This topical workshop will provide participants with up-to-date information about cannabinoid use in North Carolina and in the United States. Specific emphasis will be on medicinal use, policy guidelines and... Read more »
In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service as the Deputy Vice President of a country that is under strong international and domestic pressure.
Chris Wiesen will present “Power Estimation for Hypothesis Tests Commonly Used in Social Science.” as part of the Carolina Population Series 2019-2010 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Chris Wiesen earned a... Read more »
Registration for the 2019 National Student Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, November 2 is now open. Featured Sessions Include: APHA President's Talk Expert Presentations and Roundtable Discussions Networking Luncheon... Read more »
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 »
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 »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and... Read more »
Kavita Singh Ongechi, PhD, associate professor of maternal and child health, will be giving one of four TEDX-style presentations as a winner of the annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize... Read more »
UNC GILLINGS HEALTH BEHAVIOR RECEPTION Monday, November 4, 2019 5 to 6 p.m. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown 13 Restaurant Remarks by department chair and Jo Anne Earp Distinguished Professor Kurt M.... Read more »
Book Talk: “Domestic Violence, Islam and Feminism: A Difficult Conversation” with Dr. Juliane Hammer Monday, November 4 | 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 UNC Chapel... Read more »
Please join the Duke Global Health Institute for the Eighth Annual Global Health Research Showcase to hear from Duke students engaged in global health work. Trainees, faculty, staff and friends from across... Read more »
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 »
Join us in Philadelphia for the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Nov. 2-6. A reception for Gillings alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends will be held in the Marriott beginning at 6 p.m. Remarks by Dean Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Liberty Ballroom C 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA... Read more »
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 »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and... Read more »
Learn about the importance of collaborating with qualified interpreters and translators when designing and implementing health research studies with speakers of languages other than English. Myriam Peereboom, MBA/MHA, CMI, CHITM,... Read more »
Join us for the 2nd Annual Gillings Faculty Research Showcase from 1:30-3:30 PM in 1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Various renowned professors from the Gillings School of Global Public Health will be... Read more »
Factors such as race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status should not play a role in how healthy we are or the services we receive; yet social determinants of health – where... Read more »
John M. Salsman, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is the Director of Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and the Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake... Read more »
Health Humanities Grand Rounds "Disability Studies: Rewriting Democracy" Presented by Marion Quirici, Ph.D., Co-director of the Health Humanities Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University In this talk, Dr. Quirici will discuss her experiences designing and supervising publicly engaged writing assignments that get college students involved in disability justice activism in the campus... Read more »
GlobeMed at UNC invites you to their second annual Sexual Health Art Show. Through this show, GlobeMed will portray the many aspects of maintaining and ensuring sexual health for all... Read more »
Join the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering for a breakfast social in the Atrium.
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University... Read more »
Bring your lunch and join us for an overview of the campus' Zoom remote conferencing tool! Participants will have an opportunity to learn basic meeting functions through more advanced features. DATES: Wednesdays - November 6, November 20 and December 4 TIME: Noon - 1:30 p.m. PLACE: Mayes Center, Rosenau 230 To sign up, please access... Read more »
This course will introduce students to the design & implementation of SMS, IVR, Web, and CATI surveys in low- and middle-income countries. The instructors will draw from real world examples... Read more »
This interactive lunch gives you a chance to learn about the role of Marketing and Sales Directors at startups –what their days are like, what they’re responsible for and who... Read more »
CREATE, a new initiative at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the UNC School of Law are co-hosting a "Closing the Wealth Gap" Conference on November 6-7, 2019 at UNC Chapel Hill.... Read more »
David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is part of the Mentice AB Board of Directors. His talk, "Epidemiological Concepts and Methods to Advance STEEEP Health Care and the Quadruple Aim of Health... Read more »
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 »
Hear from more recent Gillings School alumni on job and internship search strategies that worked for them, and how they translated their graduate education into practice. Panelists: - Florence Masese-Amadi,... Read more »
On November 7, 2019, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting NASA and "A Space Technology Day" on campus that will bring together professors, students, engineers, technologists and... Read more »
CREATE, a new initiative at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the UNC School of Law are co-hosting a "Closing the Wealth Gap" Conference on November 6-7, 2019 at UNC Chapel Hill.... Read more »
The countdown has officially begun as the Carolina Challenge’s 2019 Pitch Party approaches, which is “THE” cross-campus venture competition. Applications are live! Apply for the Pitch Party before October 23.... Read more »
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 »
Dr. Elizabeth Dickinson will present "Intersectionality: Gender and Culture, the Impact on Health Care" as part of the DOCSpeaks Short Talks on Cultural Competence. Dr. Dickinson is a clinical professor... Read more »
Erica Moodie, PhD, is a William Dawson Scholar and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at McGill University. She is also the Biostatistics Graduate Program Director and the director of the McGill Health Statistics Training Network. Dr. Moodie's methodological work is focused on developing reliable, reproducible, and robust tools to improve health research, with a focus... Read more »
Kenneth S. Stern, director of Bard College’s Center for the Study of Hate, will give a talk titled “Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate” on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium in the FedEx Global Education Center. For 25 years Stern was the American Jewish Committee’s expert on antisemitism.... Read more »
Join the UNC Student Global Health Committee for Global Health Trivia at Vecino Brewing Co.
Marissa Hall will present “Health warning labels: Applying behavioral science experiments to inform public policy” as part of the Carolina Population Series 2019-2010 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Marissa Hall uses... Read more »
