Come learn about the centers in the Department of Maternal and Child Health and all that they are doing to help parents, children and families. View the Open House online. Contact Myka Elliott for Zoom password or questions. • Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program • Maternal Health Learning Innovation... Read more »
Please join Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute this Fall for their series: “Carolina Consortium on Human Development: New Faces and New Directions.” See their website for the full list... Read more »
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
The 8th annual Synchronicity conference offers engaging talks from leaders in HIV, HCV, and STI prevention and care. Group rates are available as are scholarships for students. Continuing education units are available. Registration rates are as follows: Individual $90 Partner Organizations $75 per person Group (Five or more) $65 per person Poster Author $50 per... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
The 8th annual Synchronicity conference offers engaging talks from leaders in HIV, HCV, and STI prevention and care. Group rates are available as are scholarships for students. Continuing education units are available. Registration rates are as follows: Individual $90 Partner Organizations $75 per person Group (Five or more) $65 per person Poster Author $50 per... Read more »
This event qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. In order to plant seeds, one must first pull weeds. But what exactly does that mean in terms of decolonization? Virtually join the University of Oklahoma on September 22, as Dr. Cornel Pewewardy (Kiowa-Camanche), Vice... Read more »
We all hold biases we aren’t aware of. Many of these biases are necessary to make quick decisions as we go about our day—which street to avoid when driving or walking, what to do when we see an animal on a hike, what financial institution to bank with. While these biases aid us in making... Read more »
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on Sept. 22, 2021, at 12:20 p.m. with doctoral student Jeliyah Clark presenting “Eating for Two: Mother’s Diet as an Intervention for Inorganic Arsenic-Associated Lower Birth Weight.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentations for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For... Read more »
Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a general statistical method that can be employed to test theoretically derived models. In this introductory short course, we cover the fundamental concepts and skills to conduct SEM using R/lavaan and Mplus. Registration required.
Interested in improving the precision of communicating about race/ethnicity in publication? Join a team of interdisciplinary student researchers presenting a pre-conference workshop before the annual International Association of Population Health Science meeting. The workshop is open to non-conference members or attendees. Gillings students and faculty are encouraged to attend so that collectively we can improve... Read more »
UNC Gillings Student Success Seminars focus on empowering all of our students to succeed in navigating the university environment. We plan the seminars with the overall goal of equipping students to achieve their academic and personal goals by offering sessions geared toward enhanced learning (e.g. research talks), sessions on interpersonal development, personal responsibility, professional development, leadership,... Read more »
Get to know more about the UNC student chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and the past presidents' journeys through UNC to their current role in Health Economics and Outcomes Research. A Q&A session will follow. Watch online. Contact Anna Li with questions.
Dr. Ashley Amaya is a Senior Survey Methodologist at the Pew Research Center. She has a PhD in survey methodology from the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Amaya has published several articles and book chapters on the Total Survey Error Framework, it’s adaptation to Big Data, and the synthesis... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
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.
The UNC Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) invites you to attend their virtual Open House on Monday, Sept. 27 from 1-2:00 p.m. The CHER Open House is an opportunity... Read more »
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Dorothy Espelage as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New... Read more »
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Join the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC) for the September Leadership Series. These virtual conversations will feature practical tips and inspiration from public health leaders about the leadership... Read more »
Presenter: Nabarun Dasgupta, Gillings Innovation Fellow at the Office of Research, Innovation and Global Solutions Join a virtual discussion including examples and practical tips about how researchers can bring the... Read more »
Implementing discipline over our emotional life is difficult and requires lifelong practice. Being able to choose to act or respond in a particular manner is preferable to reacting on a consistent basis, yet it is difficult. Enhancing emotional intelligence improves our ability to master our emotional functioning. High emotional intelligence can improve our communications with... Read more »
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which continues on Sept. 25, 2021, at 12:20 p.m. with doctoral student Connor LaMontagne presenting “Same Slurry, Different Worry: Assessing Antimicrobial Resistance over Time in Wastewater Collected.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For... Read more »
This short course is focused on designing and implementing social science research cross-culturally, with a particular emphasis on collecting interview data. In this course, participants will consider different definitions of culture, how research is itself a cultural practice, what perspectives and analytical approaches can be employed in cross-cultural research, as well as best practices in... Read more »
Join the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC) for the September Leadership Series. These virtual conversations will feature practical tips and inspiration from public health leaders about the leadership... Read more »
Join the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC) for the September Leadership Series. These virtual conversations will feature practical tips and inspiration from public health leaders about the leadership... Read more »
Get tips for your practicum search. Registration is required on Handshake.
The 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice will be held October 4 – 8, 2021 virtually from the comfort of your home or office. The Conference... Read more »
This online course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. We will cover time series regression and exploratory data analysis, ARIMA models, model identification/estimation, intervention analysis and other models used for causal inference. This course will use examples and hands-on labs in STATA. Participants should have... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
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.
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to rejuvenate? Join our support pod for 45 minutes each Monday to learn more about creating home environments for wellness and support each other as we... Read more »
The 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice will be held October 4 – 8, 2021 virtually from the comfort of your home or office. The Conference... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
This event qualifies for 1.25 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Save the date! The UNC Center of Excellence in... Read more »
This is a four-part course that will give an introduction to the SAS software. Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the... 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 to... Read more »
The 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice will be held October 4 – 8, 2021 virtually from the comfort of your home or office. The Conference... Read more »
Join The Office of Research, Innovation and Global Solutions for a discussion with Gillings Alumni Student Innovators to learn about their journey as Gillings students going through the UNC innovation ecosystem and how they successfully started a public health business. Presenters: Emily Newman, Gillings Alumni & Entrepreneur Kathryn Carpenter, Gillings Alumni & Entrepreneur Registration required.
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on Oct 6th 2021, at 12:20pm with Zahra Alhamdani presenting "'What's for Dinner?': Intersection of Food Access, Dietary Chemical Exposure and Other Dietary Determinants.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentations for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more details, including... Read more »
This is a four-part course that will give an introduction to the SAS software. Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the... Read more »
Health Humanities Grand Rounds hosts Dr. Mike Winstead, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UNC. "The Transplanted Self: Genetics, Race and Pragmatism in Stem Cell Transplantation" Medicine describes the immune system's distinction between normal and diseased cells as an immunological "self." Receiving a stem cell or bone marrow transplant combines the immunological "selves" of donor... Read more »
The 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice will be held October 4 – 8, 2021 virtually from the comfort of your home or office. The Conference... Read more »
Brian Collier, Director of Science and Security, and Jim Kenny, Outreach Specialist / Grants Analyst from the SOM Sponsored Programs Office, will be answering questions for Gillings faculty and research staff about the new NIH Other Support requirements that go into effect in January 2022. Registration required. If you have questions about this session, please... Read more »
Each workshop qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Are you a student or organizational leader interested in learning from seasoned DEI "Champions" to advance DEI in your organization, community or workplace? Register now for this workshop series! Join a 4-part virtual workshop... Read more »
This is a four-part course that will give an introduction to the SAS software. Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the... Read more »
This workshop will give you the knowledge and confidence to launch an effective job search. You will learn about many valuable resources, including databases, and downloadable information available on Handshake & ReferenceUSA site. We will examine networking as an important strategy and discuss how to do it in a way that will work for you.... Read more »
The 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice will be held October 4 – 8, 2021 virtually from the comfort of your home or office. The Conference... Read more »
This is a four-part course that will give an introduction to the SAS software. Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software... Read more »
