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Inclusive Excellence Training: HAVEN

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

HAVEN skills training is a training that provides students, faculty, staff and Post Doctoral Fellows with tools to be an ally to someone who has experienced sexual or interpersonal violence or stalking. The training emphasizes the importance of listening and connecting survivors to resources on campus and in the community. Please register online.

BIOS Seminar: Confounding-Robust Policy Improvement

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This week's biostatistics seminar will be presented by Nathan Kallus, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell Tech and Cornell University. Kallas will present a seminar titled "Confounding-Robust Policy Improvement." Abstract: Since observational data no matter how rich will have some unobserved confounding, methods for individualized decision making that assume unconfoundedness... Read more »

Interviewing Techniques

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Refresh your interviewing skills and learn how to prepare for advanced interviewing techniques including critical behavioral, panel and case interviews. Review the dos and don’ts for interview situations and learn how to address the most difficult questions.

NC Refugee Health Forum

Moses H. Cone Hospital Greensboro, NC, United States

This knowledge-based conference will provide an in-depth review of evidence-based care of refugee patients and families to improve outcomes on their path towards better health and citizenship. The theme this year will be Challenges and Resilience. Keynote speaker, Dr. Emily Jentes, PhD, MPH, Domestic Team Lead for the Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch of... Read more »

Health Policy Day

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

Health Policy Day will consist of Dr. DeSalvo's keynote address, a panel of North Carolina public health professionals and a discussion about how one local health system is addressing food access, housing and more. Lunch will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by Academy Health. Please... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Mindful Relaxation

Activity: Mindful Relaxation

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »

Victor J. Dzau Distinguished Lecture in Global Health

Great Hall, Trent Semans Center 8 Searle Center Dr., Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

As the world urbanizes, megacities present a unique opportunity for understanding the future of planetary health. Urbanization brings both health benefits and threats to megacities, and innovative interventions are being designed and implemented to cultivate a more resilient and healthy planet. Barry will delve into the health impacts of these rapidly expanding urban metropolis. Reception... Read more »

Undocucarolina Lecture Series

University Room, Hyde Hall 176 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The UNC DAVA and Undocumented Resource Team in collaboration with the UNC/DUKE Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies presents the Undocucarolina Distinguished Lecture Series. This talk will feature Dr. Roberto Gonzales from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Gonzales is the award-winning author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America.

IVB/NHI Spring Research Symposium

The Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The IVB/NHI Spring Research Symposium highlights research from graduate students, postdocs, and medical fellows within the cardiovascular community at UNC and the greater Chapel Hill area and promotes multi-disciplinary collaborative research in this important field. Presenters include Joseph Hill, M.D., Ph.D, professor of Internal Medicine & Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center  Lance L. Munn,... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Mindful Relaxation

Activity: Mindful Relaxation

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... Read more »

Synthetic membranes: The environmental engineer’s Swiss army knife – ENVR 400 in-house seminar

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

Mikayla Armstrong, environmental sciences and engineering doctoral student, will present "Synthetic Membranes: The Environmental Engineer's Swiss Army Knife," on March 6 in 2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. The event is part of the ENVR 400 in-house seminar series. Learn more here. Questions? Contact Dr. Howard Weinberg.

The Perfect Membrane: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

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

Mikayla Armstrong, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Armstrong’s talk is titled, “Pursuing the perfect membrane: Strategies to decrease pollutant passage.” Abstract: Synthetic membranes are an attractive technology to implement at interfaces between humans and the environment because their implementation is relatively... Read more »