Kavita Singh Ongechi, PhD, associate professor of maternal and child health, will be giving one of four TEDX-style presentations as a winner of the annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, given to researchers conducting innovative work in their fields. The late Phillip Hettleman, a member of the UNC class of... Read more »
Book Talk: “Domestic Violence, Islam and Feminism: A Difficult Conversation” with Dr. Juliane Hammer Monday, November 4 | 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 UNC Chapel... Read more »
Please join the Duke Global Health Institute for the Eighth Annual Global Health Research Showcase to hear from Duke students engaged in global health work. Trainees, faculty, staff and friends from across... Read more »
Learn about the importance of collaborating with qualified interpreters and translators when designing and implementing health research studies with speakers of languages other than English. Myriam Peereboom, MBA/MHA, CMI, CHITM, of UNC Hospitals Interpreter Services will detail the roles and modes of interpreters and some do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when working with interpreters... Read more »
Join us for the 2nd Annual Gillings Faculty Research Showcase from 1:30-3:30 PM in 1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Various renowned professors from the Gillings School of Global Public Health will be... Read more »
John M. Salsman, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is the Director of... Read more »
Health Humanities Grand Rounds "Disability Studies: Rewriting Democracy" Presented by Marion Quirici, Ph.D., Co-director of the Health Humanities Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University In this talk,... Read more »
GlobeMed at UNC invites you to their second annual Sexual Health Art Show. Through this show, GlobeMed will portray the many aspects of maintaining and ensuring sexual health for all people, whether in the U.S. or abroad. Tickets can be purchased at the event website. Email unc@globemed.org with questions.
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »
Bring your lunch and join us for an overview of the campus' Zoom remote conferencing tool! Participants will have an opportunity to learn basic meeting functions through more advanced features. DATES: Wednesdays - November 6, November 20 and December 4 TIME: Noon - 1:30 p.m. PLACE: Mayes Center, Rosenau 230 To sign up, please access... Read more »
CREATE, a new initiative at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the UNC School of Law are co-hosting a "Closing the Wealth Gap" Conference on November 6-7, 2019 at UNC Chapel Hill.... Read more »
David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is part of the Mentice AB Board of Directors. His talk, "Epidemiological Concepts and Methods to Advance STEEEP Health Care and the Quadruple Aim of Health... Read more »
Hear from more recent Gillings School alumni on job and internship search strategies that worked for them, and how they translated their graduate education into practice. Panelists: - Florence Masese-Amadi, MPH ’13 (MCH) - Victoria Lebrun, MSPH ’15 (HPM) - Emily Kiser, MPH ‘ 16 (PHLP) - Christopher Beadles, MD., PhD '13 ( HPM) -... Read more »
On November 7, 2019, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting NASA and "A Space Technology Day" on campus that will bring together professors, students, engineers, technologists and small businesses from around North Carolina and the region to engage on NASA's current and future space technology activities, opportunities for collaboration, and the Agency's... Read more »
CREATE, a new initiative at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the UNC School of Law are co-hosting a "Closing the Wealth Gap" Conference on November 6-7, 2019 at UNC Chapel Hill. This event is the culmination of a 3-part series in which thought leaders from different disciplines present to academic researchers, students, and community members on the ever-increasing wealth gap of... Read more »
