Culture of Health — Understanding and Preventing Suicide: What you can do to help

Culture of Health World Suicide Prevention Day Webinar — Understanding and Preventing Suicide: What you can do to help Registration required. Presenter: Jodi Flick, LCSW, ACSW Clinical Associate Professor Biography Ms. Flick is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of NC at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She is a member of the... Read more »

Race, Racism, and Racial Equity Symposium Series Kickoff — The Historical Exploitation of Black and Brown Bodies at UNC: Learning from the Past to Change the Present

The inaugural Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, is a series of virtual events that will bring together scholars and researchers from across campus to share their work with Carolina and the broader community. We will provide context on the state of race at UNC and in... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Reframing Proportional-Hazards Modeling for Large Time-to-Event Datasets with Applications to Deep Learning

We are welcoming Dr. Simon, who will talk about "Reframing proportional-hazards modeling for large time-to-event datasets with applications to deep learning." Dr. Simon works on machine learning (including penalized regression and classification), efficient algorithms in high dimensional spaces, shrinkage estimation and clinical trial design. The techniques he develops are directed at problems in biology and... Read more »

Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium Panel Discussion: Being an Effective Expert when Expertise is Refused

Unprecedented access to knowledge and expertise should promote progress on global challenges like climate change, socioeconomic inequality and the global COVID-19 pandemic. However, facts are often met with severe skepticism and even hostility. Nobel Laureate Dr. William Moerner and respected panelists will discuss this challenging environment and the responsibilities of experts facing it. Registration required.... Read more »

26th National Health Equity Research Webcast — Truth to Power: Building Solidarity for Health and Democracy

National Health Equity Research Webcast The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health invites you to the 26th National Health Equity Research Webcast, produced by the Minority Health Project. This year’s webcast will be a live 90-minute interactive webinar. More information. Registration required. View the flyer. Continue the conversation.... Read more »

Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager Presentations

Small Business Innovation Research Program Week in the Southeast Sources of funding are critical to a startup's ability to progress through different stages of research, development and commercialization. The panel will expose the audience to a range of revenue/grant options related to all stages of their company's development, the advantages and consequences of each and... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

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.

Event Series Stata Online

Stata Online

This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 9/14, 9/16, and 9/17). 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... Read more »

One-on-One Meetings with Small Business Innovation Research Program Managers

Small Business Innovation Research Program Week in the Southeast As a registered participant for the 9/14 session, you will receive an email from judy@sbirroadtour.com with a unique registration link to request virtual one-on-one meeting appointment(s) with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program managers. Contact Judy Glidden (judy@sbirroadtour.com) for more information NOTE: September 8th at 10:00... Read more »

1789 Student Venture Fund application deadline

The 1789 Student Venture Fund provides financial support for UNC-Chapel Hill students to use to build commercial and social startups. Applications are due by midnight. Contact kimi.yingling@unc.edu with questions.