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Understanding the Association Between Hearing Loss and Falls: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

Please join the Department of Allied Health Sciences research forum (April 14, 11:30-12:30 EST), Understanding the Association Between Hearing Loss and Falls: Current Perspectives and Future Directions. Dr. Riska is an audiologist and clinician-scientist at Duke University. Her research aims to improve diagnosis and management of vestibular disorders as well as, identifying and understanding the mechanisms... Read more »

Machine Learning and Precision Analytics Mini-Symposium

Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Machine Learning & Precision Analytics, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1-3 p.m. on April 14. Presenters will explore information sources, data science tools that use the information, and the application of the resulting findings to health care. Another theme will be sources of... Read more »

Event Series Stata Online

Stata Online

This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 4/14, 4/15, 4/16). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort, and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to... Read more »

2021 UNC Innovation Showcase

Register now for the 2021 Innovation Showcase hosted by Innovate Carolina. During this annual event, participants will meet the most innovative UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students and alumni, plus standout entrepreneurs from the local community. The event allows the leaders of startup companies, social ventures and leading-edge research initiatives to make pitch presentations and exchange ideas... Read more »

Event Series Wind Down Wednesday – Mental Fitness Series

Wind Down Wednesday – Mental Fitness Series

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 stress and anxiety low during the semester. Jan. 27: Radical Self Care... Read more »

Womxn in Healthcare Leadership Coffee Chat: Intersectionality & Identity Interplay

Approximately once a month, Womxn in Healthcare Leadership hosts hourly “Coffee Chat” sessions that bring in guest speakers from around the country to discuss their experiences with pressing issues facing womxn in health care. For their final chat of the year, Mayra E. Alvarez - President of The Children's Partnership and Gillings alumna - will... Read more »

Defining and addressing dependent observation schemes in life history studies

Dr. Richard Cook's research interests include the development and application of statistical methods for public health research. Specific areas of interest include the analysis of life history data, longitudinal data analysis, statistical methods for incomplete data, sequential methods, multivariate analysis, clinical trial design, and the assessment of diagnostic tests. Dr. Cook's Seminar talk title is:... Read more »

Event Series Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

Our home environment plays an important role in our overall well-being. Let’s reassess the state of our home environments and create more inspired spaces that support our mental health and wellness. We’ll learn about some common themes in design and wellness, read a book that will guide us through our individual home assessments and share... Read more »

Event Series Stata Online

Stata Online

This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 4/14, 4/15, 4/16). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort, and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to... 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 »

MTAP Presents: Maternal Telehealth Forum

With an introduction by Dr. Joia Crear-Perry of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, this event will feature two engaging panel discussions about maternal telehealth: Maternal Telehealth Today and Tomorrow Latching... Read more »

Working with Messy Data

Participants in this course will learn basic and intermediate Python programming and scripting as it pertains to importing and exporting data. This course is intended for data scientists with basic-to-intermediate... Read more »

Small Area Estimation in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Dr. Jonathan Wakefield worked internationally and at University of Washington since 1999 in the Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics; he was Chair of the Dept. of Statistics from 2009-2011. His current work is on methods for modeling health and demographic outcomes in a low- and medium-income (LMIC) context and he is collaborating with the United... Read more »

Event Series Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod

Our home environment plays an important role in our overall well-being. Let’s reassess the state of our home environments and create more inspired spaces that support our mental health and wellness. We’ll learn about some common themes in design and wellness, read a book that will guide us through our individual home assessments and share... Read more »

Life After the Storm: Building Resilience in North Carolina

How do we address extreme environmental events from all perspectives to build resilience in North Carolina? Join Director of the UNC Institute for the Environment Mike Piehler for a conversation with Carolina experts Elizabeth Frankenberg, Diamond Holloman and Greg Characklis. Learn about the impact on health and well-being, economic hardships and environmental harm that communities... 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 »

Racism and Health: A Developmental Health Perspective

This lecture qualifies for 75 mins of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. On Monday, April 26, Dr. Enrique Neblett joins FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present "Racism and Health: A Developmental Health Perspective" as part of their Spring 2021 series on Culture & Developmental... Read more »

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Virtual Safe Zone Training

This event qualifies for four hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Standard Safe Zone is designed to introduce concepts,... Read more »

ENRICH Recruitment Webinar

Announcing a unique opportunity for North and South Carolina birthing facilities to receive free technical assistance, coaching and resources to achieve recognition via the prestigious Baby-Friendly designation or a similar state health department recognition... Read more »

Robust testing for differential abundance in microbiome data

Please note the changed time of day for this Seminar: 2-3 pm. The Biostatistics Department Awards Day will commence directly after the seminar. Dr. Yijuan Hu is the 2020 J.E Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Awardee. The Department of Biostatistics is excited to welcome back Dr. Hu! She obtained her doctoral degree from UNC in biostatistics in... Read more »