Ruy Manrique is a PhD student at UNC’s Department of Sociology and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center. He is also part of the team of graduate student consultants for the Odum Institute Stats Desk. Ruy has ample experience as an applied statistician and data analyst. Contact Jill Stevens with questions.
The Department of Maternal and Child Health presents a guest lecture by Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, entitled "Attending to the Role of Racism and Cultural Wealth on Child and Family Wellbeing: Advancing Anti-Racist Developmental Science." A Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter... Read more »
Join UNC's Office of Research Development (ORD) for an in-person interdisciplinary networking event focusing on Women's Health. Connect with fellow researchers, discuss projects, future directions, and funding opportunities. Share one-slide presentations, explore NIH funding insights, and engage in topic-driven networking. Submit your presentation using the provided template to kelley_cardone@unc.edu by 10/6/23. Presentation slides will be... Read more »
The Gillings School is hosting an in-person training on Wednesday, October 11, from 10:00-11:00am in the Joan H. Gillings Auditorium, 133 Rosenau. This training is lead by Sgt. James David of the UNC-CH Police Department. Please register for this training opportunity here. Additional training opportunities will be announced soon.
The UNC Injury Prevention Research Center’s “Connect, Empower, Prevent” IVP Webinar Series returns for it’s second iteration October 11th, 2023 from 12 - 12:30pm with a presentation from Nidhi Sachdeva... Read more »
An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Oct. 12 in the Genetic Medicine Research Building, Atrium Lobby Additional opportunities will be held on: Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. – Frank Porter Graham Student Union (Employee Appreciation Day) There are several other opportunities for... Read more »
This short course is designed to provide participants with fundamentals on how to design, conduct, and analyze cognitive interviews. Participants will have the opportunity to practice specific cognitive interviewing techniques, including think-alouds, probing, and observation. Participants will also learn about revising survey questions based on interpreting cognitive interview results. Contact Jill Stevens with questions
Come join the Gillings international community for yummy food and connection! Please register to attend by adding your name, the dish you will bring, and other details to the spreadsheet.... Read more »
Complex problems need complexity-aware methods. Systems Thinking, one such method, is a structured approach to learning about complex problems that engages diverse perspectives in developing visual representations of emerging understanding... Read more »
Complex problems need complexity-aware methods. Systems thinking, one such method, is a structured approach to learning about complex problems that engages diverse perspectives in developing visual representations of emerging understanding... Read more »
Dr. Marcella Boynton is currently an assistant professor in the UNC Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine and a biostatistician at UNC NC TraCS Institute where she provides statistics, research methods, and psychometrics support to a wide range of translational and behavioral scientists. Contact Jill Stevens with questions.
HPM PhD candidate, Maria Stevens, will present her dissertation research, titled, "The influence of vulnerability on the treatment and outcomes for opioid use disorder among people who present to the emergency department with an opioid-related diagnosis."
Please join us on Wednesday, October 18th for the UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) Speakers Series presentation, "Mental Health Phenotyping in Osteoarthritis: From Concept to Implementation" from speaker... Read more »
This workshop will provide an introduction to health literacy and plain language for written communication. We will cover tips and tools for clear communication and practice writing with plain language.... Read more »
The Clear Health Communication workshop will provide an introduction to health literacy and plain language for written communication. We will cover tips and tools for clear communication and practice writing with plain language. The workshop is intended for anyone creating patient education materials or communicating with the public about health topics. Contact Sophie Nachman with... Read more »
Come learn about the Office of Global Health Education's Migrant Health Service-Learning Program AND The Sexual and Reproductive Health in Bolivia Program.
An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. – Frank Porter Graham Student Union (Employee Appreciation Day) There are several other opportunities for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus: Student Stores Pharmacy - Offers no-appointment flu... Read more »
This 2-day course (10/23 2-4pm & 10/25 3-5pm) is designed to provide a guide for consumers of probability-based panels to understand what they are working with: What questions to ask and what features to understand about probability panels in evaluating their use for data collections, and how to best use probability-based panel data. It will... Read more »
A prominent science author and journalist will talk about the challenges COVID-19 posed to health communicators who had to confront mis- and disinformation that undermined the nation's efforts to control... Read more »
As a part of University Research Week, The Sheps Center is participating in the Research Core Tour. Stop by the Sheps Center to listen to researchers and data scientists highlight... Read more »
How is North Carolina collecting, compiling, and utilizing data related to violent death (e.g., homicides and suicides) and firearm violence in our state? Attend a free workshop to learn how the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System (NC-VDRS) data can be used to inform prevention research, policy, and practice.
Hosted by the Graduate School and the Graduate and Professional Student Government. Free massages, yoga, resource fair and more. Additional details and registration to come soon.
This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into “Survey Flow” features including routing with branches, embedded data, customizing the “End of Survey” experience, and randomization. We will explore embedded data, and several ways you can import or set data in your... Read more »
Please join Gillings Student Affairs in the Dimensions of Wellness Series. This series will cover the 7 Dimensions of Wellness emotional, physical, occupational, social, intellectual, environmental, and financial. This session... Read more »
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The Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC) at UNC is an informal reading and working group of graduate and professional students (but open to the entire UNC community) who meet monthly to talk about all things related to the intersections of literature, medicine, and culture. In the past, we’ve met to workshop conference papers or... Read more »
