we have instruments developed in English for English speakers translated into Spanish? Are we measuring the same constructs in Latinx communities? How does the translation process affect the psychometrics of validated measures? What are potential micro-aggressions in multilingual research? What do we need to consider for managing multilingual... Read more »
RD Day Appreciation Booth
RD Day Appreciation Booth
Please join Nutrition Coalition to make thank-you cards for the RDs and nutrition educators at the Gillings School. This event is sponsored by Nutrition Coalition. Please contact nutritioncoalitionunc@gmail.com.
Early Childhood Development in Rural China Talk
Early Childhood Development in Rural China Talk
Sean Sylvia, assistant professor in the department of health policy and management, will present a talk titled "Early Childhood Development in Rural China: Evidence from the Qinling Cohort Study." Food and light refreshments will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Carolina Asia Center. Please contact Shuyi Lin with any questions.
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
Career Panel
Career Panel
The UNC-CH student chapter of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (SISPE) and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation will be hosting a career panel inviting a diverse group of panelists representing many employers of Gillings alumni. There will be a reception, with food catered by Med Deli, following the career panel so students may network... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
Survey Design Course
Survey Design Course
This Odum Institue course focuses on best practices for writing questions and visual design for surveys, with a focus on holistic designs in which question wording and visual design work together to produce good measurement. It draws on the empirical literature to provide practical guidelines for questionnaire design. The course will also cover the application... Read more »
Seminar with Dr. Alex Rowe of the CDC
Seminar with Dr. Alex Rowe of the CDC
Dr. Alex Rowe, medical epidemiologist and chief of the Strategic & Applied Science Unit in the Malaria Branch of the CDC will present a talk entitled "Effectiveness of strategies to improve health care provider performance in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): a systematic review". The talk will focus on the Health Care Provider Performance Review... Read more »
BIOS Seminar: L0-Based Sparse Regression Method
BIOS Seminar: L0-Based Sparse Regression Method
Gang Li, PhD, professor of biostatistics and biomathematics at UCLA, will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled "A Scalable L0-Based Sparse Regression Method for Large-Scale Competing Risks Data." Abstract: This paper develops a scalable L0-based simultaneous variable selection and parameter estimation method for the popular Fine-Gray (1999) proportional subdistribution hazards (PSH) model for large competing risks time-to-event data via the... Read more »
Achieving Health Equity with Dr. Cara V. James
Achieving Health Equity with Dr. Cara V. James
Cara V. James, PhD, director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will present a talk titled "Achieving Health Equity through Increased Understanding, Sustainable Solutions and Collective Action." James, who earned a doctorate in health policy from Harvard University, is a nationally recognized expert in health disparities, health... Read more »