Introduction to Survey Weighting

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts for weighting. It begins by discussing the goals of survey weighting – correcting for differential selection probabilities, compensating for non-response and... Read more »

Improving Health and Education Through Community-Based Research and Evaluation

The Department of Allied Health Sciences will host a research forum on March 17 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST titled Improving Health and Education through Community-Based Research and Evaluation. Dr. Howell Wechsler leads FHI 360’s work to improve lives in communities across the United States that face the greatest barriers and have the... Read more »

Life cycle thinking in a circular economy: A round peg in a circular whole

All are invited to the final weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which finishes virtually on March 17 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Shabbir Gheewala presenting “Life cycle thinking in a circular economy: A round peg in a circular whole.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants... Read more »

CTSA Visiting Scholar — High risk yet often overlooked: Improving opioid safety for complex older adults

The opioid crisis response has largely overlooked multiple patient populations with complex opioid-related vulnerabilities, including older adults with cancer or dementia. Join Andrew Roberts for a presentation of findings from his KL2-funded work examining high-risk opioid use patterns and outcomes in older adult cancer survivors. He will also discuss future directions for work informing opioid... Read more »

ISP Spring Seminar Series: New Methods for Oversampling Gender and Sexual Minorities

Robert Agans, PhD, researches new methods to produce cost-effective population-based estimates for gender and sexual minorities. In this seminar, Agans will highlight recent findings using a new technique developed at UNC, including some health disparity data between transgender and cisgender people. The NC TraCS Inclusive Science Program Spring Seminar Series highlights research with a focus... Read more »

Statistical analysis of spatial expression pattern for spatially resolved transcriptomic studies

Dr. Xiang Zhou is a John G. Searle Assistant Professor of biostatistics who received his M.S. in statistics and PhD in neurobiology from Duke University (2010). His research focuses on developing statistical methods and computational tools for genetic and genomic studies. These studies often involve large-scale and high-dimensional data; examples include genome-wide association studies and... Read more »

Event Series Structural Equation Modeling

Structural Equation Modeling

The purpose of this online 2-day (3/18 and 3/19) course is to give an overview of structural equation models (SEMs). It is not an introduction to SEM software but focuses more on the conceptual aspects of SEMs. It provides a brief description of the major types of SEMs and the steps involved in modeling. A... Read more »

Medical School Deans Panel

Pre-Med? Looking to learn more about the next steps to get into MD or DO programs? Alpha Epsilon Delta and Carolina Health Samaritan Society are hosting Deans from UNC, UVA,... Read more »

Farm to Outreach

Join Gillings MPH/RD students as they host experts from different areas of the food system as part of the inaugural Farm to Institution Speaker Series, held under the Food for... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

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... Read more »

Dissertation Defense: Natalie Smith

Doctoral candidate Natalie Smith will be defending her dissertation research on Monday, March 22 at 1:00 pm EDT. Her dissertation is titled "Cost-effectiveness for public health policymaking: The case of sugar-sweetened beverages." Watch online. Please contact Valerie Hooker for password or other questions.

Discrimination, Context and Health Panel

This lecture qualifies for 75 mins of credit toward the Gilling School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. FPG’s Carolina Consortium on Human Development is honored to host a panel discussion on Discrimination, Context and Health featuring Dr. Mayra Bámaca, Dr. Glorisa Canino, and Dr. Shawn Jones. Join us on Monday, March 22... Read more »

Have It Your Way: Contraceptives 101

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the NCCU Department of Public Health Education on Tuesdays a 10:40 a.m. to receive empowering health information. March 23: Tanya Bass, MS, MED., CHES, CSE and Leslie Massicotte, Practicum Student – “Have It... Read more »

READDI, not Reactive: Preparing for the Next Pandemic

For decades, scientists warned of the potential for a global coronavirus outbreak. But when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, no therapeutics, drugs or vaccines were readily available. Founded by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) is finding solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic while developing drugs and therapeutics for future viral outbreaks —... Read more »

Infectious Disease Intelligence: Predicting the Next Pandemic

In this webinar, John Drake, Ph.D., will describe the surveillance tools used to understand how interactions between humans and pathogenic reservoir-species may lead to spillover events. He’ll also discuss the dynamical models that researchers use once an outbreak has been reported to understand how an infectious disease spatially spreads. Registration required.