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Biostatistics Seminar: Adventures in Sparsity and Shrinkage with the Normal Means Model

The Department of Biostatistics will host Dr. Stephens, a statistician and data scientist who has made seminal contributions to the practice and applications of statistics in genetics. The seminar is titled Adventures in Sparsity and Shrinkage with the Normal Means Model. His research interests include analysis of population structure, analysis of genetic association studies (including... Read more »

Online Stata Three-Part Short Course: Part 3

This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – October 6, 7 and 8, 2020). 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... Read more »

The Supreme Court and the Future of the Affordable Care Act

Join the Department of Health Policy and Management to learn more about the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) before the Supreme Court. With the passing of Justice Ginsburg, the ACA and health care coverage for millions may be in greater jeopardy. Panelists will address the issues before the court and what... Read more »

FHI 360-UNC Gillings Graduate Public Health Research Fellowship Info Sessions

FHI 360, in partnership with Gillings Global Health Solutions, offers a year-long funded research fellowship program for first-year master's students and 1st and 2nd-year doctoral students. The fellowship covers in-state tuition, fees, health insurance, and provides a stipend. Fellows receive mentoring from an FHI 360 representative, along with working on various research projects. Come learn... 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.

Health Policy and Management Dissertation Defense: Caroleen Quach

PhD candidate in Health Policy and Management, Caroleen Quach, will defend her dissertation titled, "Integrating patient experience data to enhance treatment benefit evaluation in oncology trials: An application of joint models," on Monday, October 12 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. Contact vhooker@email.unc.edu with questions. Zoom link. Passcode: 447017

1789 Community Yoga

Every entrepreneur, big or small, benefits from relaxation techniques and a focus on mental well-being. Yoga provides clarity of mind, promotes creativity and builds confidence through trying something new — all of which are invaluable to entrepreneurs, whether you’re just starting out or already underway. It is also an awesome way to step away from... Read more »

Virtual Panel on Refugee Wellness from Interfaith Perspective

Hear from a panel of scholars, community advocates and practitioners who will discuss the role of interfaith dialogue and collaboration in their work with refugee families. Attendees will: a) increase their interfaith literacy, b) learn how, based on clients’ experiences, religion might function as a protective factor or barrier to adjustment, and c) acquire skills... Read more »

Event Series Text Analysis Using R

Text Analysis Using R

Text Analysis Using R This two-day workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Text analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the... 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.