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 »
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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.
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 appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class... 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 and equitable perspective. As science is itself a cultural practice, and knowledge production can perpetuate social inequalities prevalent in social systems, many times, as scholars... 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 effectively. Each day, the class will demonstrate how to use the commands, followed by hands-on exercises using sample datasets. Learn more and register.
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 Change on US PM2.5 Air Quality in the 2050s amid Noise from Climate Variability”. The series asks speakers to tailor their presentations for a general... 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 will explore how data has informed our response to the COVID-19 pandemic: the collection, analysis and interpretation of COVID-related data. Registration required.
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 to address: The nature of neuropsychological assessment in a medical setting; The application of neuropsychological assessment in assessing functional outcomes in underserved populations, e.g. those... 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.
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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 appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class... 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 effectively. Each day, the class will demonstrate how to use the commands, followed by hands-on exercises using sample datasets. Learn more and register.
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 Pulmonary Response to Environmental Exposures” Co-sponsored by the UNC NORC and the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility Friday, Feb. 25 @ 2 p.m.... 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.
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 present Translating the Science of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Policy and Practice in North Carolina. Dr. Lanier is the Wallace Kuralt Distinguished Associate Professor 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.
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... 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... 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 »
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... Read more »
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... 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 »
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... Read more »
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.... 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... 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 work on sleep health characteristics and gestational weight gain. Hawkins is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and... 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... 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... 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 »
Critical Conversations: Operationalizing Reproductive Justice
"Critical Conversations: Operationalizing Reproductive Justice" with Caitlin Williams, MSPH, and Marissa Velarde, MPH, on Thursday, March 24 from 12:30-1 p.m. on Zoom. Reproductive justice (RJ) has received increasing attention from... Read more »
Suing Russia at the World Court for Ukraine
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesProfessor Harold Koh serves on a team of lawyers who recently sued Russia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- also known as the World Court –- on behalf... Read more »
Womxn of Worth Spring Conference
Auditorium, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, 27514, NC, United StatesThe Womxn of Worth Conference seeks to meet the needs of Womxn of Color in navigating professional spaces while promoting resiliency and establishing a personal sense of worth. The conference... Read more »
Google Earth Engine for Urban Studies
This 2-day (3/28 and 3/30) hands-on course will focus on the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE) for urban research applications. It will demonstrate how free and open-source satellite imagery – including electro-optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery – can be utilized to map urban areas and urbanization trends and patterns, across space... 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 »
Usability Testing in Survey Research
Usability testing in survey research allows in-depth evaluation of how respondents and interviewers interact with questionnaires, particularly web and mobile surveys. A respondent may understand the survey question and response... Read more »
Google Earth Engine for Urban Studies
This 2-day (3/28 and 3/30) hands-on course will focus on the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE) for urban research applications. It will demonstrate how free and open-source satellite imagery... Read more »
Gillings Wind Down Wednesday: Mental Fitness
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 Dean for Student Affairs- Charletta Sims Evans to coach current students on keeping your stress and anxiety low during the semester. Please register and select... 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.
Salary Negotiation for Public Health Professionals
This event, led by Camille Mason, MEd, and hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will address the topic of salary negotiation for public health professionals. Register on Handshake.