Community Engagement in Research at Carolina: Updates and Moving Forward
G010 BondurantJoin the Department of Health Sciences to learn about community engagement in research at Carolina with Dr. Essie Torres from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Lunch will... Read more »
Leadership Symposium: Leading the Intersect of Public Health and Healthcare
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis leadership symposium will answer the question: "What is required of today's leaders to improve the health of the public through healthcare and public health cross-systems work?" This event will take place in 133 Rosenau, Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium with a reception to follow in the Michael Hooker Research Center Atrium. Moderated by Nancy Messonnier,... Read more »
Exploring LGBTQ+ and Disaster Data within the US Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey
The fifth National Climate Assessment named sexual and gender minorities suscpetible to climate-related disasters for the first time. To build on these findings, please join us in a conversation exploring... Read more »
Collective Resiliency: The Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine can significantly reduce chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Join guest speaker, Gregory Stewart, for an interactive discussion on how you can incorporate these pillars into your daily life. Contact Caroline Carter with questions.
The Promise of AI in STEM Applications: Technology, Policy, and Ethical Implications
Artificial intelligence (AI) has broken into the popular discourse and has the potential to impact many different fields. Science and technology are constantly evolving and stand to benefit significantly from... Read more »
Sheps Data Science Week
The Sheps Center 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Sheps Data Week is set for Jan 17-19! Each day will feature different presentations at 12:00pm followed by a Q&A session. Join us in person, Sheps Center room 2002... Read more »
Info Session – UNC Italy Food & Health Program Summer 2024
2008 Fedex Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesInterested in studying abroad in Italy this summer? Join the College of Arts and Sciences for an info session. Contact Erin Villeneuve with questions.
Introduction to Atlas.ti Part 1
This short course will demonstrate the capabilities of the PC version of ATLAS.ti (version 23), a qualitative analysis software program for coding and interpreting qualitative data. ATLAS.ti also provides numerous... Read more »
Usability Testing in Survey Research
Usability testing allows in-depth evaluation of how respondents & interviewers interact with questionnaires, particularly web & mobile surveys. A respondent may understand the survey question & response options, but may... Read more »
Introduction to Stata
This 5-hour (1/23/24 and 1/25/24; 1pm – 3:30pm each day) course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. This course introduces students... Read more »
Map the System team mixer and info session
039 Graham Memorial Hall Graham Memorial , Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMap the System is an initiative of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, partnering with educational institutions around the world. Students select a social, environmental, economic or health issue they... Read more »
3rd Annual Columbia Street Lecture
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe purpose of the lecture is to inspire, interrogate, and explore the ideas at the nexus of medicine, nursing, and public health, and to spur actions that move these ideas... Read more »
2024 Womxn in Healthcare Leadership Symposium
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin WHL for the 2024 Womxn in Healthcare Leadership Symposium, Authentic Leadership: Bridging Expectations and Realities. The keynote speaker will be Katie Eimers, MSEd. The panel discussion will be moderated... Read more »
Differentiating Between Scientific Significance and Innovation: Grant Writing Workshop
Unlock grant writing success with our dynamic workshop. Join us for a dynamic 2-hour session where you'll master techniques and receive expert guidance to draft impactful significance and innovation sections for your grants. Engage in interactive exercises, learn specific techniques, and understand the why and how behind them. Elevate your skills swiftly with hands-on practice.... Read more »
IPE Collaboration Award 2023 Spotlight Webinar
Learn more about the UNC-CH Office of Interprofessional Educational and Practice's award-winning program, The Rural Interprofessional Health Initiative (RIPHI). The Office of IPEP was awarded the 2023 Excellence in Interprofessional... Read more »
Integrated Mixed Methods
Mixed methods research (MMR) refers to research design & implementation that combines qualitative & quantitative data collection and/or analysis strategies. This course discusses best practices, through the review of exemplars... Read more »
Optimizing Data Collection and Creating Maps with Drones
This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course, led by the Carolina Drone Lab, will cover drone... Read more »
Optimizing Data Collection and Creating Maps with Drones
This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course, led by the Carolina Drone Lab, will cover drone... Read more »
Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue in Higher Education: The Cost of Caring
1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis session provides interactive dialogue about the transference of trauma, and subsequent compassion fatigue that is common in higher education settings. Join us to discuss resilience skills to over come... Read more »
Monthly Meeting of UNC’s Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC)
HHIVE Lab, Greenlaw 524Meetings moderated by LMCC Co-Directors Paul Blom and Mindy Buchanan-King, both of whom are PhD students and Teaching Fellows in UNC's Department of English and Comparative LiteratureThe Literature, Medicine, and... Read more »
PreMiEr Seminar Series
This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and... Read more »
Job Search Strategies and Experiences: Insights from Gillings International Student Alumni
Join Gillings Global Health for a panel discussion with four Gillings School international student alumni to hear about their experience navigating the United States job market as an international student.... Read more »
Introduction to Qualtrics
This course will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities. This is a 4 hour course. Description: Qualtrics is a powerful browser-based web-survey tool. It... Read more »
Bangladesh at 50: Advances in Health
230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. Mushtaque Chowdhury is the former Vice Chair of BRAC, the largest and among the most celebrated non-governmental organization globally. Previously, he was its Executive Director, founding Director of the... Read more »
Methods for Cross Cultural Research
This course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. Methods for Cross-Cultural Research is a 2.5 hour short-course focused on designing and... Read more »
Every Brilliant Thing
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin PlayMakers Repertory Company + the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health for "Every Brilliant Thing," a special health and wellness initiative in partnership with Student Affairs at the University... Read more »
Dissertation Structure, Organization and Completion
The Dissertation Structure, Organization, and Completion workshop will focus on a pivotal aspect of doctoral degree completion, the dissertation proposal. Each component of the dissertation proposal defense will be discussed... Read more »
The Virus of Racism: Understanding Its Threats and Mobilizing Defenses
David Williams is the Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. An internationally recognized... Read more »
Introduction to Geospatial Data for Data Science
This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course offers a broad introduction into the use of geospatial... Read more »
Student Survey Session
2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for 10-15 minutes to complete the student survey. Your valuable feedback will help us make Gillings a better place for students like you! Survey responses will remain confidential... Read more »
PreMiEr Seminar Series
This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and... Read more »
International Travel and Telework Q&A for Gillings Research
Please join the Gillings Research Office for our International Travel and Teleworking Q&A. They will discuss the relevant policies and procedures for faculty, staff and students who wish to do... Read more »
Second Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium
1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe second annual Global Health Scholars Symposium is scheduled for Friday, February 16, starting in Bioinformatics Room 1131. This is a hybrid event presented by the Institute for Global Health... Read more »
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic
Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Class of 2000 Lounge 209 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDuring this FREE walk-in tax clinic, certified volunteers will assist taxpayers in preparing and filing their tax returns.
Intermediate Qualtrics
This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into Survey Flow features including embedded data, customizing the... Read more »
Writing Questions and Visual Design of Surveys
This course focuses on best practices for writing questions and visual design for surveys, with a focus on holistic designs in which question wording and visual design work together to... Read more »
Health Sciences Library Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Health Sciences Library 335 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Health Sciences Library is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon focused on mental health. UNC students are invited to learn about and practice editing Wikipedia pages, explore health information resources, and... Read more »
Finding Funding with the InfoEd SPIN Database
2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesUnlock the potential for your research with the SPIN Database! Learn how to navigate the world's largest funding opportunities database. Learn to: - Customize searches for your investigative field or... Read more »
SHAC Food Donations Transportation
Food drivers will be responsible for transporting our food donations from CJ's Cupboard OR Duke Campus Farm to SHAC for patients to obtain free of cost. We encourage those who... Read more »
Open session: Gillings efforts to become a STEM-designated program
133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease join Gillings Academic Affairs and Gillings Global Health to hear about the changing landscape and process of moving from a non-STEM designated program to a STEM-designated program, along with... Read more »
Engage
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEngage offers networking opportunities for alumni and students alike. Held the day before the Minority Health Conference, the event was originally launched as “Re-Engage” to strengthen connections between the Gillings School and its alumni community.
45th Annual Minority Health Conference
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Minority Health Conference, the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics, and community members to take... Read more »
Dataverse API
This is a full-day, intensive online interactive course focused on using the Dataverse Application Programming Interface (API) to interact with data archived in a Dataverse-based repository. The session will be... Read more »
FlowForward: Campus Walk Surveying Bathrooms!
Wilson Library 200 South Rd, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillUNC APPLES invite you to join FlowForward on a campus walk as we embark on a mission to make a positive change within our community. In an effort to promote... Read more »
Community-Academic Partnership for Farmworkers Health
Come join NC FIELD & UNC’s Environmental Justice Action Research Clinic (EJ Clinic) for an interactive session focused on farmworkers’ health. In this session, you will learn more about the... Read more »
Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative Information Session
Interested in the MRT-TI Program? Come join us to hear from the program director, Catherine Sullivan, and current students enrolled in MRT-TI to learn more about the program and the... Read more »
RTI-UNC Gillings PHield Trip 2024
RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, United StatesThe UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and RTI International invites students, faculty and staff to join the annual PHield Trip! Please note: A bus will depart Gillings at... Read more »
Census Data for Urban Studies
This one-day workshop will provide a hands-on, guided introduction to working with US Census data using tidycensus in R. The course will focus on using geographically-referenced demographic and socioeconomic data... Read more »
Co-Creating Community Centered Solutions that Support Maternal and Infant Health: Testing New Ideas Early and Often
050 Innovate Carolina Junction 109 Church St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHuman-centered design is an essential tool that ensures that community partners play a key role in generating and testing the innovative ideas that lead to desirable, feasible and viable solutions... Read more »
Sustained Re-engagement in HIV Care: Challenges and Opportunities for Intervention
2005 Michael Hooker Research Center (William L. Roper Conference Room) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, United StatesDr. Phillips broad research area is understanding and supporting the HIV continuum of care. Her research to date has investigated the impact of mobility and care transitions on adherence and... Read more »
Wellbeing Wednesday: Dimensions of Intellectual Wellness Journaling in the Atrium
Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis series will cover the 7 Dimensions of Wellness: emotional, physical, occupational, social, intellectual, environmental and financial. This session is the intellectual session. Reflect on setting and improving your boundaries,... Read more »
Community Organizing for Environmental Justice: Toxic Waste Cleanup and Corporate Accountability in West Badin, NC
Hitchcock Room, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History 150 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCome learn about the Alcoa aluminum company’s discriminatory labor and waste management practices in this interactive panel discussion highlighting the Concerned Citizens of West Badin’s advocacy and organizing efforts against... Read more »
Community Organizing for Environmental Justice: Toxic Waste
Hitchcock Room, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History 150 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAlcoa aluminum company's labor and waste management practices in Badin, NC discriminated against and targeted Black union workers and residents, causing environmental, health, and economic harm. Join the Concerned Citizens... Read more »
Monthly Meeting of UNC’s Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC)
HHIVE Lab, Greenlaw 524Meetings moderated by LMCC Co-Directors Paul Blom and Mindy Buchanan-King, both of whom are PhD students and Teaching Fellows in UNC's Department of English and Comparative LiteratureThe Literature, Medicine, and... Read more »
PreMiEr Seminar Series: Environmental behaviors of pathogens in complex environments and challenges to engineering interventions
This is a seminar sponsored by the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), comprising five North Carolina institutions including Duke, N.C. A&T, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and... Read more »