Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development: A Conversation with Aaron Williams

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Department of Health Policy and Management will be hosting Aaron Williams for a talk on "Inequality, Poverty and Sustainable Development" on October 30, 2019 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room (1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall).

Medicare for All and the 2020 Presidential Election

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's Health Care for All and the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) are cohosting a lunch-and-learn on November 15 at 12:00 p.m. in Bondurant G100 with Dr. Jon Oberlander, Professor in the Department of Social Medicine and the UNC Department of Health Policy and Management. “Medicare for All and the 2020 Presidential Election” will discuss... Read more »

PhD Dissertation Defense: Juan Carlos Salgado Hernandez

123 Rosenau Hall 123 Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, United States

Health Policy and Management doctoral candidate, JC Salgado Hernandez will defend his dissertation, "Simulation of alternative tax policies for sugar-sweetened beverages: Consumer and producer outcomes in Mexico."

Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Alex Gertner

1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall 401 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill

You are warmly invited to take a break from finals to attend the dissertation defense of MD/PhD candidate, Alex Gertner. His dissertation is titled, "Quality and access of buprenorphine treatment... Read more »

The Challenge of Moving from Health Research to Healthcare Delivery: Assumptions, Limitations, and Emerging Opportunities

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

As part of Health Policy & Management's PhD Visiting Scholar Program, David Chambers, DPhil, Deputy Director for Implementation Science in the Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer... Read more »

6th Annual Women in Healthcare Leadership Symposium

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

The Women in Healthcare Leadership Symposium was created in order to bring light to and address issues women leaders face in today’s society. Our goal is to bring healthcare leaders... Read more »

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter About Visual Information

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Cairo We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at? Alberto Cairo, PhD, is the Knight Chair... Read more »

Health Policy Day – 2020 Vision: The Road Ahead

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

The 2020 Health Policy Day will consist of Danielle Gray's keynote address, a panel of NC health care leaders and closing remarks by Jon Oberlander and Pam Silberman. Danielle Gray... Read more »

From data to story: a healthcare case study

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The typical graph in a presentation often leads our audience wondering... so what? When that question isn’t succinctly answered through effective visuals and story, it can lead our audience asking for more data, more data and more data. In shifting from exploring data to explaining data, we have to take intentional steps to enable our... Read more »

PhD Dissertation Defense: Christine Kim

On Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. in 123 Rosenau Hall, Christine Kim will defend her dissertation research entitled, "Spatial access, coverage, and utilization of maternal health services in Afghanistan, 2010-2015."

PhD Dissertation Defense: Emily Haines

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Emily Haines will defend her dissertation research, entitled, "Improving care coordination for adolescents and young adults with cancer: building a bridge between needs and... Read more »

PhD Dissertation Defense: Juan Carlos Caro Seguel

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Juan Carlos Caro Seguel will defend his dissertation research titled, "Parental investments, socioemotional development and nutritional health in Chile." This event will be broadcast... Read more »

PhD Dissertation Defense: Anagha Gogate

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Anagha Gogate will defend her dissertation research, titled, "Examining the use of combination therapies for metastatic breast cancer: A comparative and cost-effectiveness study."