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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 like to join a class.

Early Care and Education as a Support for Promoting Lifespan Health and Well- Being: Development Science with Implications for Policy and Practice

FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Sandy L. Soliday Hong as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New Faces and New Directions! Join them Mondays from 2-3:15 p.m. (EST) via zoom. On Monday, Nov. 1, Dr. Soliday Hong will present Early Care and Education as a Support... Read more »

Design Thinking in Public Health: A Panel Discussion with Recent Gillings MPH Alumni

Design thinking is a creative problem-solving approach that prioritizes desirability, feasibility and viability. Design thinking is being applied more and more in public health practice and research and is well aligned with other approaches including community-based participatory research and implementation science. Want to learn more? Join Design Thinking Lead Liz Chen in a 1-hour virtual... Read more »

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Gillings Humanitarian Health Seminar: Dilshad Jaff and Benjamin Meier

This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Save the date for Nov. 3 at noon. The Gillings Humanitarian Health Initiative Seminar Series will focus on the safety and security of health care workers and facilities in humanitarian settings. Panelists include Dr.... Read more »

Triangle Global Health Conference

How does the global health sector evolve to continue to deliver impact in a changing world? The TGHC 2021 annual conference is taking place after a year in which we... Read more »

Minority Student Caucus Town Hall Event

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for the Minority Student Caucus town hall event on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m. We welcome BIPOC students at Gillings to a safe space to bring concerns and feedback related to personal experiences navigating your academic journey at Gillings. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 1, to... Read more »

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ESE Centennial Symposium & Tailgate

The UNC Gillings Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering is hosting a Centennial Symposium and tailgating event on Homecoming weekend: November 5–6, in person, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus November 5: We will hold the Centennial Symposium in Honor of Philip C. Singer, with a special dedication to Michael D. Aitken. Events will include an ESE... Read more »

Prioritizing Possibilities for Child and Family Well Being: Building the EcoSystem to Translate the Science of Healthy Development to Scale

This seminar will focus on translating the science of healthy development into practical evidence-based approaches to foster the well-being and resilience of children, families, and communities. The promise for healing the trauma and adversity concentrated in many of our communities is enormous when the provision of needed services and programs are shaped and coordinated with... 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 like to join a class.

Map the System Info Session

Map the System is a global competition that allows you to deeply explore an issue that matters to you by thinking differently about social and environmental change. No experience in systems mapping is necessary. A finalist will be chosen amongst teams competing at UNC. The UNC winning team will win a trip to compete at... Read more »

School and Community-Based Research with Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: Challenges, Solution and Data

FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Jessica Steinbrenner as the next presenter in their Fall 2021 Series - New Faces and New Directions! Join them Mondays from 2 – 3:15 p.m. (EST) via Zoom. On Monday, November 8th, Dr. Jessica Steinbrenner will present "School and Community-Based Research with Individuals on... Read more »

Undergraduate Research with the Nutrition Research Institute

Dr. Susan Sumner from the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI), professors from her laboratory team, and undergraduate researchers from her lab will share the unique opportunities available for undergraduate students at the NRI. Learn more and view the session. This event is part of University Research Week.

UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellows Info Session

Please join the Research, Innovation and Global Solutions team to learn more about a funded global health summer fellowship opportunity with IntraHealth International. A representative from IntraHealth will discuss the fellowship, and previous fellows will be available to talk about their experience and answer questions. Registration is required. The program description and applications will be... Read more »

Hettleman Talks

Enjoy four 15 minute virtual presentations by this year’s recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Scholarly Achievement. The talks will provide an engaging look into these distinguished early career scholars’ work in the fields of astronomy, biology, communications and public health equity. Learn more. This event is part of University Research Week.... Read more »

Carolina for Kibera Seminar

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Carolina for Kibera (CFK) for a talk on CFK Africa: Pandemic Frontline Global Health in Kenya Informal Settlements. Feel free to attend in person or via Zoom. To watch... Read more »

Event Series HAVEN Virtual Training

HAVEN Virtual Training

This training qualifies for 2.5 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. HAVEN (Helping Advocates for EndingViolence Now) is a collaboration between the Equal Opportunity and Compliance office, the Carolina Women’s Center and Student Wellness.  It provides students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral students with tools to... Read more »

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Health of Our State and Beyond Series: Obesity

Leveraging the strengths of Carolina’s schools of public health and medicine, its affiliated research centers and institutes, and its prowess in big data management, the Heterogeneity in Obesity Creativity Hub: Transdisciplinary Approaches for Precision Research and Treatment is a large, collaborative project with 27 faculty from 16 departments, six schools and five centers and institutes.... Read more »

Event Series Gillings Wind Down Wednesday: Mental Fitness

Gillings Wind Down Wednesday: Mental Fitness

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 your stress and anxiety low during the semester. Please register and select... Read more »

The 14th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture

The UNC Student Chapter of ISPE has scheduled the 14th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture to be held on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. with Dr. Bob Glynn. The lecture will be held remotely this year and will be accessible through a zoom link.

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Health of Our State and Beyond Series: Access to Clean Water

Addressing a need that affects over the drinking water in North Carolina, as well as 1.8 billion people worldwide, the Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub is pursuing the development of an innovative, affordable membrane-based water purification tool that can safely remove a broad range of water contaminants. The project team is comprised of polymer chemists,... Read more »

Virtual Cook Along with Dr. Alice Ammerman

The Department of Nutrition invites you to join Professor Alice Ammerman, DrPH, ’90, MPH ’82, as she accepts the Nutrition Distinguished Alumni Award with a virtual cook along and research update on Thursday, Nov. 11. She will be demonstrating a recipe from her Med-South diet: a dietary pattern designed and rigorously tested by Ammerman and... Read more »

Data Collection Using Mobile Phones in Developing Countries

The rapid growth of mobile phones in developing countries opens up new possibilities for data collection. Short message service (SMS), interactive voice response (IVR), online surveys (web) and computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) can produce data faster and less expensively than face-to-face surveys. This course will introduce students to the design and implementation of SMS, IVR,... Read more »

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Advancing Health Equity Solutions at UNC

This event qualifies for one hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. This session features the work of leading campus health equity researchers. All are working towards developing solutions to reduce critical social and racial inequities. At this event, we will also present the Gillings Health... 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 »

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Locating Decolonization in Anti-Racism Spaces: A New DEI Frontier in Public Health

This event qualifies for one hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the Gillings School's inclusive excellence and global health units for the inaugural session of the Intersection of Global Health and Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series featuring, Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, PhD, MPH, professor of health... Read more »

Addressing economic determinants of HIV vulnerabilities in high-risk young adults

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

Visiting from Indiana University SPH, Dr. Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson's research focuses on using economic-strengthening interventions, mobile health technologies, and applied behavioral economics to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including HIV, in economically disadvantaged populations in the US and abroad. Her research centers on youth and young adults, people living with HIV, racial and ethnic... Read more »

Women’s Healthcare Professionals Panel

Women’s Healthcare Professionals Panel hosted by Carolina BEBEs Nov. 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Join the Carolina Bebes—Birth & Breastfeeding Evidence-Based Education and Support group for a panel discussion on women's healthcare careers! They will have a range of speakers including a certified nurse-midwife, lactation consultant, nutritionist and maternal health education training coordinator. Come ready for a... Read more »

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Working with International Students Workshop

The inclusive excellence team is hosting a workshop on Nov. 18 from 11-12:30 p.m. titled "Working with International Students." The workshop is eligible for 1.5 training hours. This workshop will equip you with the skills needed to foster the most supportive academic environment for all international students at Gillings. Build awareness and skills to support... Read more »

Black Women Be(en) Knowing: A Critical Conversation about Reproductive Justice

This Critical Conversation is designed to be an interactive discussion to help you understand the meaning and history of reproductive justice, the legacy of reproductive oppression, and the ways in which our society is organized and designed to make reproductive choices for people who have historically been marginalized, particularly BIPOC people. Learn more. This event... Read more »

Synthesizing evidence about harms in systematic reviews

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Evan Mayo-Wilson is an epidemiologist with training and experience in intervention design, evaluation and translation of clinical evidence into policy and practice. His research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness... 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 like to join a class.

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 »