Dr. Pandolfino is the Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His career has focused primarily on studying the biomechanics of bolus transport and gastrointestinal motility as it pertains to gastroesophageal reflux and swallowing disorders. He currently is funded by the NIH... Read more »
Oscar Gonzalez, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present “On Learning Machine Learning” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Dr. Gonzalez studies statistical mediation, machine learning/data mining, and psychometrics and how these statistical methods can help identify, evaluate, and... Read more »
The 2020 Health Policy Day will consist of Danielle Gray's keynote address, a panel of NC health care leaders and closing remarks by Jon Oberlander and Pam Silberman. Danielle Gray... Read more »
Cardiovascular event rates can be 50% higher in rural N.C. counties than in metropolitan areas. With little informatics support, Heart Health Now engaged 219 small primary care practices in N.C. to help implement new evidence-based strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Samuel Cykert will discuss key implementation lessons and study findings from this statewide... Read more »
Text analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the skills and understanding necessary to collect text data from a variety of sources, including websites and APIs. Participants will gain practical skills for completing their own analyses using... Read more »
Register now for the NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference! Come and hear stories from a diverse group of leaders who are finding innovative ways to feed children. WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2020, from 8 am-4 pm WHERE: UNC Friday Center for Continuing Education *There is a $40 registration fee, which will cover the cost of... Read more »
You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Natalie Blackburn: "An Economic Evaluation of an Alcohol Reduction Intervention in the HIV Clinic Setting in Vietnam" Wednesday, February 19 11 a.m. - noon, McGavran-Greenberg 2301 Committee: Vivian F. Go, PhD (Chair), David W. Dowdy, PhD, Shelley Golden, PhD, Carol E. Golin, PhD, Nisha C.... Read more »
Meet employers from for-profit, non-profit and government sectors that are interested in fostering workforce diversity.
Yufei Su, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Power System’s Evolving Risks And Challenges: Shocking Tales of Electricity Grid Transition and a Hunted Utility." This talk is part of the ENVR 400 In-House Seminar Series.
A conversation with Nandita Mani and Sarah Wright about the cost of scholarly information and the implications for UNC-Chapel Hill. In February, the University of California canceled its contract with Elsevier... Read more »
The Student Global Health Committee will be hosting its second Data Visualization Lunch and Learn with Lorin Bruckner from the UNC Research Hub. Come learn more about best practices in... Read more »
Meet employers hiring for full-time positions and internships.
A conversation with Nandita Mani and Sarah Wright about the cost of scholarly information and the implications for UNC-Chapel Hill. In February, the University of California canceled its contract with Elsevier... Read more »
The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. David Page for his talk "Probably Approximately Correct Causal Discovery." Dr. Page works on algorithms for data mining and machine learning, and their applications... Read more »
Dr. Nathan Crook’s research focuses on developing new methods for engineering microbes, and applying these methods to improve human health. As a graduate student at UT Austin, he developed several... Read more »
The Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) is hosting an admitted student day for Graduate Students (PhD ,MS, MSPH, MSEE and dual degree) on Friday, Feb. 21. This is an all-day event focused on research and time for students to meet with faculty and get to know the department. Please contact Jennifer Joyce Moore... Read more »
Alterations in epigenetic processes have been implicated in breast cancer development. One such epigenetic process — DNA methylation — might provide important insights into breast cancer. In this seminar, Dr.... Read more »
The typical graph in a presentation often leads our audience wondering... so what? When that question isn’t succinctly answered through effective visuals and story, it can lead our audience asking... Read more »
The UNC Allied Health Ambassadors are planning the 5th Annual “Showcase for a Cause” fundraiser for February 21, 2020, from 6-8 p.m. in Bondurant Hall G100 (auditorium). This fundraising event... Read more »
Ever wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound... Read more »
Ever wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound... Read more »
Ever wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound... Read more »
This short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not demonstrated. This is not a course on software, but rather a course on the concepts and uses of logistic regression. No registration required. More information
