Climate Change, Health & Hope
Dr. Howard Frumkinis an internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist and epidemiologist. He will discuss the health impacts of the global climate crisis, as well as hope as a positive... Read more »
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Informational Meeting: Governmental Public Health Student Chapter
Are you interested in governmental public health practice? We are starting a Student Chapter of the National Association of County and Health Officials and invite you to an informational meeting.... Read more »
Home Environments Book Club & Peer Support Pod
Mondays 6:45-7:30 p.m. starting August 23 Are you needing to "reboot" your home environment? Declutter? Create calm amidst chaos? Carve out a niche for work, hobbies or a place to... Read more »
Gillings Walking Group
Gillings Walking Group Meet at Pittsboro St. entrance to McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
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Community Conversation with Inclusive Excellence
We invite you all to join us for a schoolwide discussion about the Inclusive Excellence Action Plan and the ongoing inclusive excellence work happening across Gillings. If you are not... Read more »
Gillings Black Student Support Pod
The Gillings Black Student Support Pod was created to support the success of current, matriculated black students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. This support pod is ONLY for students... Read more »
Suicide Prevention for Autistic Individuals: The Important Role of Stakeholder Engagement
Suicide Prevention for Autistic Individuals: The Important Role of Stakeholder Engagement with Brenna Maddox, PhD Department of Psychiatry Time: Sep 15, 2021 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Eastern Time As... Read more »
Wellness Wednesday: Mental Health Awareness
At one time or another, everyone experiences symptoms of mental illness. Too frequently the response to such symptoms in the workplace is confusion, fear, judgment, avoidance and outright rejection. This... Read more »
A Hundred Thousand Atoms Walk into 1 Bar at 300 K – Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Desalination Membranes
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on September 15, 2021, at 12:20 p.m. with doctoral student Riley Vickers presenting “A Hundred Thousand Atoms Walk into 1... Read more »
Introduction to Focus Groups
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »
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... Read more »
Nutrition for a Healthy Brain
Celebrate Healthy Aging month with Gillings Culture of Health at a lunch and learn on Nutrition for a Healthy Brain! Learn about eating to support a healthy brain (and gut brain), decrease inflammation and improve mood and cognition. Take home some simple strategies for healthy aging! Learn more and register. Thursday, September 16, 12:30-1:15pm
Introduction to Focus Groups
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class... Read more »
Text Analysis Using R
This course explains how to clean and analyze textual data using R, including both raw and structured texts. It will cover multiple hands-on approaches to getting data into R and applying analytical methods to it, with a focus on techniques from the fields of text mining and Natural Language Processing. Registration required.
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National Health Equity Research Webcast
This event qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. 27TH NATIONAL HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH WEBCAST (NHERW) THIS IS U.S.: DISSENT, DENIAL AND THE HEALTH OF POPULATIONS Sept. 17, 2021 3-4:30 p.m. EDT Registration is open. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from national... Read more »