Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
30-Minute Mindfulness Meditation Self-Compassion Sessions
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) for Precision Health @ UNC: Health Disparities and Precision Medicine, a virtual mini-symposium on Dec. 9 from 1:30-3 p.m. At this interactive event, participants will engage in discussion with leading Precision Medicine researchers at UNC. Presenters include Victoria Bae-Jump, MD/PhD, Sam Cykert, MD, and Kristen... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Hosts: Deborah Stroman, PhD – Department of Health Behavior/EQUITY UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health – Inclusive Excellence Registration required. Speakers: Joseph N. Cooper, PhD, University of Massachusetts –... Read more »
William Suk, PhD, MPH, is the director of both the Center for Risk & Integrated Sciences (CRIS) and the Superfund Research Program, as well as the chief of the Hazardous... Read more »
30-Minute Mindfulness Meditation Self-Compassion Sessions
Lisa Selker, doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management, will defend her dissertation, titled "Unpacking the Black Box: Do patient and prescriber characteristics predict variation in post-boxed warning prescribing?" The presentation portion of the defense is open to the public via Zoom.
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
30-Minute Mindfulness Meditation Self-Compassion Sessions
30-Minute Mindfulness Meditation Self-Compassion Sessions
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
30-Minute Mindfulness Meditation Self-Compassion Sessions
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Join the Gillings School community in discussing COVID-19. Please send questions to chrisana@email.unc.edu. If you are not able to attend, we will do our best to still answer your questions.... Read more »
Advances in Behavioral Health Policy presents: Dr. Ben Druss The COVID-19 Pandemic and Serious Mental Illness: A Public Health Perspective Dec. 17, 4-5 p.m. The presentation will take place from 4-5 p.m., followed by a “happy hour” organizing session for anyone who is interested from 5-5:45 p.m. Benjamin Druss is professor and Rosalynn Carter Chair... Read more »
This 3-day (1/25, 1/27, 1/29) online course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. Participants will cover time series regression and exploratory data analysis, ARIMA models, model identification/estimation, intervention analysis and other models used for causal inference. This course will use examples and hands-on labs in... Read more »
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 like to join a class.
The Department of Health Behavior is hosting an upcoming talk by doctoral student Iliya Gutin on weight-neutrality in research on body size and health. This presentation will review the limitations of how body size is used in public health research and practice, and discuss how body size can become imbued with social meaning and stereotypes,... Read more »
The University will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. UNC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is part of a campus-wide initiative to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his legacy, and his ideals. Carolina began its celebrations of Dr. King’s life and legacy in 1983, long before there was a federal holiday. UNC is... Read more »
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 »
Participants in this course will discuss qualitative processes to better position course participants in their efforts to design and collect data specifically aimed at contributing directly to social justice. Timely... Read more »
The UNC Partnerships in Aging Program invites you to save the date for their inaugural Diversity in Aging Symposium, an event designed to spark conversation at the intersection of aging, race, culture and... Read more »
Environmental sciences and engineering alumnus Jordan Kern, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at the NC State College of Natural Resources. Registration required.
Dr. Devan V. Mehrotra has, over the past 30 years, made significant contributions towards the research, development and regulatory approval of medical drugs and vaccines across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas. He was awarded an MRL Presidential Fellowship in 2012. Dr. Mehrotra is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of... Read more »
Although graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. This course will discuss professional integrity and ethics, the... Read more »
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 »
This 3-day (1/25, 1/27, 1/29) online course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. Participants will cover time series regression and... Read more »
A special installment in the conversation series, Evidence to Action, to launch the Urban Institute's Racial Equity Analytics Lab (REAL). Leaders from Urban, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and major... Read more »
Join Social Innovation @ UNC for an information session about Map the System. Hear from last year’s UNC winner, ask questions about the competition and meet other students interested in forming teams. This competition is a great chance to show your passion for social change and to learn more about systems mapping, because solving the... Read more »
Join the UNC Center for the Business of Health (CBOH) for a special webinar, "Healthcare in 2021: Under the Biden Administration," hosted by the CBOH, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy. Experts from prominent North Carolina health-focused organizations will discuss the future... Read more »
All are invited to the weekly Environmental Sciences and Engineering In-House Seminar Series, which begins virtually on Jan. 27 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Amanda Northcross presenting “Fishing, Oil Spills... Read more »
The first general body meeting of the Student Global Health Committee will be on Jan 27 from 12:30 - 1 p.m. Bring lunch and stop by to hear about the events planned for this semester and how to get involved. Be sure to register for the Zoom details. Follow @sghc_unc on Instagram or Twitter for... Read more »
This 3-day (1/25, 1/27, 1/29) online course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. Participants will cover time series regression and... Read more »
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »
Carolina Seminar on Innovation for the Public Good Jan. 27 at 4:30 p.m. “How to think about social innovation?” with Dr. Danielle Logue from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. This conversation will consider whether social innovation is more hype than substance, looking at when and where the concept emerged, and argue that it is... Read more »
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... Read more »
Andrea Knittel's research focuses on women's reproductive transitions in the criminal justice system and a commitment to resolve health disparities for women in criminal justice. This presentation will highlight the... Read more »
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »
Dr. Sharon Browning's expertise is population genetics methods for large scale genetic data. In this lecture, she will discuss "Population genetics inference using segments of identity by descent." Segments of identity by descent (IBD) are long tracts of DNA shared by pairs of individuals due to inheritance from a recent common ancestor. These segments are... Read more »
