Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Loading view.
Marijuana Legalization: Brain Science, Community Impact and Risk Prevention
All are invited to register for this free symposium on the topic of marijuana legalization on Feb. 22. Representatives from basic science and community-based prevention will discuss strategies to respond appropriately to spreading changes in state policies. Participants will learn from Colorado's experience with legalization and also discuss North Carolina's current strategy. Learn more and... Read more »
Introduction to Focus Groups
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »
Equity Consideration for Scholars: Taking a Critical Approach to Research
In the face of increasing awareness of the need to capture the diversity of human experience, there has also been increasing concern to study and describe populations from a critical... Read more »
Stata
This three-day (2/21, 2/23 and 2/25) course introduces students to Stata and data management. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to manage data more... Read more »
Signal vs Noise: Quantifying the Signal of Climate Change on US PM2.5 Air Quality in the 2050s amid the Noise from Climate Variability
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which continues on Feb. 23 at 12:20 p.m. with Surendra Kunwar presenting “Signal vs Noise: Quantifying the Signal of Climate... Read more »
Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing COVID-19 Mini-Symposium
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing COVID-19, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1-3:00 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Presenters... Read more »
Expanding the use of neuropsychological and developmental assessment in supporting individuals with medical complexity
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is pleased to welcome Eva Mamak, PhD, CPsych, ABPP-CN, as the presenter of the 2022 Barbara Hanna Wasik Distinguished Lecture. This presentation will seek... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Featured
43rd Annual Minority Health Conference
This event qualifies for eight hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The 43rd Annual Minority Health Conference: Revolutionary Healing and Rebuilding: Learning from Today, Transforming Tomorrow Registration is now open for this year’s virtual two-day Minority Health Conference — Revolutionary Healing and Rebuilding: Learning from Today, Transforming Tomorrow. This... Read more »
Introduction to Focus Groups
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »
Stata
This three-day (2/21, 2/23 and 2/25) course introduces students to Stata and data management. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to manage data more... Read more »
Dietary n3-PUFAs Modulate the Pulmonary Response to Environmental Exposures
Kymberly Gowdy, MS, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, will present “Dietary n3-PUFAs Modulate the... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Lunch & Learn with Ramaswamy and Rice
This event qualifies for one hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Center for Health Equity Research at UNC will host Dr. Rohit Ramaswamy and Dr. Dana Rice to discuss their recent research publication, “Beyond Virtue-Signaling: Advancing Equity Through Design Justice and Public Health Critical... Read more »
Translating the Science of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Policy and Practice in North Carolina
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Paul Lanier as the next presenter in their Spring 2022 Series. On Monday, February 28th, Dr. Paul Lanier will... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Analyzing Large Datasets with the Julia Language
This course will teach participants how to use the programming language Julia to load, clean, plot, and analyze social-science data. Julia is a newer programming language with a focus on... Read more »
Future Forecast: Imagining Social and Behavioral Research for Genomic Translation
What is the role of social and behavioral research in genomics? Join the Precision Public Health Future Leader Network for a virtual lecture by Dr. Colleen McBride from Emory University... Read more »
ISPOR X AMCP Present: Career Path Series – HEOR and Market Access at Abbvie
Come join the UNC ISPOR x AMCP March event to learn more about HEOR & Market Access from Drs. Yash Jalundhwhala and Ali Alobaidi! Watch online.
Does Getting Older in the Atmosphere Matter to a Tree-Derived Airborne Particle?
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which continues on March 2th 2022, at 12:20 pm with doctoral student Jin Yan presenting “Does Getting Older in the... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Introduction to Program Evaluation
This course provides training on evaluating public services and programs. At the end of the course, participants will understand and be able to describe program evaluation, and how it can... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Gillings Black Student Support Pod
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 to... Read more »
Facul-Tea with Michele Rivkin-Fish
Celebrate International Women's Day with the Russian Flagship Program! Grab a cup of tea (or coffee!) and join us for a chat with Dr. Michele Rivkin-Fish, Associate Professor in the... Read more »
Sleep: An Essential Component of Health and Well-Being
This workshop provides the latest research findings regarding the importance of sleep and offers participants suggestions on how to improve their sleep according to priority and quality measures. Learn more... Read more »
Racial capitalism within public health – how workplaces drive disparities
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which continues on March 9 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Libby McClure presenting “Racial capitalism within public health – how... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
Issues Surrounding Missing Data
Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn this course, participants will discuss methods commonly used to deal with missing data. Assumptions, assets and disadvantages associated with each method will be covered. This one day course will... Read more »
Academic Dishonesty and Student Conduct: Roles and Responsibilities Seminar
Academic and Student Affairs is pleased to present Academic Dishonesty and Student Conduct: Roles and Responsibilities Seminar on Friday, March 11 at noon. The speaker for this seminar is Jessica Welsch, assistant director of student conduct at UNC-Chapel Hill. This webinar will focus on the importance of reporting suspected student violations, understanding the judicial process... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Dissertation Defense: Sejin Lee
Sejin Lee will defend her dissertation research on March 15 at noon. The topic of her dissertation is "Real-world treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with advanced melanoma: Immunotherapy vs targeted therapy." Watch online.
From Outlier to Insider
Registration is now open for the National Consortium of Data Science’s annual career networking event, “From Outlier to Insider,” on March 16 at 4 p.m. on a virtual platform called Airmeet. It will connect employers directly with top-tier job candidates across different universities, programs and degree levels looking for a career in data science, analytics,... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Semblie: Introduction and New Feature Demo
Join the NC TraCS Institute for a live training session for Semblie, a free platform for developing digital health interventions. Semblie was designed with the needs of public health researchers... Read more »
2022-23 ISPOR Election Info Session
Join the UNC student chapter of ISPOR for an info session on elections for group positions. Attend online. Contact Anna Li with questions.
Logistic Regression
This course teaches students when and how to use logistic regression models. At the end of the course, students will be able to fit models, estimate and interpret results in... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
From the Liability-threshold Model of Etiology for Substance Use Disorder toward Selective/Indicated Prevention
FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Ty A. Ridenour as the next presenter in their Spring 2022 Series. On Monday, March 21, Dr. Ty A. Ridenour will present "From the Liability-threshold Model of Etiology for Substance Use Disorder toward Selective/Indicated Prevention." Dr. Ridenour is a Research Public Health Analyst at... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6... Read more »
An Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning Using R
This short course will provide an overview of statistical machine learning and data mining techniques with applications to the analysis of real data. Supervised learning techniques will be covered, including penalized regression such as LASSO and its variants, support vector machines. The main emphasis will be on the analysis of real data sets from various... Read more »
The impact of sleeping and waking behaviors on maternal health during pregnancy
Please join NC TraCS for a CTSA Grand Rounds seminar, "The impact of sleeping and waking behaviors on maternal health during pregnancy," with Marquis Hawkins, PhD. He will discuss his... Read more »
Addressing Sociopolitical Determinants of Health to Prevent Developmental Disabilities
In this talk, Dr. Harolyn Belcher will define and discuss social and political factors related to optimal child development and the prevention of developmental disabilities. The emerging demographic characteristics of the United States and the current and potential healthcare workforce will be reviewed, as it relates to the provision of healthcare for children and youth... Read more »
2022 Lambeth Lecture with Dr. Mandy Cohen
Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall 135 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. Mandy Cohen will present "Emerging from the Covid Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?" for the 2022 Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy. Please join UNC Public Policy in person in Hill Hall or virtually via Zoom. Learn more. Contact Terry Tamari with questions.
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.