Dr. Yingqi Zhao is the recipient of the UNC Biostatistics 2020 James. E. Grizzle Alumni Award. Dr. Zhao earned her PhD. in 2012. With the goal of improving patient outcomes,... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering... Read more »
Join the Student Executive Council of the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice on Thursday, Nov. 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. for an exciting interprofessional event. Hear a brief presentation from... Read more »
You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Dirk Davis, doctoral candidate in health behavior, titled "How Health Navigation Affects Mental Health: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study with... Read more »
On Nov. 6 from 10:30 am - noon, presenter Joeseph Ibrahim, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, will speak on Bayesian sample size determination for a clinical trial in the... Read more »
Please join Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Mary Beth Knight, PhD, and fellow faculty members to learn more about the process of seeking research and related funds from private sponsors; specific strategies for success; and the UNC resources available to support your efforts in this process. Discover actionable steps toward diversifying your funding portfolio... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering... Read more »
Nikki A. Ford, PhD, senior director of nutrition at Hass Avocado Board, will give a presentation titled "The Avocado Nutrition Center: Working for a Quasi-Federal Organization." Registration required.
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes)... Read more »
Please join the Implementation Science Student Group for an interactive fireside chat with guest Dr. Lauren Franz from Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. They will explore the application... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering... Read more »
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute’s Carolina Consortium for Human Development (CCHD) invites you to the Fall 2020 Cairns Capstone Lecture. Dr. Edith Chen will present Socioeconomic Disparities in Health: Costs of Upward Mobility? on Monday, Nov. 9 from 2-3:15 p.m. Each semester, the CCHD celebrates its proseminar series with the Robert B. Cairns Capstone Lecture... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
ESE Centennial Seminar Series Speaker: Ku McMahan, MPH 2007, PhD 2011 Environmental Sciences and Engineering, was recently named recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Ku serves as team lead for Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a $35M partnership between USAID, South... Read more »
During this workshop we will discuss the following with implications for our practice as scholars: 1. How to refer to others and be critical and thoughtful of our language use (terms and generalizations) 2. How to question what is being said and what is left unsaid (e.g. mitigating discursive erasures). 3. How to recognize and... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
Participants in this workshop will learn how multiple imputation can solve problems in these areas, and they will gain a conceptual and practical basis for applying multiple imputation in their... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes)... Read more »
Dr. Dilshad Jaff is the first Gillings Humanitarian Fellow. He will share his current experience, challenges and solutions to working in the field. Dr. Jaff completed his Master of Public Health at Gillings and continued at the school until July 2019 when leaving to return to the field as a humanitarian physician. He continues as... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering... Read more »
The Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, is a series of virtual events that brings together scholars and researchers from... Read more »
Wind Down Wednesday is a virtual mental fitness series created to help students to maintain a healthy school-life balance. Join professionals in Public Health and Mental Health invited by Associate... Read more »
The session is a great chance to learn about the experiences of minority entrepreneurs by talking directly with startup founders who are historically underrepresented in this sector and who want... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes)... Read more »
The Public Health Student Leadership Association presents “Leadership in Public Health”. This virtual panel will feature six Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni from diverse backgrounds. Join them for a virtual discussion and Q&A session on Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Panelists include: Dr. Vaughn Upshaw, Panel Moderator, Professor and Leadership in Practice Concentration... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering... Read more »
Dr. Sandra Safo's research interests are in developing statistical methods and computational tools to help identify risk factors for complex diseases: multivariate statistical methods, statistical learning (including classification, discriminant analysis,... Read more »
This online short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering... Read more »
Being an entrepreneur is all about connecting and collaborating, so why not get started now? This session is open to all UNC-Chapel Hill students and hosted by Innovate Carolina and... Read more »
10th Annual UNC Business of Healthcare Conference: Better Together: Improving Interconnectivity in the Healthcare Ecosystem Join us as we discuss the complexity of the health care ecosystem and how innovation... Read more »
Dr. Margaret Hicken of the University of Michigan will present Landscapes of racial dispossession and control: Cultural and structural racism and population health inequities. The Social Epidemiology Research Program is... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
The purpose of this online 2-day (11/16 and 11/19) course is to give an overview of structural equation models (SEMs). It is not an introduction to SEM software, but focuses more on the conceptual aspects of SEMs. It provides a brief description of the major types of SEMs and the steps involved in modeling. A... Read more »
On Nov. 16-17, the UNC community is invited to a two-part discussion about the 2020 elections. The discussion will consider the strategies and messaging employed by campaigns and their influence on the shape of civic lives and public discourse. The first event addresses the elections from a frontline perspective, while the second tackles them from an academic angle. Prof. Kevin... Read more »
