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 »

EMERSE Training

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

EMERSE (Electronic Medical Record Search Engine) allows users to search free text (unstructured) clinical notes from the electronic health record (EHR). It can be thought of like “Google” for clinical notes. The tool was developed at the University of Michigan in 2005; UNC-Chapel Hill launched EMERSE in October 2017. EMERSE can support a variety of... Read more »

Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Nutrition Research Webinar

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

The Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Nutrition Research webinar will provide an overview of the plan and opportunities for nutrition-related projects. Find out where NIH is headed and how your research can incorporate nutrition. Presenter: Dr. Christopher Lunch, director of the Office of Nutrition Research at the National Institue of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases... Read more »

PrEP in 2019 Talk

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Christopher Hurt, MD, associate profession in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, will present a talk titled "PrEP in 2019: State of the Science and Challenges Ahead." Refreshments will be served. Christopher Hurt, MD, is an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine... 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 »

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!

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 »

Seminar with Paula Barreto

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

Join the EQUITY Concentration of Gillings MPH for a discussion with Dr. Paula Barreto, Professor of Sociology from Univ Federal da Bahia. Dr. Barreto will present a seminar titled "An International Perspective of Racial Inequality and Discrimination: Recent Challenges in Brazil." Please contact Courtney Woods with any questions.  

3rd Annual Cancer Prevention and Control Debate

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

Please save the date for the 3rd Annual Cancer Prevention and Control Debate, “The Role of Precision Prevention in Reducing Breast Cancer Mortality.” This debate is hosted by Melissa Troester (UNC) and Mark Sherman (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine), with an expert panel to also include Michele Cote (Wayne State University School of Medicine). This... Read more »

Water-Soluble Organic Gases: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

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

Barbara Turpin, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Turpin’s talk is titled, “Water-Soluble Organic Gases and Their Influence on Chemistry in Diverse Environments." Abstract Water is the most abundant condensed phase species in the atmosphere (including in aerosols). It has a... 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 »

Voices from the Archives: The 1969 UNC Food Workers’ Strike

Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library 200 South Rd, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Actors from PlayMakers Repertory Company, under the direction of Kathy Williams, will tell the story of a one-month strike by food service workers at UNC-Chapel Hill that began February 23, 1969. The strike, which drew the support of the Black Student Movement and other allies, was a key moment in the history of labor and... Read more »