BEBES Perinatal Health Panel – A NPHW Event

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

Please join Carolina BEBES for an in depth discussion about the current maternal mortality and morbidity and health equity crisis in the US. The panelists will include an interdisciplinary group of health providers (midwife, lactation consultant, ob/gyn) for a discussion about the definition, importance, and current obstacles to cooperative care in the perinatal health setting.... Read more »

Coffee and Community Outreach

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

Stop by the Atrium to grab some coffee and a bagel and learn about ways to get involved in rural health research and community outreach. Sponsored by the Gillings Student Government Association. This event is part of National Public Health Week.

Intro to Multilevel Modeling Workshop

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

Introduction to Multilevel Modeling is a two-day workshop focused on the application and interpretation of multilevel models, also known as hierarchical linear models and mixed models, for the analysis of nested data structures. This workshop will provide an introduction to the application of multilevel models with nested data, including software implementation in SAS, SPSS and... Read more »

Impact of Public Health in Rural Communities Discussion

101 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC

Join Dr. Mark Holmes, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Director of the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, and Dr. George Pink, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Deputy Director of the NC Rural Health Research Program, to discuss the impact of public health in... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

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

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »

Gillings Student Success Seminar: Fostering a Sense of Community

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

The core of well-being in a community may rely on the capacity of that community to provide the resources and social support members need to navigate times of challenge and change. This session, lead by Dr. Dawn X. Henderson, will guide participants through a facilitated dialogue on the tenets of a sense of community, membership,... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

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

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »

Conversations with Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International

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

Join the Gillings Research, Innovation and Global Solutions Office for a Q&A with President and CEO of InterHealth International Inc., Pape Gaye!  Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Gillings... Read more »

3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor

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

Please join us for the 3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor. We are excited to welcome Dr. Scott Laney, Epidemiologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Laney’s recent work has focused on coal miner health. The title of his lecture is, "Resurgence of... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Data Integration

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

Jan Hannig, PhD, professor of statistics and operations research at UNC Chapel Hill, will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled, "Data Integration Via Analysis of Subspaces (DIVAS)." A major challenge in... Read more »

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

Lower Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come help assemble naloxone kits and learn about NC legislative initiatives addressing the opioid epidemic with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. This event is sponsored by the North Carolina Attorney General's Collegiate Council on Opioid Misuse, the Public Health Leadership Student Organization (PHLSA), and the Student Pharmacists Opioid Misuse Prevention (StOMP).

GillingsX

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

Are you a Gillings student or post-doc doing innovative global health work? Is your practicum or research focused on solving important public health challenges around the world? Are you involved... Read more »

Pharmaceutical Innovations Seminar

Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery - Great Room 100 E Franklin St 2nd floor, Chapel Hill, NC

Join the Office of Technology Commercialization at the next Carolina Innovation Seminar to hear the latest news about the Eshelman Institute for Innovation. Learn how the Institute is accelerating ideas that lead to discoveries and breakthroughs in research, education and health care.

10th Anniversary Celebration – UNC IGHID

Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB) 111 Mason Farm rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please save the date for the 10th anniversary aelebration of the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Special guests: Richard Chaisson, MD, professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Global... Read more »

Take the Plastic Pledge

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

Are you passionate about reducing your global footprint?: Stop by the Gillings Student Government table in the Atrium to take the Plastic Pledge, answer some climate change trivia and pick up your own reusable straw! Sponsored by the Gillings Student Government Association. This event is part of National Public Health Week.