Implementation Science in Global Health: Leveraging the Power of Community

Join NC TraCS and the UNC Center for AIDS Research for the Spring 2021 edition of the Implementation Science Speaker Series, featuring Carolyn Audet, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Epidemiology and Assistant Director of Community Based Implementation Research at Vanderbilt University. In this seminar, Audet will discuss the engagement of traditional healers in... Read more »

Centering Race in Health Equity Research and Leadership

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Wed, April 7 from 1-2 p.m. ET Daphne C. Watkins, PhD University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor and Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan Director, Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center for... Read more »

Dissertation Defense: Ryan Kandrack

Fourth-year doctoral candidate Ryan Kandrack will defend his dissertation, titled "Promise and performance of primary care vertical integration: Effects on spending, utilization and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries." The defense will take place via Zoom. Contact Valerie Hooker for password to enter meeting.

Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on Deconstructing the Gender Binary

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the fall, Honors Carolina kicked off an ongoing examination of systems of inequality with a series of programs on structural racism. This semester, they will turn attention to related questions of bias and discrimination.... Read more »

Wind Down Wednesday – Mental Fitness Series

Wind Down Wednesday is a virtual mental fitness series created to help students to maintain a healthy school-life balance. Join professionals in Public Health and Mental Health invited by Associate Dean for Student Affairs Charletta Sims Evans to coach current students on keeping stress and anxiety low during the semester. Jan. 27: Radical Self Care... Read more »

3rd Annual Student Research and Entrepreneurship Showcase

Join the Gillings School Student Government Association (SGA) to learn more about students' research and entrepreneurship projects. This event will be all asynchronous and virtual. Students will record a 5-10 minute video discussing their project that will be uploaded to SGA's National Public Health Week website. See flyer for prize details. Sign up using the... Read more »