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.... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read more »
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... 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.... Read more »
Azin Eftekhari, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Improving Prediction of Transdermal Uptake of Semi-Volatile Organic Chemicals from Consumer Products." This talk is part of the... Read more »
The UNC Epidemiology Career Panel is multidisciplinary and geared towards current Masters and Doctoral students in all departments in Gillings as well as in the School of Medicine and School... Read more »
FPG Lecture Series Welcomes Dr. Antonius H. N. (Toon) Cillessen Children and adolescents spend a significant amount of time each day in the company of peers. Together with their peers,... Read more »
The focus of this course is on the design of web survey instruments, appropriate choice and design of input tools, address layout and formatting of the instrument, including alignment of... Read more »
HAVEN (Helping Advocates for Violence Ending Now) provides students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows with tools to be an ally to someone who has experienced sexual or interpersonal (relationship) violence or stalking. The three-hour training emphasizes the importance of listening, responding compassionately, and connecting survivors to resources on campus and in the community. Registration required.... Read more »
Dr. Chen of the SAS Institute in Raleigh will talk about the "Development of Bayesian Software in SAS." Dr. Chen manages the Advanced Statistical Methods group in SAS and is... Read more »
Dr. Lawrence David has expertise in ecology, genomics, human diet, and fecal biomarkers. He received a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia and a graduate degree in Computational &... Read more »
