Creating a Space for Black Student Entrepreneurs
The UNC Entrepreneurship Center will be hosting their event Creating a Space for Black Student Entrepreneurs on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. This session will focus on discussing the various... Read more »
The UNC Entrepreneurship Center will be hosting their event Creating a Space for Black Student Entrepreneurs on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. This session will focus on discussing the various... Read more »
Hosted by Student Services at the Gillings School, this support pod is for international students. Jan. 29 at noon Registration is required.
Each spring semester Womxn in Healthcare Leadership holds an annual symposium where health care leaders discuss adversities and successes they have experienced throughout their careers. Please join them on Jan.... Read more »
Supporting students in difficult situations can be confusing, challenging and time-consuming. Our students face a variety of issues that are complex. We want to make sure you have the resources... Read more »
Department of Nutrition Seminar: Uncovering Metabolic T cell Activation in Obesity Associated Diseases Speaker: Arion Kennedy, PhD, assistant professor of molecular and structural biochemistry at NC State University Registration required.... Read more »
This lecture qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. “Saving the House We Built: African Americans, Democracy, and the Attack on the U.S. Capitol” A critical conversation about African Americans, democracy and the attack on the U.S. Capitol. This event will feature presentations by... Read more »
The Gillings Black Student Support Pod was created to support the success of current, matriculated black students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. This support pod is ONLY for students who identify as Black in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. The purpose of this support pod is to create opportunities for students... Read more »
This two-day course (2/1 and 2/3) provides an intro to developing multi-item scale measures and survey instruments. After a brief theoretical intro to topics, participants will turn to applied issues such as what is the optimal scale development process and how to deviate from that process. Participants will also address practical issues around questionnaire design,... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Join the Gillings community for a conversation with Pam Fessler, MPA, journalist, NPR correspondent and author of Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice. Her book highlights how... Read more »
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort, and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to... Read more »
This two-day course (2/1 and 2/3) provides an intro to developing multi-item scale measures and survey instruments. After a brief theoretical intro to topics, participants will turn to applied issues such as what is the optimal scale development process and how to deviate from that process. Participants will also address practical issues around questionnaire design,... Read more »
All are invited to the weekly Environmental Sciences and Engineering In-House Seminar Series, which continues virtually on Feb. 3 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Zhenfa Zhang presenting “Organic Synthesis in Environmental Chemistry." The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. Learn more about the lecture and... Read more »
Save the Date for Improving Quality of Care in Humanitarian Healthcare: Experiences from Doctors Without Borders on Feb. 4 at noon. Anna Freeman, a Gillings MPH alumna in maternal and child health, is a nurse and quality improvement specialist with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. A champion of equal access to health care, her field... Read more »
Dr. Tyler VanderWeele holds degrees from the University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University in mathematics, philosophy, theology, finance, and biostatistics. His research is focused on distinguishing between association and causation in the biomedical and social sciences, and, more recently, on measurement theory and synthesizing ideas from causal inference and analytic philosophy into... Read more »
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort, and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to... Read more »
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will give public health students tips and tricks in their career searching. Register on Handshake.
Our home environment plays an important role in our overall well-being. Let’s reassess the state of our home environments and create more inspired spaces that support our mental health and wellness. We’ll learn about some common themes in design and wellness, read a book that will guide us through our individual home assessments and share... Read more »
The Long and Winding Road My Journey as a Health Disparities Researcher Feb. 4 6-7:30 p.m. (Networking from 6-6:30 p.m., Lecture from 6:30-7:30 p.m.) Ronny Bell, PhD Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Wake Forest School of Medicine Director, Office of Cancer Health Equity, Wake Forest... Read more »
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will highlight a public health employer. Register on Handshake.
Join the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute as they co-convene the upcoming seminar, Dual Impacts of COVID-19 and Racism and Inequity on Child Development: Interdisciplinary Conversations and Development of a Research-Policy Agenda, on Feb. 5 from 1-2:30 p.m. This presentation will discuss the implications of COVID-19 from a policy perspective with a focus on... Read more »
Precision, Personalized, and Global Nutrition: Why, What, and How? The annual Department of Nutrition and UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center seminar series will focus on a variety of topics, including:... Read more »
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort, and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to... Read more »
Gillings Game Night Event Series is a virtual social hour hosted by Natiaya Neal, Student Affairs Events Manager. Please register to receive the zoom links. All winners will receive newly... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
This 3-day workshop will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Participants will develop the skills and understanding necessary to collect text data from a variety of sources, including websites and APIs. Participants will gain practical skills for completing their own analyses using text as data. Basic to intermediate knowledge of programming... Read more »
The Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Barbara Rogoff as the next presenter in their Spring 2021 Series on Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture and Intersectional Approaches. On Feb. 8 at 2-3:15 p.m., Dr. Barbara Rogoff will present "Learning as a Cultural Process: Insights from Mayan Families." This lecture... Read more »