Week of Events
FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship Info Session
FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship Info Session
Come hear about the FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship. A representative from FHI 360 and current and former fellows will be present to answer questions! Don't mist the opportunity to learn about this yearlong paid fellowship and get your questions answered! Program description and applications are now available.
Cajas y conversaciones: Challenges and Opportunities in Engaging Farmworkers with Type II Diabetes
Cajas y conversaciones: Challenges and Opportunities in Engaging Farmworkers with Type II Diabetes
Join Laura Villa Torres, PhD, MSPH, from the UNC School of Medicine and two medical students as they discuss community-based research and engaging specific populations and stakeholders using their work with farmworkers with diabetes. Learn from their experience in carrying out a research project with a unique modality and population. Part of the Multilingual Research... Read more »
Gillings Games
Gillings Games
The Gillings Student Government Association will be holding our annual Gillings Games on Tuesday, October 29 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. They will have fun outdoor games like tug-o-war, flag football, and kickball. Food will be available. In an effort to make this a "green" event, please bring your own reusable water bottles to... Read more »
What’s Wrong With Slurs?
What’s Wrong With Slurs?
Please join the Parr Center for their third headliner of the 2019-2020 series, Robin Jeshion, professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. She specializes in the philosophy of language and mind. Recently she has been writing about slurring terms, attempting to understand to what extent audiences and social structures are incorporated in their... Read more »
Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development: A Conversation with Aaron Williams
Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development: A Conversation with Aaron Williams
The Department of Health Policy and Management will be hosting Aaron Williams for a talk on "Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development" on October 30, 2019 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room (1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall).
Project OBOT in North Carolina featuring Franklin Walker, MBA
Project OBOT in North Carolina featuring Franklin Walker, MBA
Join the Opioid Student Research Group on Wednesday, 10/30 at 12pm to learn more about Project Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) and how it can increase patient access to opioid treatment and recovery. This session will feature a talk from Franklin Walker, MBA. Lunch will be provided. Register to save your spot.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
What should you expect when you're expecting? Whether you're pregnant, adopting or fostering, the only thing you know you can expect is lots of change! Join us for the CWC's overview of resources on and off campus, lactation rooms and other accommodations, finding and paying for child care, and work/life balance. *Please feel free to arrive... Read more »
Neural Networks as a Function of Social Context
Neural Networks as a Function of Social Context
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) is pleased to host Eva Telzer, PhD, for a distinguished lecture on Wednesday, October 30 at 3 p.m. at the School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium. The Lecture will be titled "Neural Networks as a Function of Social Context."
FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship Info Session
FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship Info Session
Come hear about the FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship. A representative from FHI 360 and current and former fellows will be present to answer questions! Don't mist the opportunity to learn about this yearlong paid fellowship and get your questions answered! Program description and applications are now available.
Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting
Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting
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 »
Latinx families in health research: Measuring demographics and cultural processes
Latinx families in health research: Measuring demographics and cultural processes
UNC-Greensboro’s Gabriela Livas Stein, PhD, discusses her approach to demographic and familial methodological considerations in doing health research with Latinx children and their families. Dr. Livas Stein’s research uses developmental psychopathology and cultural-ecological frameworks to investigate the impact of culturally relevant factors on the development of psychopathology for ethnic minorities. Part of the Multilingual Research... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar: Difficulties with p-values in Diverse Data Settings
Biostatistics Seminar: Difficulties with p-values in Diverse Data Settings
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
Iran’s Wicked Water: Problems + Politics
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.