All current MPH@UNC students, including those starting the program in January 2020, are invited to join us at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health for the Spring 2020... Read more »
The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Minority Health Conference — the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country — aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics and community members to take action for change. This year’s conference theme is Truth to Power: Exercising Political Voice to Achieve Health Equity.... Read more »
On Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. in 123 Rosenau Hall, Christine Kim will defend her dissertation research entitled, "Spatial access, coverage, and utilization of maternal health services in Afghanistan, 2010-2015."
Melissa Bondy, PhD, Chair of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University, will speak as the Michael O'Malley Guest Lecturer on February 28 at 1pm in the UNC Lineberger Cancer... Read more »
“Vaccine Policy and Systems for Monitoring Vaccine Safety in the United States” Chip Walter, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University Duke University Medical Center Monday, March 2nd 3:35-5 p.m. MacNider 018 Dr. Emmanuel Walter, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, serves as the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) Chief Medical Officer and directs the Duke Vaccine... Read more »
This training will cover advanced features in building surveys in Qualtrics. Participants must already have a university Qualtrics account and solid working knowledge of Qualtrics. Some portions will be hands-on; others will be demonstration only. Please see course URL for topics to be covered.
SPECIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR Coronavirus Outbreak: Biology, Epidemiology and Public Health Response Dr. Ralph Baric, Distinguished Professor Dr. Kim Powers, Associate Professor Dr. Aaron Fleischauer, Chief Science Officer at N.C. Division of Public Health Dr. David Weber, Professor Tuesday, March 3, 2020 10:00 a.m., 136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg (School of Social Work Auditorium) RSVP required.
Oral Health Lunch and Learn The NC Oral Health Collaborative: Developing Strong Oral Health Policy Featuring Zachary Brian, DMD, MPh March 3, 2020 McGavran-Greenberg Room 1101 F 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. RSVP to Leah Devlin by Feb. 28.
Gillings is excited to host a panel discussion with local public health professionals who practice design thinking in their applied work. These professionals represent five different organizations, including RTI, Male Contraceptive Initiative, FHI 360, NC State University and MyHealthEd, Inc. Panelists include: Veronica Thomas, RTI Kevin Shane, Male Contraceptive Initiative Betsey Tolley, FHI 360 Kelly... Read more »
Dr. Allison Shorten's 25 years of research contributes significantly to evidence connecting the model of pregnancy care to birth outcomes and developing, evaluating, and implementing decision aids for share decision... Read more »
Laura Taylor, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "The Risk of Painting: the Impact of Genetics on Isocyanate Biomarkers and Occupational Asthma." This talk is part of the ENVR 400 In-House Seminar Series.
The UNC School of Medicine, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and UNC Center for Health Equity Research are hosting the Inaugural Paul A. Godley Health Equity Symposium on March 5, 2020 to bring together faculty, staff, students, and the community to… Highlight and encourage health equity research; Promote collaboration and networking; and Encourage strategic planning and partnerships... Read more »
The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. Lynn Lin, who will speak about Validation and Annotation for Single-Cell Data Clustering. A Duke University Alumni, her research interests include a range of related problems in Bayesian mixture model development for classification, variable selection, design and model selection, structured and hierarchical nonparametric Bayesian methods, rare event detection and... Read more »
Please join March Children's Research Institute seminar and lunch with speaker Mark Heise, PhD. He will be presenting "Using novel genetic approaches to study infectious diseases."
Emil Runge, director of programs for First Flight Venture Center, will share some of the ways that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is supporting the U.S. Government's ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) medical countermeasure development efforts. More information and tickets Contact Bryant Moore with questions.
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our alumni, donors, friends, staff, and students. By practicing enhanced safety precautions, we all can do our part to help prevent further spread of the virus.... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series The first in a series of respiratory protection sessions for response during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
This event is powered by Zoom. The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. Whitney Robinson, who will shed light on biostatistical analysis in epidemiology, with special coverage of the current COVID-19 outbreak. Dr. Robinson's research explores why various sociodemographic groups (by gender, ethnicity, state of residence, sexual orientation, etc.) experience greater burdens of non-communicable diseases than... Read more »
Health policy and management doctoral candidate Emily Haines will defend her dissertation research, entitled, "Improving care coordination for adolescents and young adults with cancer: building a bridge between needs and services."
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Series of respiratory protection sessions for response during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center, part of the University of North Carolina's... Read more »
The second COVID-19 Conversations webinar will discuss benefit-risk analysis of social/physical distancing strategies, including for vulnerable populations; examine strategies for mitigating mental health impacts; and explore what science is available... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Dr. Simon Mak will present "Function-on-function kriging, with applications to 3D-printing of aortic tissues" in this seminar hosted by Zoom. Dr. Mak's interests include (but not limited to) developing practical methodologies with theoretical guarantees for “big data” and “small data” analytics, both of which are important for solving real-world problems. This lecture will be streamed... Read more »
Interested in becoming a physician, dentist, physical therapist, physician assistant, optometrist or other health care professional? Get your resume seen by representatives from healthcare graduate programs from across the U.S.... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
The roles of health and fitness on occupational performance and injury prevention in firefighters Presenter: Eric D. Ryan, PhD Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina Chapel... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, this webinar series will explore the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, with a focus on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact. Hear from trusted experts... Read more »
In this talk, Dr. Allison J.B. Chaney will describe nonparametric deconvolution models (NDMs), a family of Bayesian nonparametric models for collections of data in which each observation is the average over the features from heterogeneous particles. For example, these types of data are found in elections, where we observe precinct-level vote tallies (observations) of individual... Read more »
GillingsX 2020: Breaking Down Barriers GillingsX is an annual event hosted by the Student Global Health Committee where Gillings students make 10-minute TEDx-style presentations to highlight inspiring projects, findings, and experiences they have had advancing global health. This year's theme is Breaking Down Barriers: How can different disciplines in public health collaborate and form partnerships... Read more »
Dr. Bruce Gellin will be giving a talk on influenza vaccination (seasonal and pandemic) with a Q&A session following. “Influenza Vaccines and Vaccination: Lessons for and from COVID-19” Bruce Gellin,... Read more »
