Week of Events
Pearl Hacks 2021
Want to get more involved in the technology field? Are you a beginner and wondering how to get started? Do you want to build connections with both your peers and sponsors? Come #GrowWithPearlHacks and register! Pearl Hacks is a student-organized hackathon for female and non-binary students, where participants of all experience levels can learn, connect... Read more »
42nd Annual Minority Health Conference — Body & Soul The Past, Present and Future of Health Activism
42nd Annual Minority Health Conference — Body & Soul The Past, Present and Future of Health Activism
This conference qualifies for 8 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. The Minority Health Conference, which is the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics and community members to take action for... Read more »
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.
Vaccine Roll-out: What’s Working for Implementation?
Vaccine Roll-out: What’s Working for Implementation?
Monday, February 22, 2021 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Register to attend the webinar or watch live on the Watson Institute's YouTubechannel. Vaccine Roll-out: What's Working for Implementation? A conversation with public health experts overseeing vaccinations in successful locations. What can other state leaders learn from these examples and scale the efforts that are working... Read more »
Mind the Gap: Let’s Talk Innovation in COVID-19 Education, Engagement and Outreach
Mind the Gap: Let’s Talk Innovation in COVID-19 Education, Engagement and Outreach
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirements. In this session, researchers and community advocates will provide insights into a digital and print campaign developed to increase awareness about COVID-19 in Black and brown communities. Not A Host (NAH) is a grassroots effort designed... Read more »
Consent and COVID: What You Need to Know
Consent and COVID: What You Need to Know
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. February 23: Tanya Bass, MS, MED., CHES, CSE and Leslie Massicotte, Practicum Student – “Consent and... Read more »
Defining Racial Justice in the 21st Century: Competing Perspectives and Shared Goals
Defining Racial Justice in the 21st Century: Competing Perspectives and Shared Goals
This lecture qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the wake of a summer of protests against police brutality, the midst of an ongoing pandemic, and the aftermath of a contentious election, the UNC Program for Public Discourse and Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies... Read more »
The solution to pollution is resolution – Geostatistical methods to improve the spatiotemporal resolution of air pollution exposure modeling
The solution to pollution is resolution – Geostatistical methods to improve the spatiotemporal resolution of air pollution exposure modeling
All are invited to the weekly Environmental Sciences and Engineering In-House Seminar Series, which continues on Zoom on Feb. 24 at 12:20 p.m. with doctoral student Alejandro Valencia presenting “The solution to pollution is resolution - Geostatistical methods to improve the spatiotemporal resolution of air pollution exposure modeling.” The series asks speakers to tailor their... Read more »
NC TraCS COVID-19 Journal Club: Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
NC TraCS COVID-19 Journal Club: Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Join the NC TraCS Comparative Effectiveness Research team in an online journal club discussion of "Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine," published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Registration is required. Contact with Michelle Maclay questions.
ARTivism: Using Arts-based Scholarship to Interrogate and Dismantle Racism
ARTivism: Using Arts-based Scholarship to Interrogate and Dismantle Racism
This lecture qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirements. The Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, co-hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the Jordan Institute for Families and the UNC School of Social Work's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is a series of virtual events... Read more »
Wind Down Wednesday – Mental Fitness Series
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 »
Advancing Health Equity in North Carolina
Advancing Health Equity in North Carolina
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. How do we improve health outcomes and increase access to care for the people of North Carolina and beyond? Join Anita Brown-Graham, UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member and host of PBS North Carolina's ncIMPACT public affairs... Read more »
Where innovation and introspection meet: a guide for managing stress as a startup founder
Where innovation and introspection meet: a guide for managing stress as a startup founder
Join KickStart Venture Services for the next edition of the KickStart Presents webinar series. “Where innovation and introspection meet: a guide for managing stress as a startup founder” will include an overview of mindfulness and a guided practice from teacher and self-compassion researcher, Dr. Karen Bluth, followed by a Q&A with the speaker and two... Read more »
It is Never too Early to Think About Statistical Leadership
It is Never too Early to Think About Statistical Leadership
Dr. Richard Zink spent 17 years in and around medical product development at a real-world data company (Target RWE) where he led data management and statistics in the analysis and reporting of data derived from electronic medical records; a software company (SAS Institute) where he developed and supported platforms to analyze and visualize safety and... Read more »
Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on College Access
Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on College Access
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the fall, Honors Carolina kicked off an ongoing examination of systems of inequality with a series of programs on structural racism. This semester, they will turn attention to related questions of bias and discrimination.... Read more »
Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod
Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod
Our home environment plays an important role in our overall well-being. Let’s reassess the state of our home environments and create more inspired spaces that support our mental health and wellness. We’ll learn about some common themes in design and wellness, read a book that will guide us through our individual home assessments and share... Read more »
Gillings Employer Spotlight
Gillings Employer Spotlight
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will highlight a public health employer. Register on Handshake.