ACLU of NC Short Film Premiere
The Varsity Theater Chapel HillThe ACLU of NC is hosting a premiere of our new short film, North Carolina's Abortion Story, on April 18th at 7PM at Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill. The 10-minute... Read more »
The ACLU of NC is hosting a premiere of our new short film, North Carolina's Abortion Story, on April 18th at 7PM at Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill. The 10-minute... Read more »
This course will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities. This is a 2 hour course.Behavioral researchers are often interested in change within-persons over time... Read more »
The Gillings Student Mental Health and Well-being Task Force is hosting a movement challenge for the month of April with 4 weekly challenges - plus raffle prizes with Gilling's swag and wellbeing items for people who participate! Join here: https://forms.gle/ssDFrspqt4pNCC3D8 It's not too late to join, so feel free to share the registration form with... Read more »
This course will cover a number of unsupervised learning techniques for finding patterns and associations in Big Data. These include dimension reduction techniques such as principal components analysis and non-negative matrix factorization, clustering analysis and significance analysis, and network analysis with graphical models. The main emphasis will be on the analysis of real data sets... Read more »
The Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control of the Ministry of Health has led the effort to improve HIV care and prevention in Vietnam, including overseeing the adjustments necessary for a changing epidemic. In addition to the governmental response, Hanoi Medical University has been instrumental in leading research to support the HIV response in Vietnam. Lessons... Read more »
Faculty and Staff engaged in research are invited to come learn more about the updates to the NIH policy on foreign sub-awardee reporting, how to comply and how it may affect their research teams. Contact Jaime O'Brien with questions.
This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This hands-on course will focus on the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE) for urban research applications. It will demonstrate how free and open-source satellite imagery can be utilized to map urban areas and urbanization trends... Read more »
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class... Read more »
The Employee Forum invites the Carolina community to the 36th annual Carolina Blood Drive, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 in the Smith Center. For 36 years, the Carolina Blood Drive has potentially impacted more than 120,000 lives through blood donations. Show you bleed Carolina blue. Free parking available or ride the bus... Read more »
Please join us for the Channing J. Der Annual Career Symposium on May 1, 2024 at 12:00 PM, featuring career-focused talks representing different career paths. This will be offered as a hybrid event at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Pagano Conference Room. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. For more information and to register,... Read more »
Please join the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for the Channing J. Der Annual Career Symposium on May 1, 2024, featuring career-focused talks representing different career paths. This will be offered as a hybrid event. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. For more information and to register, please visit here. For questions, please email lccctraining@unc.edu.
Health Behavior Presents: Teaching Assistant Professor Candidate Naya Villarreal, MPH, is the Gillings Global Health Associate Director in the Global Health unit at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public... Read more »
Jump start your summer practicum with this intro to time-saving tools and valuable research resources! Designed for MPH students completing literature reviews or research for a practicum, this Health Sciences Library workshop will cover advanced use of library resources, searching skills, citation management tools, and literature review methodologies. Plus, get one-on-one help with your project.... Read more »
Ready to boost your writing productivity? Join "Increasing Writing Productivity: Skills-Based Workshop for Scientific and Grant Writing." Gain insights into 9 key strategies to protect your time, maximize efficiency, and... Read more »
Join Inclusive Excellence for their fifth annual and first in-person summer symposium. Contact Yesenia Merino with questions.
In this course, participants will learn how to keep track of the code they use in their research using the version control system Git and the collaboration platform GitHub. Git and Github are applicable to any text-based programming or analysis language, including R, Python, Stata, Julia, and others. Participants should create a github account at... Read more »
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center award ceremony will be held on Friday, June 21, from 3–4 p.m. in the Pagano Conference Room. This year's awardees, mentors and all are invited to honor the Joseph S. Pagano Award and Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science awardees. Refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees. Please register... Read more »
Add Health is holding the 2024 Users Conference on Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Connect with other Add Health users and learn more about these rich data sets. Registration is now open. Add Health is also accepting abstracts for the 2024 Users Conference.... Read more »
PhD candidate in the Health Policy and Management Department, Xuejun (Eleanor) Liu will present her dissertation research, titled "Colorectal cancer: New screening technology, treatment patterns and medical cost." To join, visit the zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97748689278 To attend in person, go to 3005 Michael Hooker Research Center. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.
Join UNC Lineberger for a virtual P01 Workshop. Topics include experience, lessons learned and best practices. This workshop, led by UNC Lineberger faculty, will focus on how to organize, prepare and submit an NCI Program Project Grant Application. There will be an opportunity to answer live questions from the audience. Please register to attend this workshop. This... Read more »
Getting Started with AI Prompts is open to Gillings faculty, staff and students and aimed for beginners curious to explore how these technologies may help them in their work. One... Read more »
Doctoral candidate, Isabella Alder Guynn, will present her dissertation research, titled "Understanding the adaptation of evidence-based interventions from a systems perspective: Integrating implementation and systems science to guide the scaling of a community health worker program." Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.
This 2-part (7/15/24 and 7/17/24) 5-hour course will be offered via Zoom, over two mornings. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded. This course introduces participants to... Read more »
Data Matters is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. The short course series is sponsored by the Odum Institute... Read more »