Maternal and Child Health Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Caitlin Williams

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Title: Implementation sustainability: Institutionalizing maternal health projects through public policy in Ghana This dissertation seeks to develop theory around institutionalization through public policy in low-resource settings, using the case of a maternal health implementation project in Ghana.The research will supply needed information to Ghanaian policymakers and lay important groundwork for future research into the factors... Read more »

Wellbeing Wednesday: The Dimensions of Emotional Wellness

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join Gillings Student Affairs in the Dimensions of Wellness Series. This series will cover the 7 Dimensions of Wellness emotional, physical, occupational, social, intellectual, environmental, and financial. This series will span the 23-24 academic year. This session is the Emotional session. Tips for your type: How to use the Enneagram as a tool for... Read more »

Cardno ChemRisk Employer Information Session

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Cardno ChemRisk will be holding an in-person recruitment information session on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 4-5 p.m. in McGavran-Greenberg 2306, with on-campus interviews to follow on the next day. Cardno ChemRisk is seeking full-time and intern applicants with undergraduate and graduate degrees/training in Environmental Sciences, Public Health, Toxicology, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Occupational Exposure Sciences. Register... Read more »

Carolina for Kibera Seminar

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Carolina for Kibera (CFK) for a talk on CFK Africa: Pandemic Frontline Global Health in Kenya Informal Settlements. Feel free to attend in person or via Zoom. To watch via Zoom, please register.

Faculty and Staff Meeting

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join us for the UNC Gillings School fall faculty and staff meeting. Please contact Grace Croitoru with any questions.

Classroom to Community Interest Meeting

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Want to learn more about volunteering with Classroom to Community? Attend an interest meeting to learn more about the Classroom to Community partnership with a charter school in Durham where you will have an opportunity to practice adapting and communicating evidence-informed, accurate, and inclusive puberty and sexual health education to students in grades 4-8. Please... Read more »

Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Seminar: Facing Obesity in Mothers and Their Offspring

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

Gillings Student Success Seminar: Fostering a Sense of Community

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The core of well-being in a community may rely on the capacity of that community to provide the resources and social support members need to navigate times of challenge and change. This session, lead by Dr. Dawn X. Henderson, will guide participants through a facilitated dialogue on the tenets of a sense of community, membership,... Read more »

UNC Gillings Faculty and Staff Meeting

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join us for the UNC Gillings School spring faculty and staff meeting. Light refreshments to be provided prior to the meeting. Please contact Taylor Zimmerman with any questions.

Seminar with Paula Barreto

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the EQUITY Concentration of Gillings MPH for a discussion with Dr. Paula Barreto, Professor of Sociology from Univ Federal da Bahia. Dr. Barreto will present a seminar titled "An International Perspective of Racial Inequality and Discrimination: Recent Challenges in Brazil." Please contact Courtney Woods with any questions.  

HIV Care in Mozambique Presentation

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Carolyn Audet, PhD, will present "Couples-based HIV care and treatment in Mozambique: Strategies to improve uptake and adherence to antiretroviral therapy."

Grantspersonship Workshop with Dr. Karen Parker

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the LGBTQ Health Disparities Research Collaborative as they host Dr. Karen Parker, Director of the Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office at the NIH, for a grantspersonship workshop. Please contact Dirk Davis (dirkd@live.unc.edu) for additional details.

Workplace Wellness Seminar

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

NORA Interdisciplinary Seminar Series provides an overview of research in human systems engineering. Karen Mastroianni, principal and consultant with Dimensions, Inc., a consulting firm in Raleigh, NC, will present, “Redesigning Workplace Wellness: The Next Generation.” This seminar will be webcast. Continuing education credit (1.5 contact hours) has been approved. This event is sponsored by N.C. Occupational... Read more »