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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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.
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 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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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... Read more »
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 »
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will highlight a public health employer. Register on Handshake.
This course will present the conceptual underpinnings of treatment effect estimation under random assignment and complement those underpinnings with a discussion of frequently encountered challenges in the context of social experimentation. Design, sampling, and analysis issues under random assignment will be addressed followed by a brief introduction to propensity score methods as a quasi-experimental option... Read more »
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.
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. March 2: Dr. Wanda Boone - "Racism, Chronic Disease and the Social Determinants of Health" Registration... Read more »
Presenter Sam Cykert, MD, professor UNC School of Medicine Sam Cykert, MD, will describe how implementation of the Heart Health Now study affected cardiovascular risk when applied to high-risk patients... Read more »
All are invited to the weekly Environmental Sciences and Engineering In-House Seminar Series, which continues on Zoom on March 3 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Jason West presenting “Feeding Two... Read more »
Online surveys now represent a large segment of the research on public attitudes and behaviors. In this workshop, participants will cover metrics for evaluating common data quality issues and strategies for maximizing data quality in a variety of online survey designs, including convenience samples, nonprobability samples with quotas and probability-based online panels. Registration required.
In this info session, participants will learn about the Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative through the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI). This program is a Pathway 2 Lactation Consultant training program that offers the educational hours and practical training to become an internationally recognized, board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). The director of training for the program... Read more »
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 »
Dr. Christina Kendziorski's research concerns statistical methods and software for computational biology and genomics. Her group develops statistical methods and software for the analysis of data from high-throughput genomics experiments and have considerable expertise in the experimental design and analysis of bulk RNA-seq studies and in single-cell RNA-seq. The group also uses high-throughput data from... Read more »
This online 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. Registration required.
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 »
Environmental Sciences and Engineering Centennial Seminar Series Speaker: Jian Zhen Yu (PhD, 1996) Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering 2020 Distinguished Alumna Dr. Yu is a professor in the Department... Read more »
This workshop will: • Define an investigational drug, including off-label use of FDA approved drugs • Provide guidance on determining when the IND regulations apply to research studies • Discuss the preparation and submission of IND applications to FDA • Review maintenance and safety reporting requirements • Encourage participant discussion of case scenarios Registration required.
Approximately once a month, the Womxn in Healthcare Leadership student group hosts hourly “Coffee Chat” sessions that bring in guest speakers from around the country to discuss their experiences with... Read more »
Join Gillings MPH/RD students as they host experts from different areas of the food system as part of the inaugural Farm to Institution Speaker Series, held under the Food for... Read more »
This year's theme is "Health Policy & Emergency Preparedness: Are We Ready for the Next Crisis?" Dr. Brandy N. Kelly Pryor of the Humana Foundation will deliver the keynote address:... Read more »
Health policy and management doctoral candidate Hailey James will defend her dissertation work on Friday, March 5. Her dissertation is titled, "What happens when hospitals no longer have a volume... Read more »
Interested in healthcare, public health or improving global population health? Join the AID India UNC-CH speaker event on Sunday, March 7 at 10 a.m. JSS is a people's health support group dedicated to providing low-cost and effective healthcare services in rural India. Hear from the current leaders of JSS at the event, all of whom... Read more »
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... Read more »
On Monday, March 8, Dr. Adam Hoffman joins FPG’s Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present "Considering Development in Indian Country: A Look with the Cherokee Indians" as part of... Read more »
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training for faculty and staff. Please join the Cancer Outcomes Research Program on Tuesday, March... Read more »
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... Read more »
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Carolina Health Informatics Program along with the Health... Read more »
Gillings Game Night Event Series is a virtual social hour hosted by Natiaya Neal, Student Affairs Events Manager. Please register to receive the zoom links. All winners will receive newly branded Gillings swag items! In order to ship prizes following game night, please make sure to submit a DELIVERY address when you register. Email Natiaya... Read more »
All are invited to the weekly Environmental Science and Engineering In-House Seminar Series which continues virtually on March 10 at 12:20 pm with Dr. John Wambaugh presenting “Machine Learning, Kevin... Read more »
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... Read more »
The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Program presents a virtual symposium featuring keynote speaker and P&F awardee Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen and presentations from P&F award winners Dr. Kyle S. Burger, Dr. Rachel W. Goode, Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan and Dr. Maya Styner. Speakers will discuss their current research, their experiences as a... Read more »
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 »
This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. In the late 1960’s, Bill Jenkins was at his first job at the federal National Center for Health Statistics when he found out about the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. He and a small group of... Read more »
This workshop will: • Discuss FDA’s approach to regulation of devices in clinical studies and for marketing • Provide guidance on when the IDE regulations apply and discuss possible exemptions • Review significant risk and non-significant risk device studies • Discuss the preparation, submission, and maintenance of IDE applications • Encourage participant discussion of case... Read more »