Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue in Higher Education: The Cost of Caring

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This session provides interactive dialogue about the transference of trauma, and subsequent compassion fatigue that is common in higher education settings. Join us to discuss resilience skills to over come vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue in Higher Education. Contact Tiffany Edouard with questions.

Monthly Meeting of UNC’s Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC)

HHIVE Lab, Greenlaw 524

Meetings moderated by LMCC Co-Directors Paul Blom and Mindy Buchanan-King, both of whom are PhD students and Teaching Fellows in UNC's Department of English and Comparative LiteratureThe Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC) at Carolina is an informal reading and working group of graduate and professional students (but open to the entire Carolina community) who... Read more »

PreMiEr Seminar Series

This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Charlotte. PreMiEr’s mission is to improve the health of people within the built environment through manipulation of indoor microbiomes. Contact PreMier with questions.

Job Search Strategies and Experiences: Insights from Gillings International Student Alumni

Join Gillings Global Health for a panel discussion with four Gillings School international student alumni to hear about their experience navigating the United States job market as an international student. They will share their advice on job search strategies with current Gillings international students. Contact Naya Villarreal with questions.

Introduction to Qualtrics

This course will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities. This is a 4 hour course. Description: Qualtrics is a powerful browser-based web-survey tool. It is available to UNC Chapel Hill faculty, staff, and students, for UNC-related projects. Qualtrics allows users to build complex surveys, distribute them, and analyze the... Read more »

Bangladesh at 50: Advances in Health

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury is the former Vice Chair of BRAC, the largest and among the most celebrated non-governmental organization globally. Previously, he was its Executive Director, founding Director of the Research and Evaluation Division and founding Dean of the BRAC University James P. Grant School of Public Health. He founded "Bangladesh Education Watch" and "Bangladesh... Read more »

Methods for Cross Cultural Research

This course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. Methods for Cross-Cultural Research is a 2.5 hour short-course focused on designing and implementing social science research cross-culturally, with a particular emphasis on collecting interview data. In the face of increasing globalization, concerns for external validity, and the... Read more »

Every Brilliant Thing

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join PlayMakers Repertory Company + the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health for "Every Brilliant Thing," a special health and wellness initiative in partnership with Student Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This free performance is a Campus Life Experience (CLE). Every Brilliant Thing is an intimate performance that brings us... Read more »

Dissertation Structure, Organization and Completion

The Dissertation Structure, Organization, and Completion workshop will focus on a pivotal aspect of doctoral degree completion, the dissertation proposal. Each component of the dissertation proposal defense will be discussed as well as strategies to ensure a successful outcome of this signal event. Workshop participants will learn how academic scholars present research focusing heavily on... Read more »

Introduction to Geospatial Data for Data Science

This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course offers a broad introduction into the use of geospatial data in data science applications. The course materials will be built for non-geospatial professionals who find themselves needing to use geospatial data effectively. Contact Jill... Read more »

Student Survey Session

2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for 10-15 minutes to complete the student survey. Your valuable feedback will help us make Gillings a better place for students like you! Survey responses will remain confidential and will be used only for implementing new initiatives, identifying and addressing challenges. Complete the survey and receive a valentine's day treat. Contact Lateesha Watkins... Read more »

PreMiEr Seminar Series

This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and... Read more »

International Travel and Telework Q&A for Gillings Research

Please join the Gillings Research Office for our International Travel and Teleworking Q&A. They will discuss the relevant policies and procedures for faculty, staff and students who wish to do UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated work while traveling internationally and answer any questions you may have. Contact Jaime O'Brien with questions.

Second Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The second annual Global Health Scholars Symposium is scheduled for Friday, February 16, starting in Bioinformatics Room 1131. This is a hybrid event presented by the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Medical and doctoral students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty will share research... Read more »

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic

Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Class of 2000 Lounge 209 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

During this FREE walk-in tax clinic, certified volunteers will assist taxpayers in preparing and filing their tax returns.

Intermediate Qualtrics

This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into Survey Flow features including embedded data, customizing the End of Survey experience, Screen Out Management, and implementing randomization. We will explore methods of importing embedded data into your survey, sending information from one... Read more »

Writing Questions and Visual Design of Surveys

This course focuses on best practices for writing questions and visual design for surveys, with a focus on holistic designs in which question wording and visual design work together to produce good measurement. It draws on the empirical literature to provide practical guidelines for questionnaire design and considers mixed-mode and mixed-device surveys. The course will... Read more »

Health Sciences Library Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Health Sciences Library 335 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Health Sciences Library is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon focused on mental health. UNC students are invited to learn about and practice editing Wikipedia pages, explore health information resources, and... Read more »

Finding Funding with the InfoEd SPIN Database

2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Unlock the potential for your research with the SPIN Database! Learn how to navigate the world's largest funding opportunities database. Learn to: - Customize searches for your investigative field or project - Refine results with comprehensive filters - Save parameters for future use - Manage, edit, and delete saved searches with ease - Bookmark, export,... Read more »

SHAC Food Donations Transportation

Food drivers will be responsible for transporting our food donations from CJ's Cupboard OR Duke Campus Farm to SHAC for patients to obtain free of cost. We encourage those who... Read more »

Open session: Gillings efforts to become a STEM-designated program

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join Gillings Academic Affairs and Gillings Global Health to hear about the changing landscape and process of moving from a non-STEM designated program to a STEM-designated program, along with an update on the school's steps thus far. All Gillings students are welcomed to share their concerns and questions regarding this process during the session.

Engage

Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Engage offers networking opportunities for alumni and students alike. Held the day before the Minority Health Conference, the event was originally launched as “Re-Engage” to strengthen connections between the Gillings School and its alumni community.

45th Annual Minority Health Conference

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Minority Health Conference, the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics, and community members to take... Read more »

Dataverse API

This is a full-day, intensive online interactive course focused on using the Dataverse Application Programming Interface (API) to interact with data archived in a Dataverse-based repository. The session will be... Read more »

FlowForward: Campus Walk Surveying Bathrooms!

Wilson Library 200 South Rd, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

UNC APPLES invite you to join FlowForward on a campus walk as we embark on a mission to make a positive change within our community. In an effort to promote inclusivity and accessibility, UNC APPLES is conducting a survey of campus bathrooms to assess the availability of menstrual products. Contact Cynthia Tran with questions.

Community-Academic Partnership for Farmworkers Health

Come join NC FIELD & UNC’s Environmental Justice Action Research Clinic (EJ Clinic) for an interactive session focused on farmworkers’ health. In this session, you will learn more about the social determinants of farmworkers' health, their health needs and challenges, and the work that is been done to address them. There will have games, storytelling... Read more »

Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative Information Session

Interested in the MRT-TI Program? Come join us to hear from the program director, Catherine Sullivan, and current students enrolled in MRT-TI to learn more about the program and the application process. Contact Catherine Sullivan with questions

RTI-UNC Gillings PHield Trip 2024

RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and RTI International invites students, faculty and staff to join the annual PHield Trip! Please note: A bus will depart Gillings at 8:30am and return by 2:00pm. This program, held on the RTI campus in the Research Triangle Park, includes:• Fireside chat on Maternal and Child Health... Read more »

Census Data for Urban Studies

This one-day workshop will provide a hands-on, guided introduction to working with US Census data using tidycensus in R. The course will focus on using geographically-referenced demographic and socioeconomic data from the decennial census and American Community Survey. Participants will learn how to acquire data, perform basic data preprocessing tasks, create basic visualizations, and perform... Read more »

Community Organizing for Environmental Justice: Toxic Waste Cleanup and Corporate Accountability in West Badin, NC

Hitchcock Room, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History 150 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come learn about the Alcoa aluminum company’s discriminatory labor and waste management practices in this interactive panel discussion highlighting the Concerned Citizens of West Badin’s advocacy and organizing efforts against... Read more »

Community Organizing for Environmental Justice: Toxic Waste

Hitchcock Room, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History 150 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Alcoa aluminum company's labor and waste management practices in Badin, NC discriminated against and targeted Black union workers and residents, causing environmental, health, and economic harm. Join the Concerned Citizens... Read more »

Carolina Seminar on Innovation for the Public Good

The Junction 137 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, United States

Join Innovate Carolina on Monday, March 4th from 12:30-1:30pm in Carolina Innovation Junction Room 151 (or via Zoom!) for a Carolina Seminar on Innovation for the Public Good featuring Amy... Read more »

Introduction to Data Analytics

This course is focused on an introduction to data analytics followed by hands-on exercises. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to perform data analytics... Read more »

Maternal and Child Health Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Caitlin Williams

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Title: Implementation sustainability: Institutionalizing maternal health projects through public policy in Ghana This dissertation seeks to develop theory around institutionalization through public policy in low-resource settings, using the case of... Read more »

North Carolina Global Health Careers Week

Happening March 18th-22nd! Spend the week learning from experts about the job search process during four virtual sessions. End the week at an in-person Global Health Career Networking Event featuring... Read more »

Careers and Professional Development in the Humanitarian Sector

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Gillings School Humanitarian Health Initiative and professionals in the humanitarian sector on Thursday, March 21 from 1–2 p.m. to learn about various careers in the humanitarian section. The panelists will... Read more »

The Future of Bioethics

039 Graham Memorial Hall Graham Memorial , Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This talk will explore what the future holds if bioethics continues its evolution to become a field that embraces systemic, collective-level challenges; has a global scale and focus; emphasizes human... Read more »

Using Coffee and Yoga to Improve the Workplace Experience

Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Like Coffee and Yoga? Check out this session! Coffee breaks in the workplace serve as more than a quick fix for midday slumps, increased alertness, and productivity. The practice also produces a mentally healthy work environment by reducing stress and burnout and increases a sense of belongingness by building community with colleagues. Yoga, a form... Read more »

Policy Day Health Workforce

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Academy Health Student Chapter's Policy Day centered on the healthcare workforce. Dive into the complexities and challenges of workforce development and policy-making, guided by experts and legislators. Key Note speaker: Dr. Erin Fraher Deputy Director for Policy Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research Panelists: Maggie Sauer Director of Office of Rural... Read more »

Scientific Symposium in Honor of Dr. James Swenberg

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

RSVP In Person by visiting the Scientific Symposium in Honor of Dr. James Swenberg webpage. If you are interested in attending via zoom, visit the Zoom Webinar RSVP webpage. Contact Rhoda Cerny with questions.

Health Policy and Management Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Addie Coleman

2005 Michael Hooker Research Center (William L. Roper Conference Room) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, United States

Health Policy and Management doctoral candidate, Addie Coleman, will present her dissertation research, titled "Alcohol and substance use among American Indian/Alaska Native birthing people: A mixed methods study of punitive... Read more »

Intro to COIL Info Session for UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty

Join this virtual session to learn about the key characteristics, guidelines, and benefits of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for enhancing intercultural learning and global skill building (for students and faculty) in courses. Hear from UNC-Chapel Hill COIL practitioners from across disciplines about faculty insights and experiences. UNC Global Affairs staff will share information on... Read more »

HPM PhD Dissertation Defense: Prajwol Nepal

HPM PhD candidate, Prajwol Nepal, will present his dissertation research, titled, "Non-prescription antibiotics use among children in Nepal: Evidence and interventions in community settings." Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.

GiveUNC Student Event

Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come out to the GiveUNC Student Event!

Healthy Eating and Sustainable Diets – Dr. Lindsey Smith Taillie

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Everybody eats. But how do we eat well, in a way that tastes good, keeps us healthy, and helps protect the planet? In this session, we will cover the current... Read more »

Founders Forum: Dr. Alice Ammerman, Equiti Foods

The Junction 137 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, United States

Next in the Innovate Carolina Founders Forum series is an interview with Dr. Alice Ammerman, Founder and CEO of Equiti Foods. After years of research into the food system, food... Read more »

Health Policy and Management Information Session

228 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The HPM curriculum includes a combination of courses in public health and health policy and management, a summer internship, elective courses (including senior honors thesis and graduate-level options), and a year-long capstone experience. The curriculum emphasizes collaboration and application through multiple semester and year-long team projects, some with community partners. Students go through the program... Read more »

Briefing: Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being

The April 2024 issue of Health Affairs focuses on the topic: “Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being.” Building on the success of our October 2021 issue on perinatal mental health, the new issue expands the focus on equity, justice, and wellbeing. You are invited to join us on Wednesday, April 3, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern), for a virtual... Read more »

NC DPH Career Opportunities Panel

Are you interested in careers in governmental public health? The Minority Student Caucus invites students, faculty and staff to participate in a panel discussion on the career opportunities within the NC Division of Public Health.  Weather permitting, an in person networking opportunity will follow.

PreMiEr Seminar Series: Non-invasive tracking host inflammatory response due to infection and chronic disease

This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Charlotte. PreMiEr’s mission is to improve the health of people within the built environment through manipulation of indoor microbiomes.

Gillings Networking Reception

Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This event will provide Gillings students the opportunity to network with Gillings alumni & employers. We hope Gillings students will put into practice networking skills & make meaningful connections at... Read more »

Gillings at UNC Science Expo

The UNC Morehead Planetarium Science Stage

Gillings PUBH 784 class will provide six booths at this year’s Expo. One booth will be featured in the Small Science Tent engaging young community members about the importance of... Read more »

The Gillings innovating Publice Health Series and Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Lecture

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

"Innovating for health equity: human centered design, artificial intelligence and the future of public health" by Alessandra Bazzano MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences and Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal Child Health (CEMCH) This combined speaker series features high-profile speakers that will inspire, educate and build community... Read more »

Black Maternal Health Week

The Black Maternal Health Week Coordinating Committee is excited to announce an inaugural student-led week of events sponsored by the MCH department in recognition of Black Maternal Health Week 2024.... Read more »

Reimagining Global Health Training

This seminar will focus on strategies to reimagine and decolonize global health training in the U.S and internationally. Dr. Deshira Wallace will discuss how MPH training and classroom-based learning in the U.S. needs to be restructured and reframed. Dr. Matthew DeCamp and Dr. Limbanazo Matandika will discuss strategies to decolonize and democratize international field-based global... Read more »

Women in Science Annual Symposium

UNC-Women in Science and our co-sponsors are honored to invite you to our 9th Annual Spring Symposium, April 12 with our distinguished keynote speaker Dr. Shirley Paddock, a Senior VP... Read more »

2024 Environmental Justice Lecture

G030 Bondurant Hall Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, United States

This year’s lecture will feature Dr. Ashley Gripper who is active in food and land justice movements and works with urban and rural growers around the country, she will be... Read more »

Inclusive Excellence Community Conversation

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join UNC Gillings Inclusive Excellence for a discussion about the Inclusive Excellence Action Plan. To register for the in-person session, visit https://tinyurl.com/26ubz4cn. The link for theo nline session is: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5MV4-dO2TW6X3owUdA6oVA... Read more »

ACLU of NC Short Film Premiere

The Varsity Theater Chapel Hill

The ACLU of NC is hosting a premiere of our new short film, North Carolina's Abortion Story, on April 18th at 7PM at Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill. The 10-minute... Read more »

Gillings April Movement Challenge

The Gillings Student Mental Health and Well-being Task Force is hosting a movement challenge for the month of April with 4 weekly challenges - plus raffle prizes with Gilling's swag... Read more »

Advanced Statistical Machine Learning

This course will cover a number of unsupervised learning techniques for finding patterns and associations in Big Data. These include dimension reduction techniques such as principal components analysis and non-negative... Read more »

Lecture: The Changing Landscape of HIV in Vietnam

Caroilna Asia Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, United States

The Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control of the Ministry of Health has led the effort to improve HIV care and prevention in Vietnam, including overseeing the adjustments necessary for a... Read more »

Google Earth Engine for Urban Studies

This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This hands-on course will focus on the use of Google Earth... 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 »

UNC Annual Carolina Blood Drive

Dean E. Smith Center

The Employee Forum invites the Carolina community to the 36th annual Carolina Blood Drive, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 in the Smith Center. For 36 years, the... Read more »

Channing J. Der Annual Career Symposium

Please join us for the Channing J. Der Annual Career Symposium on May 1, 2024 at 12:00 PM, featuring career-focused talks representing different career paths. This will be offered as... Read more »

Channing J. Der Career Symposium

Please join the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for the Channing J. Der Annual Career Symposium on May 1, 2024, featuring career-focused talks representing different career paths. This will be offered as... Read more »

Advancing Global Health Training Through Collaboration – Talk

2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Health Behavior Presents: Teaching Assistant Professor Candidate Naya Villarreal, MPH, is the Gillings Global Health Associate Director in the Global Health unit at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public... Read more »

Inclusive Excellence Summer Symposium

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Inclusive Excellence for their fifth annual and first in-person summer symposium. Contact Yesenia Merino with questions.

Version Control with Git and GitHub

In this course, participants will learn how to keep track of the code they use in their research using the version control system Git and the collaboration platform GitHub. Git... Read more »

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Award Ceremony

00-002 Pagano Conference Room, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, United States

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center award ceremony will be held on Friday, June 21, from 3–4 p.m. in the Pagano Conference Room. This year's awardees, mentors and all are... Read more »

2024 Add Health Users Conference

Rizzo Conference Center 150 DuBose Home Lane, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Add Health is holding the 2024 Users Conference on Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Connect with other Add... Read more »

Health Policy and Management PhD Dissertation Defense: Eleanor Liu

3005 Michael Hooker Research Center (Carmen Hooker Odom Conference Room) 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, United States

PhD candidate in the Health Policy and Management Department, Xuejun (Eleanor) Liu will present her dissertation research, titled "Colorectal cancer: New screening technology, treatment patterns and medical cost." To join,... Read more »

UNC Lineberger P01 Workshop

Join UNC Lineberger for a virtual P01 Workshop. Topics include experience, lessons learned and best practices. This workshop, led by UNC Lineberger faculty, will focus on how to organize, prepare... Read more »

Getting Started with AI Prompts

Getting Started with AI Prompts is open to Gillings faculty, staff and students and aimed for beginners curious to explore how these technologies may help them in their work. One... Read more »