Health Policy and Management “Visiting Scholar Day:” Rachel Hardeman, PhD

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

Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, tenured Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and Blue Cross Endowed Professor in Health and Racial Equity, will give a lecture titled, “Examining Racism in Health Services Research: Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities.” Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher and... Read more »

Addressing economic determinants of HIV vulnerabilities in high-risk young adults

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

Visiting from Indiana University SPH, Dr. Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson's research focuses on using economic-strengthening interventions, mobile health technologies, and applied behavioral economics to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including... 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... 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 in Visual Journalism at the School of Communication of the University of Miami (UM). He is the author of 'How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter About... Read more »

Coming Full Circle: 30 Years of Advancing the Field of Nutrition During Pregnancy

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

Coming Full Circle: 30 Years of Advancing the Field of Nutrition During Pregnancy Save the date and join us for a lecture event with Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, alumna and former professor and associate dean at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Siega-Riz is dean and professor of the School of Public Health... Read more »

Classroom Technology Orientation: Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium

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

As we start another successful semester of classes, the Gillings Audiovisual (AV) Services team will hold classroom technology orientations to familiarize users with room operations. AV staff will provide overviews and demonstrations on how to use the media equipment in four levels of classroom spaces. These orientations are set up primarily for instructors, teacher assistants and program... Read more »

Racism: Do Theory and Methods Matter? [Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Lecture Series]

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

Registration is required. For the first lecture in the Dean's Inclusive Excellence Lecture Series, the Gillings School welcomes Chandra Ford, PhD, to speak on "Racism: Do Theory and Methods Matter?" Ford is an associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at UCLA. Her areas of expertise include the social determinants of HIV/AIDS disparities,... Read more »

Dean’s Lecture Series: Human Rights in Global Health

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

Please register online. For the first lecture in the Dean's Lecture Series, the Gillings School welcomes Ben Meier, JD, LLM, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Department of Health Policy and Management. Reception immediately following the lecture. Dr. Meier's interdisciplinary research - at the intersection of global health, international law... Read more »

Global Health Early Career Panel

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

Hear from more recent Gillings School alumni on job and internship search strategies that worked for them, and how they translated their graduate education into practice. Panelists: - Florence Masese-Amadi, MPH ’13 (MCH) - Victoria Lebrun, MSPH ’15 (HPM) - Emily Kiser, MPH ‘ 16 (PHLP) - Christopher Beadles, MD., PhD '13 ( HPM) -... Read more »

Active Shooter Training

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

Wondering what you would do if there's an active shooter at UNC? The Gillings School All-Hazards Committee is hosting this training session, presented by UNC's Department of Public Safety, where you'll learn more about what preventive measures you can take as well as what actions you should consider during an active event. Lunch will be... Read more »

Inclusive Excellence Action Plan Town Hall

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

Kauline Cipriani, PhD Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence will lead a discussion of our Inclusive Excellence Action Plan, including recent accomplishments, immediate priorities and next steps. Please bring any comments or concerns you have about the plan. All are welcome! View latest version of the Action Plan.  Can’t attend in person? Feel free to share... Read more »

25th National Health Equity Research Webcast: Structural Racism

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

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites you to the 25th National Health Equity Research Webcast. This interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (133 Rosenau Hall) or can be viewed online. Registration is FREE and requested for all participants. Presenters Felicia Arriaga,... Read more »

International Medical Education Discussion

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

Phillips Ambassador and Gillings School undergraduate, Will Blanks, will be joined by the deans of admission from National University of Singapore (NUS) and Duke-NUS Medical School to discuss the benefits of international medical education. Will will also speak about his experience working in a lab at NUS as a Phillips Ambassador. Light refreshments will be... Read more »

Women’s Bodies Women’s Voices

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

Dr. Beth Jörgenson from the University of Rochester and Dr. Karen Andes will be speaking about their research regarding women's reproductive health and disability in Latin America. This event is sponsored by the Transnational Bodies WOrking Group, ISA. Please contact Tara Casebolt with any questions.