On behalf of the School of Medicine and the Postdoctoral Organizing Committee, we are very excited to announce that registration is now open for the 9th Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Laureate Symposium that will be held virtually on Friday, September 11, 2020. This year we are hosting Dr. William Moerner, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Please inform … Read more
This four-part, 8-hour unit provides a foundational understanding of implicit and explicit bias and their implications for service delivery. Participants will explore their personal perceptions and assumptions, as well as those of their organizations, and learn strategies to integrate new information and thinking into their work. The training will build participant capacity to effectively implement, manage, … Read more
We are experiencing a great deal of distress collectively and especially our Black communities who are having to deal with the negative health impacts of racism in our society, and its influence within institutions that serve us. We witness daily the building allostatic load of our students, staff and faculty. This is further compounded by the ongoing global COVID … Read more
Host: Brian Strahl
This fair (formerly Tech Job Fair) brings together employers who are primarily seeking to fill Summer Internship and Full-Time Job roles with students from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), Healthcare, and Business related majors. This event is open to all UNC majors, but is targeted towards STEM, Healthcare, and Business related majors which include: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer science, … Read more
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. 3MT was developed by The University of Queensland in 2008, and is now held in more than … Read more
Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Surgery, Cell and Developmental Biology, at the University of Michigan. This session will be hosted by UNC Lineberger's Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD. The goal of the UNC Lineberger Seminar Series is to bring outstanding cancer researchers to present their current findings to the UNC … Read more
"When grief and crisis intersect" 9/17/2020 12-1 pm (EDT) Diversity UNC SOM Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds Keynote speaker Link to the recorded video of this live event Intersecting Pandemics: The Crisis of Racism and COVID19 Additional Grand Rounds Video Archives
The Biology of Cancer: Exploring the Role of Race, Class, and Socioeconomics in the Underserved and the Underrepresented Behind cardiovascular disease, Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of deaths in the United States. What causes Cancer? Why have we not cured Cancer yet? What are some of the myths that surround Cancer care? Why do people of color seem to develop and die from Cancer at … Read more
Join Honors Carolina and Phi Beta Kappa Society for the second talk of the six part series, Systemic Racism and Education presented by Constance Lindsay, assistant professor of Education. Lindsay earned a doctorate in human development and social policy from Northwestern University, where she was an Institute of Education Sciences’ predoctoral fellow. Since leaving Northwestern, … Read more
