Subhajit Dutta, PhD, Pranab K. Sen Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, will present this "Adjustments of some distance based classifiers in HDLSS settings." Dr. Dutta's research interests... Read more »
Join the LGBTQ Health Disparities Research Collaborative as they host Dr. Karen Parker, Director of the Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office at the NIH, for a presentation titled, "Sexual and Gender Minority Research Activities at the NIH." Please contact Dirk Davis (dirkd@live.unc.edu) for additional details.
The Gillings AV Services office would like to invite you or your department to the remaining Zoom training opportunities for the semester. Feel free to bring your lunch and your device to join us for one or more workshops for an overview of the campus' ZOOM remote conferencing tool. Participants will learn basic meeting functions... Read more »
This year's seminar will be led by Timothy Rebbeck, PhD. Dr. Rebbeck is the Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health, professor of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Epidemiology at Biomarkers & Prevention. Dr. Rebbeck's talk is titled "Cancer... Read more »
GlobeMed at UNC will be hosting their annual event Red Tie Affair (RTA) in partnership with the Carolina Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). This event is open to professionals, students, and local organizations to promote awareness about developments in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and research. Speakers this year include Dr. David Margolis, Dr. David Wohl, and... Read more »
The PPE Program is hosting a one day intensive seminar, with two of the co-authors, Robert Doar (AEI) and Richard Reeves (Brookings), and with William Darity Jr. (Duke) — for students, faculty, and members of the broader community. In the spirit of the consensus report, this event is not a debate nor an exchange of... Read more »
Are you a creative problem solver? Have you ever worked on a class project and wondered if it could be turned into a business? If so, The Carolina Challenge Makeathon is for you, grad or undergrad alike. The Carolina Challenge Makeathon is a creative, cross-campus competition which accelerates innovative ideas into physical and digital prototypes that promote... Read more »
Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... Read more »
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »
The Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research (CIPhER) will host a "Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Health Professions Training." Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are units of professional practice that may be entrusted to learners once they have demonstrated to have mastered all competencies to perform patient care safely. EPAs were created, in part, to bridge... Read more »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »
Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem.... Read more »
There are almost one million kids in our state who need the nutritious food they get at school during breakfast and lunch, and after school and in the summer months.... Read more »
Alma Beciragic, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week's seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Beciragic’s talk is titled, “The Question Remains: What's... Read more »
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if... Read more »
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if... Read more »
Leslie McClure, PhD, professor and chair of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, will present "A Post-Hoc Evaluation of a Sample Size Re-estimation: The SPS3 Experience," Methodologically, Dr. McClure is interested in the design and analysis of randomized clinical trials with multiple outcomes, and methodology for re-estimating sample size in... Read more »
The Friday Morning Conference welcomes Jonathon Quick, MD, MPH. Dr. Quick is Senior Fellow Emeritus at Management Sciences for Health, where he previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004-2017. He is the author of The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It.
This workshop will provide space to engage in an interactive discussion on culture, power and privilege and introduce participants to the impact of implicit bias in our daily decision making process. Come discuss and... Read more »
Please join the Minority Student Caucus in the Black & Blue Tour Part II! This distinctive walking tour led by AAAD professor Robert Porter provides an African-American history of the University, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries, contributing to a fuller perspective of Carolina’s history. Please register online. This event is sponsored by... Read more »
