Mixed Methods Workshop
This 2-day (1/29 & 1/31) course equips students to design, conduct, and critique mixed-method research. From a pragmatic perspective, we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of... Read more »
This 2-day (1/29 & 1/31) course equips students to design, conduct, and critique mixed-method research. From a pragmatic perspective, we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of... Read more »
As part of Health Policy & Management's PhD Visiting Scholar Program, David Chambers, DPhil, Deputy Director for Implementation Science in the Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer... Read more »
Matthew Price, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Studying the Impacts of Stormwater-Driven Fecal Contamination Dynamics in a Complex, Tidally-Influenced Recreational Receiving Water system." This talk... Read more »
Exploring the Impact of Structural Racism on Health: A Conversation About Race, Place and Preventing Violence Mighty Fine, MPH, CHES Director, Center for Public Health Practice & Professional Development at... Read more »
This is a 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 1/27, 1/28, 1/30). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data... Read more »
Learn more about interviewing techniques for jobs, internships and fellowships. Thursday, January 30 5-6:15 p.m. 230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center)
The Implementation Science Student Group (ISSG) leadership team would like to invite you to join the spring coffee hour meeting, where participants will learn more about Implementation Science, share interesting... Read more »
This 2-day (1/29 & 1/31) course equips students to design, conduct, and critique mixed-method research. From a pragmatic perspective, we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of... Read more »
Environmental Sciences and Engineering's Distinguished Alumnus Award Presentation and Seminar Hua Wang, PhD, (PhD ‘97), Founding Dean of the School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University, Beijing; Founding President... Read more »
The Women in Healthcare Leadership Symposium was created in order to bring light to and address issues women leaders face in today’s society. Our goal is to bring healthcare leaders... Read more »
If you have questions about pursuing an internship or job opportunity either on- or off-campus during your academic program, this information session is for you! On-campus employment, CPT, Pre-Completion OPT... Read more »
This 3-day (2/3, 2/5, and 2/6) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. It will also... Read more »
Help make posters for the March while learning more about the HKonJ coalition and fight for Medicare for All, environmental justice, reproductive rights, public education, voting rights, and more. Please... Read more »
Darcy Anderson, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "What Does Clean Care Cost? Development and Application of a Model to Cost Environmental Health Services in Healthcare... Read more »
If you were to visit the doctor, would you be considered a difficult patient? How do you know? What makes a patient “difficult”? In her presentation, Yolonda Wilson will discuss... Read more »
This 3-day (2/3, 2/5, and 2/6) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. It will also... Read more »
Dr. Ronda Bullock the founder and director of We Are will share her story on Feb. 5th from 5-6 p.m. at the Campus Y Anne Queen Lounge. We Are is... Read more »
The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. Emery Brown, Professor in Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. Professor Brown is an anesthesiologist-statistician whose experimental research has made important contributions to understanding how anesthetics act in the brain to create the states of general anesthesia. In his statistics research, he has developed signal processing algorithms... Read more »
This 3-day (2/3, 2/5, and 2/6) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. It will also... Read more »
The Healthcare Executives Student Association will be holding a live and silent auction at the Carolina Brewery on Feb. 6 from 7-9 p.m. There will be a cash bar and... Read more »
Usability testing allows in-depth evaluation of how respondents and interviewers interact with questionnaires, particularly web and mobile surveys. Not all design guidelines work equally well for all surveys and all... Read more »
Register now to attend the fifth annual Triangle Global Health Career Day on Friday, February 7th to explore a wide range of health careers, cultivate your network with local health... Read more »
Til Stürmer, the Nancy A. Dreyer Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Dr. Stürmer is an internist and epidemiologist with expertise in state of the art methods for nonexperimental treatment... Read more »
Dr. Cairo We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at? Alberto Cairo, PhD, is the Knight Chair... Read more »
An illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals the basic form of the virus blamed for the outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. (Illustration/Alissa Eckert and Dan Higgins, CDC) A Mini-Symposium on the Newly Emerging Coronavirus Learn more about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the research being done by... Read more »
Dr. Charles Johnson, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at North Carolina Central University, will be a guest speaker at the Chatham Community Library at... Read more »
Do you have an idea that can make a social, economic or environmental impact? Now is your chance to share it with the UNC innovation and entrepreneurial community. Apply by... Read more »
Come see students display their research and entrepreneurship endeavors! The event will feature online and residential student posters. Two $100 gift cards will be presented! There will be free food and coffee! If you're interested in participating, RSVP by Feb. 1. RSVP information Online students can send the link to their poster to David Gaviria.
North Carolina has one of the worst records in the nation for the deaths of babies a year or younger. The rate of Black babies’ deaths is driving that statistic. Statewide, the gap between Black and white infant deaths was wider in 2018 than it was in 1999. Black infants born in North Carolina are... 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 »
Culture of Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health invites you to celebrate National Heart Health Month at the Love Your Heart event. Free heart-healthy information and snacks... Read more »
Dr. Balbus is a world leader on the effects of climate change on human health and leads NIEHS efforts on this topic. His background combines training and experience in clinical... Read more »
Calvin Arter, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Strategies for Cleaner Air: Quantifying the Impact of Transportation Sector Emissions on Regional Air Quality." This talk is... Read more »
The Implementation Science Student Group (ISSG) leadership team would like to invite you to join our Spring ISSG field trip with the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) and Frank Porter... Read more »
Plants are good for the body and spirit and make great Valentine's Day gifts! Bring plants, clipping, pots, watering cans and other plant supplies to share. Label your plants if... Read more »
Join UNC for an upcoming discussion with the authors of the newly released book, Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. The event is Thursday,... Read more »
Single-cell RNA-Seq(scRNA-seq) is the most widely used high-throughput technology to measure genome-wide gene expression at the single-cell level. However, single-cell data present unique challenges that have required the development of specialized methods and software infrastructure to successfully derive biological insights. Compared to bulk RNA-seq, there is an increased scale of the number of observations (or... Read more »
Dr. Pandolfino is the Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His career has focused primarily on... Read more »
Oscar Gonzalez, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present “On Learning Machine Learning” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Dr. Gonzalez studies statistical mediation, machine learning/data mining, and psychometrics and how these statistical methods can help identify, evaluate, and... Read more »
The 2020 Health Policy Day will consist of Danielle Gray's keynote address, a panel of NC health care leaders and closing remarks by Jon Oberlander and Pam Silberman. Danielle Gray is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield NC. Contact Estella Obi-Tabot with any questions.
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. to help implement new evidence-based strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Samuel Cykert will discuss key implementation lessons and study findings from this statewide... 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 necessary to collect text data from a variety of sources, including websites and APIs. Participants will gain practical skills for completing their own analyses using... Read more »