Estimation and inference on individualized treatment rule in observational data

Dr. Yingqi Zhao is the recipient of the UNC Biostatistics 2020 James. E. Grizzle Alumni Award. Dr. Zhao earned her PhD. in 2012. With the goal of improving patient outcomes, her work focuses on developing novel statistical and machine learning methods for personalized medicine, dynamic treatment regimes, disease screening and surveillance, clinical trial design, and... Read more »

Dissertation Defense: Dirk Davis

You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Dirk Davis, doctoral candidate in health behavior, titled "How Health Navigation Affects Mental Health: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study with Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV in Guatemala." The defense is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6 from 9-10... Read more »

Bayesian Clinical Trial Design

On Nov. 6 from 10:30 am - noon, presenter Joeseph Ibrahim, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, will speak on Bayesian sample size determination for a clinical trial in the... Read more »

Department of Nutrition Seminar: Careers Outside Academia

Nikki A. Ford, PhD, senior director of nutrition at Hass Avocado Board, will give a presentation titled "The Avocado Nutrition Center: Working for a Quasi-Federal Organization." Registration required.

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes)... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Minority Startup Meet and Greet

The session is a great chance to learn about the experiences of minority entrepreneurs by talking directly with startup founders who are historically underrepresented in this sector and who want to build relationships with minority students. You’ll also discover how to tap into a campus network and community for Black entrepreneurs that the student-led Black... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes)... Read more »

Leadership in Public Health Alumni Panel

The Public Health Student Leadership Association presents “Leadership in Public Health”. This virtual panel will feature six Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni from diverse backgrounds. Join them for a virtual discussion and Q&A session on Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Panelists include: Dr. Vaughn Upshaw, Panel Moderator, Professor and Leadership in Practice Concentration... Read more »

Joint Nonlinear Association and Prediction of Multi-view Data

Dr. Sandra Safo's research interests are in developing statistical methods and computational tools to help identify risk factors for complex diseases: multivariate statistical methods, statistical learning (including classification, discriminant analysis, association studies), data integration and feature selection methods for high dimensional data; currently integrative analysis of genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics to help elucidate the complex... Read more »

Startup Meet and Greet

Being an entrepreneur is all about connecting and collaborating, so why not get started now? This session is open to all UNC-Chapel Hill students and hosted by Innovate Carolina and... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Public Discourse Post-Election: Is Dialogue Possible?

On Nov. 16-17, the UNC community is invited to a two-part discussion about the 2020 elections. The discussion will consider the strategies and messaging employed by campaigns and their influence on the shape of civic lives and public discourse. The first event addresses the elections from a frontline perspective, while the second tackles them from an academic angle. Prof. Kevin... Read more »

Virtual Doula Panel

Are you interested in being a doula? New to doula work? Have no idea what a doula is? This event is for you! Please join Carolina BEBES and the Women’s Health Interest Group for a virtual doula panel. Three amazing doulas will be joining us to discuss doula certification and training, birth equity, reproductive justice... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.