Introduction to Focus Groups

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

Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development, and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on practice will highlight the most appropriate uses of focus groups, moderating focus groups, developing interview... 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.

Finding Hope (and a Job) in DC

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

Join Jerold Mande for a discussion on federal nutrition policy. Learn about the main "players" in nutrition policy in Washington DC, updates on major nutrition policy initiatives and tips for how to get a federal job and have an outsized impact on public health. Following his talk, Mande will be available at a reception to... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Di Wu, PhD, and Matthew Biggs, PhD

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

Di Wu, PhD Matthew Biggs, PhD The Biostatistics Seminar on October 24, 2019 will be presented by Di Wu, PhD, and Matthew Biggs, PhD, both assistant professors of Biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Each presentation will be 30 minutes long on the topics of "Transcriptional gene set tests and microbial... Read more »

Designing For Change: Women In Entrepreneurship

1789 Venture Lab 173 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC

Attend a design thinking workshop targeting the issues women face in entrepreneurship and the workplace, complete with a panel of 6 young UNC alumnae who will share their personal stories and experiences as females in entrepreneurship. The first half of the workshop will focus on discussing issues women face in entrepreneurship with the alumnae panel.... Read more »

CPC Seminar: Machine Learning

Room 2002, Carolina Population Center 123 west Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Jennie Brand will present “Uncovering Treatment Effect Heterogeneity using Machine Learning” as part of the Carolina Population Series 2019-2010 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Jennie E. Brand is Professor of Sociology and Statistics. She is also Director of the California Center for Population Research and Co-Director of the Center for Social Statistics (CSS). Prof. Brand studies... Read more »

UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellows Info Session

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

Come learn more about this 10-week paid summer fellowship with IntraHealth International just for UNC Gillings graduate students! A representative from IntraHealth will be here to answer all your questions. Program description and applications are now available: https://sph.unc.edu/global-health/ggg-internships-and-funding/. When: Wednesday, October 23 & Friday, October 25 Where: 2005 Michael Hooker Research Center (both days) Time:... Read more »

Schoolwide Homecoming Brunch

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

Join Gillings School alumni and gather with friends and family, students, faculty and staff for brunch during UNC's alumni homecoming weekend. Bring the whole family and enjoy a casual event with food, games, activities, music and prizes. Admission is free. Please register online. Contact alumni.sph@unc.edu for more information.

Department of Biostatistics’ 70th Anniversary (BIOS 70)

The Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We're celebrating 70 years! Join alumni, friends, faculty and current students as we reflect on past achievements and current research endeavors. F. DuBois Bowman, PhD 2000 biostatistics, dean and professor... Read more »

Big Data and Social Science Seminar

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

This Odum Institute course covers: Background to Research Questions and Inference in the Social Sciences, Data Capture and Curation, Modelling and Analysis, Information Visualization and Privacy and Ethics. Speaker Frauke Kreuter is Professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland, Professor of Methods and Statistics at the University of Mannheim,... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem. The leader will find an indoor route! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer with any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one... 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.

FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship Info Session

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

Come hear about the FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship. A representative from FHI 360 and current and former fellows will be present to answer questions! Don't mist... Read more »

“Rethinking Bias and Equity in the Workplace”: DOCSpeaks

Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building 385 S Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NY, United States

Sharbari Dey, MSW, will present "Discomforting: Rethinking Bias and Equity in the Workplace" as part of the DOCSpeaks Short Talks on Cultural Competence. Sharbari Dey is the Global Diversity, Equity... 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... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem.... Read more »

Active Shooter Training

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

Wondering what you would do if there's an active shooter at UNC? The Gillings School All-Hazards Committee is hosting this training session, presented by UNC's Department of Public Safety, where... Read more »

Gillings Games

Hooker Field 2 203 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Gillings Student Government Association will be holding our annual Gillings Games on Tuesday, October 29 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. They will have fun outdoor games like tug-o-war,... Read more »

What’s Wrong With Slurs?

105 Caldwell Hall Caldwell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join the Parr Center for their third headliner of the 2019-2020 series, Robin Jeshion, professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. She specializes in the philosophy of... Read more »