Stata Online
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering... Read more »
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Designing Multi-Item Scales and Questionnaire Development
This two-day course (2/1 and 2/3) provides an intro to developing multi-item scale measures and survey instruments. After a brief theoretical intro to topics, participants will turn to applied issues such as what is the optimal scale development process and how to deviate from that process. Participants will also address practical issues around questionnaire design,... Read more »
Organic Synthesis in Environmental Science
All are invited to the weekly Environmental Sciences and Engineering In-House Seminar Series, which continues virtually on Feb. 3 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Zhenfa Zhang presenting “Organic Synthesis in Environmental Chemistry." The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. Learn more about the lecture and... Read more »
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Improving Quality of Care in Humanitarian Healthcare: Experiences from Doctors Without Borders
Save the Date for Improving Quality of Care in Humanitarian Healthcare: Experiences from Doctors Without Borders on Feb. 4 at noon. Anna Freeman, a Gillings MPH alumna in maternal and child health, is a nurse and quality improvement specialist with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. A champion of equal access to health care, her field... Read more »
Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Research: Introducing the E-Value
Dr. Tyler VanderWeele holds degrees from the University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University in mathematics, philosophy, theology, finance, and biostatistics. His research is focused on distinguishing between association and causation in the biomedical and social sciences, and, more recently, on measurement theory and synthesizing ideas from causal inference and analytic philosophy into... Read more »
Stata Online
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). 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 »
Public Health Job Search Tips and Tricks
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will give public health students tips and tricks in their career searching. Register on Handshake.
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... Read more »
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The Long and Winding Road: My Journey as a Health Disparities Researcher
The Long and Winding Road My Journey as a Health Disparities Researcher Feb. 4 6-7:30 p.m. (Networking from 6-6:30 p.m., Lecture from 6:30-7:30 p.m.) Ronny Bell, PhD Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Wake Forest School of Medicine Director, Office of Cancer Health Equity, Wake Forest... Read more »
Gillings Employer Spotlight
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will highlight a public health employer. Register on Handshake.
Dual Impacts of COVID-19 and Racism and Inequity on Child Development: Interdisciplinary Conversations and Development of a Research-Policy Agenda
Join the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute as they co-convene the upcoming seminar, Dual Impacts of COVID-19 and Racism and Inequity on Child Development: Interdisciplinary Conversations and Development of a Research-Policy Agenda, on Feb. 5 from 1-2:30 p.m. This presentation will discuss the implications of COVID-19 from a policy perspective with a focus on... Read more »
Nutrition Seminar: Precision, Personalized, and Global Nutrition: Why, What, and How?
Precision, Personalized, and Global Nutrition: Why, What, and How? The annual Department of Nutrition and UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center seminar series will focus on a variety of topics, including: The mechanisms by which coagulation factors control aspects of diet-induced obesity Implicit biases and what can we do to improve diversity and inclusion in the... Read more »
Stata Online
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). 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 »
Gillings Game Night
Gillings Game Night Event Series is a virtual social hour hosted by Natiaya Neal, Student Affairs Events Manager. Please register to receive the zoom links. All winners will receive newly branded Gillings swag items! In order to ship prizes following game night, please make sure to submit a DELIVERY address when you register. Email Natiaya... Read more »
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 like to join a class.
Text Analysis Using R
This 3-day workshop will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Participants will develop the skills and understanding necessary to collect text data from a variety of... Read more »
Dr. Barbara Rogoff presents Learning as a Cultural Process: Insights from Mayan Families
The Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Barbara Rogoff as the next presenter in their Spring 2021 Series on Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture... Read more »
Introduction to Qualtrics
This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text, and embedded data. Participants will create a... Read more »
Elon Innovation Challenge
All majors welcome (engineering students were some of the winners last year). The challenge: Identify a problem affecting a small business, start-up or nonprofit due to the pandemic and create... Read more »
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: The Legacy of Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow
In case you missed it, watch the webinar recording. This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirements. Henry... Read more »
Self-Care and Activism
The UNC Counseling & Psychological Services Multicultural Health Program would like to invite BIPOC-identified graduate students to attend their Spring 2021 monthly workshop series. The first workshop on "Self-Care and... Read more »
Estimates of Relative Pathogen Releases from Sanitation Technologies in Tamil Nadu, India
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series, which continues virtually on Feb. 10, at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Musa Manga presenting “Estimates of Relative Pathogen Releases from... Read more »
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... Read more »
Data-Adaptive Regression Modeling in High Dimensions
Dr. Ashley Petersen's research focuses on developing methods in the area of statistical learning, and in building flexible and interpretable data-adaptive models that are useful in modern settings with large... Read more »
Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on the Rural-Urban Divide and Access to Health Care
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the fall, Honors Carolina kicked off an ongoing examination... Read more »
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... Read more »
The Perils of PFAS
Linda S. Birnbaum, PhD, DABT, ATS is the former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Toxicology... Read more »
Gillings Employer Spotlight
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will highlight a public health employer. Register on Handshake.
Issues in the Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data
This online two-day (2/15 and 2/17) short course will provide participants with an introductory overview of issues frequently encountered when conducting secondary analyses of survey data collected from samples with... Read more »
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 »
Gillings Game Night
Gillings Game Night Event Series is a virtual social hour hosted by Natiaya Neal, Student Affairs Events Manager. Please register to receive the zoom links. All winners will receive newly branded Gillings swag items! In order to ship prizes following game night, please make sure to submit a DELIVERY address when you register. Email Natiaya... Read more »
Issues in the Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data
This online two-day (2/15 and 2/17) short course will provide participants with an introductory overview of issues frequently encountered when conducting secondary analyses of survey data collected from samples with... Read more »
The Quest for Average Water
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which continues virtually on Feb. 17 at 12:20 p.m. with Risa Sayre presenting “The Quest for Average Water.” The series... Read more »
SPSS Online
This online 3-day (2/17, 2/18, 2/19) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to... Read more »
Spring PHield Trip to RTI
Explore public health in action! Join the virtual PHield trip with RTI International on Feb. 18 from 1-3:00 p.m. The event will feature a keynote on mobilizing global public health... Read more »
Optimal Dynamic Treatment Rule Estimation and Evaluation with Application to Criminal Justice Interventions in the United States
Dr. Lina Montoya's doctorate was funded by an F31 NIH grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Her project leveraged data from a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized... Read more »
SPSS Online
This online 3-day (2/17, 2/18, 2/19) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to... Read more »
Public Health Job Search Tips and Tricks
This event, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, will give public health students tips and tricks in their career searching. Register on Handshake.
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... Read more »
Pearl Hacks 2021
Want to get more involved in the technology field? Are you a beginner and wondering how to get started? Do you want to build connections with both your peers and sponsors? Come #GrowWithPearlHacks and register! Pearl Hacks is a student-organized hackathon for female and non-binary students, where participants of all experience levels can learn, connect... Read more »
Gillings International Student Support Pod
Hosted by Student Services at the Gillings School, this support pod is for international students. Feb. 19 at noon Registration required.
Black Parent Voices – Resilience in the Face of the Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Racism
This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. Join the Equity Research Action Coalition for the upcoming meeting “Black Parent Voices - Resilience in the Face of the Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Racism.” Iheoma U. Iruka and Stephanie M. Curenton, co-founders of Researchers... Read more »