National Public Health Week
Celebrate National Public Health Week with UNC Gillings! Check out our website to discover all the ways we are celebrating. gillingsNPHW.web.unc.edu
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Inclusive Excellence Training: Safe Zone
Inclusive Excellence Training: Safe Zone
Safe Zone is a program designed to create a network of visible allies to people who identify as part of the diverse LGBTIQA+ community. The four-hour educational session provides information and resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Please register online.
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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National Public Health Week Kickoff
National Public Health Week Kickoff
National Public Health Week is a celebration of what makes public health great! Join Dean Rimer and the Gillings Student Government Association as we celebrate our school’s impact on public health across the nation and around the world. Stop by grab a locopop and freshly popped popcorn and chat with school leadership! Don’t forget to snap... Read more »
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Interprofessional Education and Practice Opioid Discussion
Interprofessional Education and Practice Opioid Discussion
If you have an interest in learning about the advances public health professionals have made in the North Carolina opioid crisis through interprofessional practice and collaboration, join us for this panel and round table discussion. This panel will consist of employees within UNC’s Injury Prevention Research Center and the NC Division of Public Health who... Read more »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
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Crafting Resilience
Crafting Resilience
Part of being productive is knowing when to take a break! Come have coffee and cookies, do some crafts and learn about graduate and professional student groups (like Stigma Free Carolina) and campus offices (including ARS, CAPS, Campus Recreation, EOC, ODOS, Student Wellness, Writing Center, The Graduate School) that want to support your health, well-being,... Read more »
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Coffee and Community Outreach
Coffee and Community Outreach
Stop by the Atrium to grab some coffee and a bagel and learn about ways to get involved in rural health research and community outreach. Sponsored by the Gillings Student Government Association. This event is part of National Public Health Week.
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Intro to Multilevel Modeling Workshop
Intro to Multilevel Modeling Workshop
Introduction to Multilevel Modeling is a two-day workshop focused on the application and interpretation of multilevel models, also known as hierarchical linear models and mixed models, for the analysis of nested data structures. This workshop will provide an introduction to the application of multilevel models with nested data, including software implementation in SAS, SPSS and... Read more »
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Impact of Public Health in Rural Communities Discussion
Impact of Public Health in Rural Communities Discussion
Join Dr. Mark Holmes, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Director of the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, and Dr. George Pink, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Deputy Director of the NC Rural Health Research Program, to discuss the impact of public health in... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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Conversations with Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International
Conversations with Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International
Join the Gillings Research, Innovation and Global Solutions Office for a Q&A with President and CEO of InterHealth International Inc., Pape Gaye! Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Gillings Research, Innovation and Global Solutions Office and the Gillings Student Government Association. This event is part of National Public Health Week.
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3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor
3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor
Please join us for the 3rd Annual Environmental Justice Lecture – Inspired by Steve Wing: The People’s Professor. We are excited to welcome Dr. Scott Laney, Epidemiologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Laney’s recent work has focused on coal miner health. The title of his lecture is, "Resurgence of... Read more »
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BIOS Seminar: Data Integration
BIOS Seminar: Data Integration
Jan Hannig, PhD, professor of statistics and operations research at UNC Chapel Hill, will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled, "Data Integration Via Analysis of Subspaces (DIVAS)." A major challenge in the age of Big Data is the integration of disparate data types into a data analysis. That is tackled here in the context of data blocks measured... Read more »
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Come help assemble naloxone kits and learn about NC legislative initiatives addressing the opioid epidemic with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. This event is sponsored by the North Carolina Attorney General's Collegiate Council on Opioid Misuse, the Public Health Leadership Student Organization (PHLSA), and the Student Pharmacists Opioid Misuse Prevention (StOMP).
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10th Anniversary Celebration – UNC IGHID
10th Anniversary Celebration – UNC IGHID
Please save the date for the 10th anniversary aelebration of the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Special guests: Richard Chaisson, MD, professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Global... Read more »
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Take the Plastic Pledge
Take the Plastic Pledge
Are you passionate about reducing your global footprint?: Stop by the Gillings Student Government table in the Atrium to take the Plastic Pledge, answer some climate change trivia and pick up your own reusable straw! Sponsored by the Gillings Student Government Association. This event is part of National Public Health Week.
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ComSciCon-Triangle 2019
ComSciCon-Triangle 2019
Applications are open for the 5th annual ComSciCon-Triangle - a two-day science communication workshop organized by and for graduate students. The workshop features expert panels with talented local science communicators... Read more »
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5 events,
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
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HPV Vaccination Talk
HPV Vaccination Talk
Melissa Gilkey, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior, will be giving a talk titled, "Changing Parent and Provider Behavior to Support HPV Vaccination." About the Speaker: Dr. Melissa B. Gilkey is an assistant professor of health behavior in the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. With research interests... Read more »
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GiveUNC
GiveUNC
Join the Gillings School Advancement Office on April 9 for GiveUNC and get in on the excitement in the Atrium with giveaways and treats! GiveUNC is a 24-hour University-wide giving day when we call public health Tar Heels across the world to participate and make a gift of any size, to any area of the... Read more »
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System (in)Justice Symposium
System (in)Justice Symposium
Join the UNC Gender-Based Violence Research Group and the Injury Prevention Research Center for the 2019 Gender-Based Violence Symposium: Systems (in)Justice: Unpacking institutional responses to sexual violence to inform research and practice. To learn more and stay updated on symposium news visit our website. Every effort will be made to accommodate advance accessibility requests; on-site requests cannot be... Read more »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
3 events,
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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Race, Health Equity and the Opioid Epidemic Panel
Race, Health Equity and the Opioid Epidemic Panel
Panelists: Helena Hansen, PhD, MD, associate professor, Department of Psychiatry at New York University Jennifer Carroll, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, Elon University Vigil Hayes, Appalachian harm reduction services coordinator, NC Harm Reduction Coalition Jon Zibbell, PhD, MA, senior public health analyst, RTI International
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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Introduction to Focus Groups Seminar
Introduction to Focus Groups Seminar
Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on practice will highlight the most appropriate uses of focus groups, moderating focus groups, developing interview... Read more »
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Conversations with Visiting Professor, Greg Aarons
Conversations with Visiting Professor, Greg Aarons
The Implementation Science Student Group and Consortium for Implementation Science present an opportunity for students to have intimate, in-depth discussions with Dr. Aarons. His implementation science work is applied to improving system, organizational, and individual factors that influence implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices and quality of care in health care and public sector practice... Read more »
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Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI)
Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI)
Dr. Greg Aarons, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), will be presenting "Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) to Improve Care in Systems and Organizations." Lunch will be provided. Please register online.
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White Opioids: Race in the War on Drugs that Wasn’t Talk
White Opioids: Race in the War on Drugs that Wasn’t Talk
Join Helena Hansen, PhD, MD, associate professor at New York University for an engaging talk titled "White Opioids: Race in the War on Drugs that Wasn't."
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UNC Climate Change and Resilience Symposium
UNC's 6th Annual Climate Change & Resilience Symposium will be held on Friday April 12. The event will feature keynote speaker Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, a retired Marine who is now CEO of the American Security Project. He will speak on the threat climate change poses for US national security. The event will also have... Read more »
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Health Humanities Journal Exhibition Night
Health Humanities Journal Exhibition Night
The Health Humanities Journal is a student-run journal that publishes work each semester on the intersection of medicine and the humanities. Come celebrate the work of the journal's authors. Refreshments and copies of the journal will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Health Humanities Journal.
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Global Health & Innovation Conference
The Global Health & Innovation Conference is a global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with nearly 2,000 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.
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The Alchemy of Change: Short Film Series
The Alchemy of Change: Short Film Series
Before Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely take the stage at Memorial Hall, join Reagon and filmmaker Katina Parker for a screening of this new short film series. These beautiful short films serve as a call for us to recognize the often invisible work carried out by flesh-and-blood humans within institutions of learning. Accompanied by Reagon’s original... Read more »
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The Alchemy of Change: A Parable Becoming, the Convening
The Alchemy of Change: A Parable Becoming, the Convening
Join Toshi Reagon and BigLOVELY for a community song circle, featuring the many people with whom Toshi Reagon has collaborated in her time as a Carolina Performing Arts Mellon Foundation DisTIL fellow. This convening will feature music based on Act 1 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable Of The Sower, as well as new original songs inspired... Read more »
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Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided!
2 events,
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
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UNC Global Passport Drive
UNC Global Passport Drive
UNC Global will sponsor a Passport Drive, April 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the 4th floor of the FedEx Global Education Center. UNC Global hosts officials from the U.S. Department of State and a photographer to make first-time passport applications and renewals easy. This event is open to students, faculty and staff, as well... Read more »
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Family Economic Security and Child Development Talk
Family Economic Security and Child Development Talk
Gina Chowa, PhD, MSW, associate dean for global engagement and associate professor at the UNC School of Social Work, will be presenting a talk titled "Exploring the Effects of an Integrated Approach to Improving Family Economic Security and Supporting Child Development." Dr. Chowa conducts research on global social development, particularly the intersection of economic security,... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Seminar: Facing Obesity in Mothers and Their Offspring
Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Seminar: Facing Obesity in Mothers and Their Offspring
Michele R. Forman, PhD, FACE, is a distinguished professor and the department head in the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University — and an accomplished graduate of the UNC Gillings epidemiology department! She will give a talk titled, "Facing obesity and other co-morbidity in mothers and their offspring: a life course approach." This seminar... Read more »
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Groundwater Approach to Racial Equity
Groundwater Approach to Racial Equity
Join Gillings School EQUITY concentration faculty for an interactive presentation on the nature and impact of structural racism and what it looks like across institutions. The Groundwater Approach teaches how... Read more »
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Data Visualization Course
Data Visualization Course
The purpose of this course, "Discussion and Practical Application of Data Visualization Best Practices using Survey Data", is to present best practices for creating graphics from survey data and provide... Read more »
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CEHS Seminar: Making Error While Making Gametes
CEHS Seminar: Making Error While Making Gametes
Patricia A. Hunt will present a seminar titled, "Making Error While Making Gametes." Patricia A. Hunt is Meyer Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University.... Read more »
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Biostatistics Seminar: Bounds and Estimators for the Risk Function
Biostatistics Seminar: Bounds and Estimators for the Risk Function
Stephen R. Cole, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School, will present a talk on, "Bounds and Estimators for the Risk Function." Dr. Cole works to build accurate and... Read more »
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Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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.... Read more »
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Suspect Citizens: Driving While Black in the US Seminar
Suspect Citizens: Driving While Black in the US Seminar
Frank R. Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, will present a talk titled, "Suspect Citizens: Driving While Black in North Carolina and the US." Frank R. Baumgartner,... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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Trends in Academic Publishing Workshop
Trends in Academic Publishing Workshop
Taking advantage of a visit by an experienced Yale University Press (YUP) editor, the event will provide a forum to discuss issues in academic publishing and introduce authors to editors at leading university presses. The two-part event starts with a panel discussion led by anthropologist Peter Redfield and featuring YUP’s Jean Thomson Black, UNC Press’... Read more »
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Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
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Smart Snacking with Kelli Wood
Smart Snacking with Kelli Wood
Flourish is partnering with RHA and CDS to bring you a Smart Snacking event. As a college student studying for exams, it’s important to fuel your mind and body with nutritious foods. Our campus Registered Dietician, Kelli Wood will be presenting on ways to make smart snacking choices. Participants will be making yogurt parfaits and... Read more »
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Nanostring GeoMX Spatial Profiling Seminar
Nanostring GeoMX Spatial Profiling Seminar
Digital Spatial Profiling is a novel digital technology offering multiplexed measurement of protein and nucleic acids with unparalleled levels of precision. Quantify up to 96 targets (RNA or protein) on... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
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Nutrition and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Cambodia Talk
Nutrition and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Cambodia Talk
Erik Karlsson will present a talk titled, "Nham bay howie nov? (Have you eaten yet?): Nutrition and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Cambodia." This talk will explore the current status of... Read more »
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12th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture
12th Annual Harry Guess Memorial Lecture
Dr. David Graham, Associate Director at the Food and Drug Administration, will be giving a lecture titled "Observational studies, effectiveness, and real-world evidence: How do we get there from here?"... Read more »
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Aflatoxin, HBV and Liver Cancer
Aflatoxin, HBV and Liver Cancer
John Groopman, PhD, will be leading a seminar titled "Aflatoxin, HBV and Liver Cancer the 2nd Leading Cause of Global Cancer Mortality." Dr. John Groopman is the Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor of Preventative Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomburg School of Public Health and the Associate Director for Population Sciences at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive... Read more »
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BIOS Seminar: Predicting Child Mortality
BIOS Seminar: Predicting Child Mortality
Jamie Perin, the 2018 James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, will be presenting her award lecture for this week's biostatistics seminar. The lecture is titled, "Predicting child mortality by cause in high mortality countries with the Bayesian lasso." Jamie Perin's research interests are international health, biostatistics, longitudinal data, missing data, child mortality, statistical epidemiology,... Read more »
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From Safe Systems to System Safety Seminar
From Safe Systems to System Safety Seminar
Join the Gillings School for a seminar with visiting professor Dr. Roderick McClure to explore how using a Systems Thinking Approach can address critical road safety issues. Before joining the University of New England (Australia), Dr. McClure was based at the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He is an accomplished epidemiologist with expertise in engaging community... Read more »
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Monitoring Health Progress: From Global Estimates to Local Health Data
Monitoring Health Progress: From Global Estimates to Local Health Data
The regular monitoring of key health indicators from mortality and morbidity to universal health coverage (UHC) progress is critical for the assessment of progress and performance, the development of strategies and plans, and the implementation of programs. This presentation will focus on the current balance between global estimates production and local data strengthening, the new... Read more »
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ESE MentNet Alumni and Student Event
ESE MentNet Alumni and Student Event
Wondering about career options? Interested in networking with alumni? Attend the 4th annual ESE MentNet event for all of this and more! On behalf of the ESE Chapter of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Alumni Association, the ESE Department, and ENVRSO, all current ESE students are invited to attend. The event will be... Read more »
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43rd Annual UNC Lineberger Scientific Symposium
This cancer research symposium brings together speakers from UNC Lineberger and from around the country, and is open to students, faculty, staff and trainees. There is an exciting lineup of 17 talks on the theme of “Dysregulated Signaling Pathways in Cancer: Insights into Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Options.” The agenda includes basic and clinical science... Read more »
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Stress and Diet among Latinos Dissertation Presentation
Stress and Diet among Latinos Dissertation Presentation
Deshira Wallace, a doctoral candidate in the health behavior department at the UNC’s Gilling School of Global Public Health, will present her research on the effects of multiple forms of... Read more »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
4 events,
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »