Second Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium

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

The second annual Global Health Scholars Symposium is scheduled for Friday, February 16, starting in Bioinformatics Room 1131. This is a hybrid event presented by the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Medical and doctoral students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty will share research... Read more »

Using novel genetic approaches to study infectious diseases

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

Please join March Children's Research Institute seminar and lunch with speaker Mark Heise, PhD. He will be presenting "Using novel genetic approaches to study infectious diseases."

Environmental Regulation of the Estrogen Response in Single Living Cells

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

Joseph Rodriguez, PhD Investigator, NIEHS Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory / Single Cell Dynamics Group Gene regulation is complex, involving the coordination of hundreds of proteins, including chromatin remodelers, enhancer RNA and chromosome looping. The estrogen response has served as a model of gene regulation due in part to its rapid and extensive induction.... Read more »

Organophosphate pesticide exposure and other chemical mixtures in association with ultrasound and delivery measures of fetal growth Seminar

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

Dr. Kelly Ferguson earned her M.P.H. in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She joined the NIEHS Epidemiology Branch as a Tenure-Track Investigator in 2016. Her research group studies how maternal exposure to chemicals impacts pregnancy and the development of the fetus... Read more »

Global to Local: CDC’s Global Health Work

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

Rebecca Martin, PhD, director of the Center for Global Health will present a talk titled, "Global to Local: CDC's Global Health Work." This event is sponsored by the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases.  

Environmental Chemicals and Cancer Seminar

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

Dr. Gay Devi’s laboratory is interested in elucidating molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death and how this process regulates tumor proliferation and immune response. Dr. Devi serves as the Program Director of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Consortium at the Duke Cancer Institute and as the Associate Director of Research Education in the Department of Surgery... Read more »

Epigenetics and Neurodevelopment of Children Seminar

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

Rebecca Fry, PhD, and Michael O'Shea, MD, PhD, will present a seminar titled "Epigenetics, Neurodevelopment and Health of Children Born Extremely Preterm." Dr. O’Shea is the C. Richard Morris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Fry is the Carol Remner Angle Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Strategic Initiatives in... 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 »

Hurtling into the Century of Epidemics: We Can Make the World Much Safer – But Will We?

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

The Friday Morning Conference welcomes Jonathon Quick, MD, MPH. Dr. Quick is Senior Fellow Emeritus at Management Sciences for Health, where he previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004-2017. He is the author of The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It.