Some people enjoy networking! For the rest of us who may need a little help, we’ll teach some easy, non-threatening ways to connect with others to meet your goals. This workshop teaches essential networking skills from planning, meeting people, and building relationships to providing career-specific information necessary for public health. IN THIS WEBINAR, YOU’LL LEARN:... Read more »
This training qualifies for 8 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training that will give students, staff, andfaculty the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem orexperiencing a mental health crisis. Training Dates: October... Read more »
This event qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Efforts to establish the science of social statistics preoccupied itself with developing methods to situate race variables as causes of social inequality. Yet, efforts to affirm the role of racism as a sociopolitical condition... Read more »
Dr. Colin Orr, assistant professor of general pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, will give a presentation titled “Food Insecurity and its Impact on Child Growth and Nutrition.” Registration is required.
Join the Research, Innovation and Global Solutions office for a fun event to get to know/explore UNC and a fall-themed activity at the end! The organizers need to know how many people are participating, so please only register if you can definitely attend. Details on where to meet will be provided to registrants. This event... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
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.
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Sandy L. Soliday Hong as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New Faces and New Directions! Join them Mondays from 2-3:15 p.m. (EST) via zoom. On Monday, Nov. 1, Dr. Soliday Hong will present Early Care and Education as a Support... Read more »
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to rejuvenate? Join our support pod for 45 minutes each Monday to learn more about creating home environments for wellness and support each other as we... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Design thinking is a creative problem-solving approach that prioritizes desirability, feasibility and viability. Design thinking is being applied more and more in public health practice and research and is well aligned with other approaches including community-based participatory research and implementation science. Want to learn more? Join Design Thinking Lead Liz Chen in a 1-hour virtual... Read more »
This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Save the date for Nov. 3 at noon. The Gillings Humanitarian Health Initiative Seminar Series will focus on the safety and security of health care workers and facilities in humanitarian settings. Panelists include Dr.... Read more »
How does the global health sector evolve to continue to deliver impact in a changing world? The TGHC 2021 annual conference is taking place after a year in which we experienced, and continue to experience, unprecedented health and social challenges. Whilst the impact of these challenges has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are... Read more »
Join us for the Minority Student Caucus town hall event on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m. We welcome BIPOC students at Gillings to a safe space to bring concerns and feedback related to personal experiences navigating your academic journey at Gillings. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 1, to... Read more »
This seminar will focus on translating the science of healthy development into practical evidence-based approaches to foster the well-being and resilience of children, families, and communities. The promise for healing the trauma and adversity concentrated in many of our communities is enormous when the provision of needed services and programs are shaped and coordinated with... Read more »
Dr. Linda M. Collins, Professor of Global Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York University, will give a seminar titled “It’s About More Than Effectiveness: Optimization of Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions.” Registration is required.
