ISP Spring Seminar Series: The Role of Prenatal Experience and Infant Sleep in the Development of Early Childhood Executive Function

In this seminar, Cathi Propper, PhD, will focus on early predictors of cognitive outcomes in preschool-age children. Specifically, prenatal experiences such as stress, inflammation, and nutrition play a critical role in shaping childhood developmental trajectories and they differ by sociodemographic status. Prenatal experience may also influence infant sleep across the first year of life, which... Read more »

Womxn in Healthcare Leadership Coffee Chat: Intersectionality & Identity Interplay

Approximately once a month, Womxn in Healthcare Leadership hosts hourly “Coffee Chat” sessions that bring in guest speakers from around the country to discuss their experiences with pressing issues facing womxn in health care. For their final chat of the year, Mayra E. Alvarez - President of The Children's Partnership and Gillings alumna - will... Read more »

Event Series Stata Online

Stata Online

This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 4/14, 4/15, 4/16). 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 »

Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

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 »

Event Series Stata Online

Stata Online

This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 4/14, 4/15, 4/16). 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 »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

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.

Social Intelligence in a Multicultural World: What Is It? Who Needs It? How Does It Develop?

On Monday, April 19, Dr. Richard Shweder (University of Chicago) joins FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present "Social Intelligence in a Multicultural World: What Is It? Who Needs It? How Does It Develop?" as part of their Spring 2021 series on Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture and Intersectional Approaches. Join them... Read more »

The Impact and Perceptions of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Native American Communities in NC

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the NCCU Department of Public Health Education on Tuesdays a 10:40 a.m. to receive empowering health information. April 20: Dr. Tracie Locklear “The Impact and Perceptions of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Native... Read more »

MTAP Presents: Maternal Telehealth Forum

With an introduction by Dr. Joia Crear-Perry of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, this event will feature two engaging panel discussions about maternal telehealth: Maternal Telehealth Today and Tomorrow Latching on to What Works- Providing Breastfeeding Support During Unique Times Speakers include: Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, National Birth Equity Collaborative Nurse Nikke, Bloom Maternal Health Cristina... Read more »

Event Series Gillings Game Night

Gillings Game Night

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 branded Gillings swag items! In order to ship prizes following game night, please make sure to submit a DELIVERY address when you register. Email Natiaya... Read more »

Working with Messy Data

Participants in this course will learn basic and intermediate Python programming and scripting as it pertains to importing and exporting data. This course is intended for data scientists with basic-to-intermediate understanding of one or more of: the Python programming language, data import/export formats, text processing, and some statistical analysis. See course link for recommended installations.

Facilitating Productive Classroom Conversations on Racism, Race and Public Health

This one-hour event counts toward the Gillings School’s annual inclusive excellence training requirement. All are welcome to join the first-ever, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)-sponsored, electronic hallway conversation Facilitating Productive Classroom Conversations on Racism, Race, and Public Health with dynamic ASPPH faculty on Thursday, April 22 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET. Drawing on... Read more »

Small Area Estimation in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Dr. Jonathan Wakefield worked internationally and at University of Washington since 1999 in the Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics; he was Chair of the Dept. of Statistics from 2009-2011. His current work is on methods for modeling health and demographic outcomes in a low- and medium-income (LMIC) context and he is collaborating with the United... Read more »

Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

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 »

Life After the Storm: Building Resilience in North Carolina

How do we address extreme environmental events from all perspectives to build resilience in North Carolina? Join Director of the UNC Institute for the Environment Mike Piehler for a conversation with Carolina experts Elizabeth Frankenberg, Diamond Holloman and Greg Characklis. Learn about the impact on health and well-being, economic hardships and environmental harm that communities... Read more »

Novant Leadership Lecture Series: Strategies for Health System Transformation: Creating a Learning Health System

Dr. Leora Horwitz will present "Strategies for Health System Transformation: Creating a Learning Health System." Dr. Horwitz is an associate professor in the Departments of Population Health and Medicine at NYU Langone. She is the founding director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science as well as the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

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.

Racism and Health: A Developmental Health Perspective

This lecture qualifies for 75 mins of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. On Monday, April 26, Dr. Enrique Neblett joins FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present "Racism and Health: A Developmental Health Perspective" as part of their Spring 2021 series on Culture & Developmental... Read more »

BridgeResearch: A Virtual Informational Event Series

Join a free, virtual discussion with a panel of professionals whose work intersects with clinical & translational (c/t) research. Four panelists with backgrounds in nursing, engineering, public health, business, and other scientific roles will discuss their perspectives on implementing c/t research into their respective roles. Following the panel, there will be a Q&A session to... Read more »

ENRICH Recruitment Webinar

Announcing a unique opportunity for North and South Carolina birthing facilities to receive free technical assistance, coaching and resources to achieve recognition via the prestigious Baby-Friendly designation or a similar state health department recognition program. This opportunity is funded by The Duke Endowment and all resources and services are FREE to the participating hospitals.  Through the ENRICH Carolinas project, the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute... Read more »

Robust testing for differential abundance in microbiome data

Please note the changed time of day for this Seminar: 2-3 pm. The Biostatistics Department Awards Day will commence directly after the seminar. Dr. Yijuan Hu is the 2020 J.E Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Awardee. The Department of Biostatistics is excited to welcome back Dr. Hu! She obtained her doctoral degree from UNC in biostatistics in... Read more »

Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

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 Double Whammy: The Disproportionate Impact of Systemic Racism and COVID on Children of Color

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The series aims to increase awareness about the impact of disparities that contribute to children's ability to keep pace, which have broad dire effects on the neurodevelopmental trajectories of children growing in disadvantaged households... Read more »