The Lancet & CUGH Global Health Webinar Series | Episode 2: Inequalities in global health abound. Gender, power, access to grants, scientific authorship, partnership benefits, training opportunities and more are frequently beset by structural inequalities. This webinar gives you an opportunity to offer advice and pose questions to the speakers on how to address this... Read more »
We hope to see you at the upcoming Total WellBeing Expo, Wednesday, Mar. 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fetzer Hall. Carolina’s annual wellness event offers employees the opportunity to learn more about the many campus and local resources that support employee total well being from your head, heart and heels. There will... Read more »
Emil Runge, director of programs for First Flight Venture Center, will share some of the ways that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is supporting the U.S. Government's ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) medical countermeasure development efforts. More information and tickets Contact Bryant Moore with questions.
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series The first in a series of respiratory protection sessions for response during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center, part of the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Session 1 will cover donning and doffing of N95 filtering... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
This event is powered by Zoom. The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. Whitney Robinson, who will shed light on biostatistical analysis in epidemiology, with special coverage of the current COVID-19 outbreak. Dr. Robinson's research explores why various sociodemographic groups (by gender, ethnicity, state of residence, sexual orientation, etc.) experience greater burdens of non-communicable diseases than... Read more »
The Lancet & CUGH Global Health Webinar Series | Episode 3: Global health is an ever-changing field. Take this opportunity to ask leaders in this space questions about how to... Read more »
Health policy and management doctoral candidate Emily Haines will defend her dissertation research, entitled, "Improving care coordination for adolescents and young adults with cancer: building a bridge between needs and services."
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Series of respiratory protection sessions for response during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center, part of the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Description: Session 2 - covering respiratory protection issues for stakeholders involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response Date: Wednesday, April 1... Read more »
The second COVID-19 Conversations webinar will discuss benefit-risk analysis of social/physical distancing strategies, including for vulnerable populations; examine strategies for mitigating mental health impacts; and explore what science is available... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Dr. Simon Mak will present "Function-on-function kriging, with applications to 3D-printing of aortic tissues" in this seminar hosted by Zoom. Dr. Mak's interests include (but not limited to) developing practical methodologies with theoretical guarantees for “big data” and “small data” analytics, both of which are important for solving real-world problems. This lecture will be streamed... Read more »
Interested in becoming a physician, dentist, physical therapist, physician assistant, optometrist or other health care professional? Get your resume seen by representatives from healthcare graduate programs from across the U.S. You will also receive the contact information for ALL representatives that have registered for the fair. This resume book is open to all UNC-CH students.... Read more »
3/9/2020 UPDATE: This event has been postponed. As public health officials continue to monitor the evolving situation related to COVID-19, this decision was made to promote the safety of our... Read more »
The roles of health and fitness on occupational performance and injury prevention in firefighters Presenter: Eric D. Ryan, PhD Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Tuesday, April 7 | 10:00-11:30 a.m ET Location: Webcast Only Registration required
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, this webinar series will explore the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of... Read more »
In this talk, Dr. Allison J.B. Chaney will describe nonparametric deconvolution models (NDMs), a family of Bayesian nonparametric models for collections of data in which each observation is the average over the features from heterogeneous particles. For example, these types of data are found in elections, where we observe precinct-level vote tallies (observations) of individual... Read more »
GillingsX 2020: Breaking Down Barriers GillingsX is an annual event hosted by the Student Global Health Committee where Gillings students make 10-minute TEDx-style presentations to highlight inspiring projects, findings, and experiences they have had advancing global health. This year's theme is Breaking Down Barriers: How can different disciplines in public health collaborate and form partnerships... Read more »
Dr. Bruce Gellin will be giving a talk on influenza vaccination (seasonal and pandemic) with a Q&A session following. “Influenza Vaccines and Vaccination: Lessons for and from COVID-19” Bruce Gellin, MD, MPH President, Global Immunization Sabin Vaccine Institute Monday, Apr. 13 3:35-5 p.m. Link: https://uncsph.zoom.us/j/4046535512
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the... Read more »
Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, this webinar series is exploring the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, with a focus on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact. Hear from trusted experts... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Dear Friends, We are sad to have to cancel in-person classes for the next few weeks, but we are happy to offer three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays - noon Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a... Read more »
Join the UNC Entrepreneurship Center for their "Navigating the Great Pause" weekly series to help entrepreneurs & businesses survive COVID-19 and come out stronger on the other side. Topics are: Apr 16: How to Navigate in the New Normal: Assessing Your Situation, Money & Legal Resources Apr 23: How to Operate Effectively in the New... Read more »
COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Webinar Series Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020 Time: 3:00PM to 4:00PM EDT Location: UNC/SPH (Live) Zoom Webcast Title: Session 3- Evolving issues related to respiratory protection use during the COVID-19 response. Presentation Team: John Staley, PhD, MSEH, Pat Curran, CIH and Craig Colton, CIH Registration information
Dr. Feng-Chang Lin will present "Working as a biostatistician: My life in the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute (NC TraCS)." He is heavily engaged in collaborative research in biomedical fields. His primary area of research is in the development of novel statistical methods for modeling recurrent events that frequently appear in biomedical studies;... Read more »
Targeted heat interventions for agricultural workers: a pilot study Presenter: Roxana Chicas, BSN, RN, PhD Candidate Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University Date: April 17 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET Location: Webcast Only If you have already registered for this seminar, you should have received an email with a personal link to... Read more »
UNC AMWHO will be hosting the 2020 AMWHO COVID-19 Virtual Summit on Apr. 18 from 12-3:30 p.m. EST as an alternative platform to engage in conversations about global health with... Read more »
