H.A. Tyroler Alumni Award Lecture 2019

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

David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is... Read more »

Finding Hope (and a Job) in DC

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

Join Jerold Mande for a discussion on federal nutrition policy. Learn about the main "players" in nutrition policy in Washington DC, updates on major nutrition policy initiatives and tips for how to get a federal job and have an outsized impact on public health. Following his talk, Mande will be available at a reception to... Read more »

Film Screening: “Life and Debt”

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

The Department of Maternal and Child Health welcomes all Gillings students, faculty, and staff to join us for a film screening and discussion. This documentary explores the impacts of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, and globalization policies on low-and middle-income countries through the voices of Jamaican farmers, workers, and government officials.... Read more »

The Conversation Training Session

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

Representatives from The Conversation are coming to UNC's campus on Tuesday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 11. As you likely know by now, The Conversation is a media platform that works with experts to write articles on specific newsworthy topics that are then posted on The Conversation’s site (which has 2 million unique visitors a... Read more »

BEBES Perinatal Health Panel – A NPHW Event

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

Please join Carolina BEBES for an in depth discussion about the current maternal mortality and morbidity and health equity crisis in the US. The panelists will include an interdisciplinary group of health providers (midwife, lactation consultant, ob/gyn) for a discussion about the definition, importance, and current obstacles to cooperative care in the perinatal health setting.... Read more »