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Biostatistics Seminar: Difficulties with p-values in Diverse Data Settings

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Betensky was prior to NYU Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on methods for the analysis of censored and truncated outcomes and covariates, which frequently arise from the subsampling of cohort studies. She has a long-time interest in clinical trials, and has written on the... Read more »

Iran’s Wicked Water: Problems + Politics

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service as the Deputy Vice President of a country that is under strong international and domestic pressure.

Hettleman Talks

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

4003 FedEx Global Education Center

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 Hill Dr. Juliane Hammer will be speaking at UNC on November 4 at 5:00 pm in the FedEx Global Education Center (room 4003) on her... Read more »

Duke Global Health Research Showcase

Great Hall, Trent Semans Center 8 Searle Center Dr., Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

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 Duke and the Triangle's global health community are invited to enjoy light refreshments, brief remarks and poster presentations at an event that highlights students work.... Read more »

Working with Professional Translators and Interpreters in Research

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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,... Read more »

2nd Annual Gillings Showcase

1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 giving 10-minute presentations on their research. This includes professors from the following departments: Nutrition, Health Behavior, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health Leadership, Maternal & Child Health,... Read more »

I’m Too Young for This: Understanding, Measuring and Addressing Quality of Life, Fertility Concerns and Distress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

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 Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and the Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake... Read more »

Health Humanities Grand Rounds with Marion Quirici

HHIVE Lab, Greenlaw 524

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, Dr. Quirici will discuss her experiences designing and supervising publicly engaged writing assignments that get college students involved in disability justice activism in the campus... Read more »

Sexual Health Art Show

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.

Event Series Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

214 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

H.A. Tyroler Alumni Award Lecture 2019

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

Global Health Early Career Panel

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »