Trans Talk Tuesday (LGBTQ Center)
2021-04-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-03-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-03-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-02-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-02-02 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Videoconferencing
Trans Talk Tuesday

Location:

Zoom – Contact Facilitator for Link

In LGBTIQ spaces do you feel like the T is left out?
Would you like to connect with folks around topics of gender identity and gender expression?
Are you questioning your gender identity and hoping to talk to other questioning folks?
Would you like to share your knowledge and expertise in regards to navigating systems that don’t often recognize diversity within gender?

Join the LGBTQ Center’s peer support/discussion group for campus and community members that identify as transgender, genderqueer, or gender-questioning. This space is meant to provide community and connection amongst folks on the basis of gender identity. All students, staff, faculty, community members with these identities are welcome.
Note to Allies
We have been asked if allies are welcome. As this space is not meant to be an educational space where people have to explain their identities, we ask that people who do not identify as part of the transgender community (i.e., cisgender allies) not attend. Instead, please consider taking advantage of our educational programs and/or resources for supportive families or friends.
Accommodations for Social Distancing
Trans Talk Tuesday will be moving online for now. We’ll be meeting the first and third Tuesdays at 6:30 (NOT 6:15 like we usually do) on Zoom, a videoconferencing platform with an online, desktop, and mobile app. If you’d like to receive the Zoom info each week, please sign up for the Trans Talk Tuesday email list by emailing the facilitator, Anole, at anole.halper@gmail.com.

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds presented by Lindsey Rosman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UNC Cardiology
2021-04-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Flyer – Dr. Rosman
Dr. Rosman will present “Leveraging Multiple Sources of High-Dimensional Health Data to Improve Risk Stratification and Outcomes in Patients with Arrhythmias and Implanted Cardiac Devices”

LGBTQ Center Book Club
2021-04-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-03-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-03-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-02-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-02-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Videoconferencing
About Book Club
The LGBTQ Center Book Club is a twice-monthly meeting of lit nerds and casual readers who love to discuss books, fanfic, and other readings with LGBTQIA+ themes. . We meet on a pattern of discussing things we love/late to read on the 1st Friday and meeting to discuss the group’s chosen works on the 3rd Friday. We stay in touch and discuss readings using a dedicated GroupMe chat in between meetings.

Fall 2020 Schedule
1st and 3rd Friday starting 8/21 from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm starting with an interest meeting on 8/21/2020.
September 4th: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
September 18th: We’ll be discussing Stone Butch Blues (https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/) and Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time (https://uncannymagazine.com/article/small-changes-long-periods-time/) Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
October 2nd: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
October 16th: We’ll be discussing The Song of Achilles (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb9053277) and Castle Swimmer (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/castle-swimmer/episode-1/viewer?title_no=1499&episode_no=1). Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
November 6th: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
November 13th (moved up one week for TDOR): We’ll be discussing Giovanni’s Room (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb2684001) and Cigarettes and Wine (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb8906736), Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
December 4th: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
Dec 18th: We’ll be discussing Fun Home (https://archive.org/details/funhomefamilytra00bech_0/page/n245/mode/2up) and No Tea, No Shade (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb8648178). Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
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Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Scott Commins, MD, PhD presenting: "Beyond Red Meat: Tick Bites, Delayed Anaphylaxis and Lessons That Will Impact Your Practice."
2021-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Scott Commins, MD, PhD

Dr. Scott Commins joined the faculty of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015 and is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics. He is a member of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative and the Thurston Research Center. Dr. Commins maintains an active clinical practice and research program related to the alpha-gal mammalian meat allergy.
Dr. Commins received M.D. / Ph.D. (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) from the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC). Following a residency in Internal Medicine, Scott completed a fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at The University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA). Dr. Commins is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and was a recent member of the Congressionally-appointed Tick-Borne Disease Working Group where he was co-chair of the alpha-gal syndrome subcommittee.

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds presented by Frank Pelosi, Jr., MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
2021-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Flyer – Dr. Pelosi
Dr. Pelosi will present, “Managing ICDs and Pacemakers during End of Life Care: Should our guidelines be revisited?”

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Deepa Kirk, MD, "Updates and Controversies in the Management of Thyroid Dysfunction."
2021-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Deepa Kirk, MD
Deepa Kirk, MD, received her medical degree at the University of North Carolina
School of Medicine and completed her residency, chief residency, and endocrine
fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the UNC Division of
Endocrinology in 2008, following two years of clinical practice in Virginia.
Dr. Kirk’s clinical practice focuses on patients with thyroid disease, diabetes, and
general endocrine disorders. She served as director of the UNC medical student
endocrine block for seven years, two of which it was selected as “Best Foundation
Phase Block”. She has directed the medical student ambulatory endocrine rotation for
over ten years.
Since becoming medical director of the UNC Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic in 2014, Dr.
Kirk has worked with Department and hospital leadership on several initiatives
including: establishment of the EEP (direct EPIC support) program, Care Team
Redesign, and pilot programs to support the Department’s March 2021 move to the
Eastowne Medical Office Building.
Dr. Kirk has also served as Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs for the Endocrine Division
since 2019. In this role, she had the joy and immense privilege of recruiting several
outstanding clinical faculty members and helping to develop the Division’s pituitary and
thyroid tumor workflows. She works closely with Division, Department, and health care
system leadership to improve patient access, care coordination, and care delivery.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, "Osteoarthritis: Updates and Tools."
2021-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Amanda Nelson, MD
Amanda E. Nelson is a board-certified internist and rheumatologist with a Master of Clinical Research in Epidemiology. She spends one day per week in clinic, divided between general rheumatology and musculoskeletal ultrasound, and is very involved in fellow education. Her research is focused on a variety of aspects of imaging in osteoarthritis (OA), including the contribution of bone shape to OA risk, novel methodologies for analysis of large and complex datasets, ultrasound in OA, and assessment of whole-body burden of OA. She directs the Phenotyping and Precision Medicine Resource Core of UNC’s Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR). She is co-PI, along with Dr. Yvonne Golightly, of the Johnston County OA Project (JoCoOA), a community-based prospective cohort of OA, multiple chronic conditions, pain and disability in Black and White men and women that has been ongoing since 1991 and a new cohort, the Johnston County Health Study, building on that infrastructure. As an internationally recognized clinical OA expert, she has worked with various groups to summarize the evidence related to OA management and clinical trials (ACR, AF, USBJI, OARSI) and develop and promote dissemination of evidence-based guidelines, and she serves as the Medical Advisor to the UNC-based OA Action Alliance.

45th Annual Internal Medicine Conference, a three-day event sponsored by Charlotte AHEC and the UNC Department of Medicine
2021-03-10 08:00 - 2021-03-12 17:00
The 45th Annual Internal Medicine Conference will update attendees on the most recent developments in the diagnosis and management of medical disorders encountered in primary care. All sessions will be VIRTUAL. The conference features cutting edge evidence-based updates on common medical conditions managed by primary care clinicians, including SARS-CoV-2 updates, and is designed for internists, family physicians, generalists, advanced practice providers and other healthcare providers working in the adult primary care setting.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Morgan S. Jones, MD, "Diabetes Improvement at UNC Medical Center: A Multi-Disciplinary Effort."
2021-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Morgan S. Jones, MD

Morgan Jones, MD, received his medical degree at the University of Toledo School of Medicine and then went to the Medical University of South Carolina for his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in endocrinology. In 2017 he came to the University of North Carolina as a clinical assistant professor. He focuses on inpatient endocrinology with a specific interest in quality improvement. Since coming to UNC he has developed a diabetes co-management service, the Diabetes Care Team, and a fracture liaison service with the help of multiple people in the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine and UNC Medical Center. These services have led to improved care for patients admitted to the UNC Medical Center with diabetes and osteoporosis. Morgan heads several inpatient quality improvement initiatives focused on continual improvement in diabetes care. His clinical interest is diverse with a focus on diabetes after transplant. Since 2018, he has cared for the majority of patients who underwent islet cell transplant at UNC and developed a multi-disciplinary clinic for these patients to streamline care.

In honor of Black History, The Friday Center presents- "Voices for Justice" Mike Wiley Productions' -Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till
2021-02-28 15:00 - 16:30
Admission is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages. Advance registration requested. Call 919-962-3000 or 866-441-3683, or email conferencecenter@unc.edu.

Performance 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Q&A 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

In honor of Black History, the Friday Center for Continuing Education proudly presents a theatrical performance presented by acclaimed actor and playwright, Mike Wiley. Crafted from the public record, his one-man, multiple character performance of Dar He offers a transfixing dramatization of the historic interviews and events surrounding the lynching and murder of 14-year old Emmett Till.
In 1955, a 14-year old black Chicago youth travelled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and Southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand. It was a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman. This riveting play chronicles the murder, trial and unbelievable confession of the men accused of Till’s lynching. His death was a spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Portraying an entire cast of black, white, male and female characters, Mike Wiley’s solo-performance reminds us that we are all one humanity. It is a living monument and tribute to the change-making unsung heroes from the African-American experience. Dar He offers a powerful lesson of truth and the triumph of the human spirit.

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Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Ross Boyce, MD, MSc presents, "
2021-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Ross Boyce, MD, MSc

Dr. Ross Boyce is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He is a native of North Carolina, having graduated Magna Cum Laude from Davidson College with Honors in Chemistry. After graduation, Dr. Boyce was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He completed two deployments to Iraq, where he served in a variety leadership positions including Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, Operations Officer, and Civil-Military Officer. For his service, Dr. Boyce was awarded three Bronze Star Medals, including one with a Valor Device for heroism in combat.

Upon leaving the military, Dr. Boyce attended medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Between his third and fourth years of medical school, Dr. Boyce completed a M.Sc. In Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, focusing his thesis on the control of Dengue vectors. Dr. Boyce completed his medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where together with his partners at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Epicentre Mbarara Research Base, he has worked to establish an active malaria research program in the highlands of western Uganda.

Dr. Boyce’s international research focuses on the spatial epidemiology of malaria and vector-borne diseases in East Africa, particularly in rural, underserved communities. He is the principal investigator on studies funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. At present, his team is focused on novel methods to more efficiently identify mosquito breeding sites to facilitate targeted vector control interventions, which if successful, could make vector control a more cost-effective method for malaria control in high-transmission, rural environments.

More locally, Dr. Boyce leads a multi-disciplinary research collaboration, the Vector-Borne Disease Epidemiology, Ecology, and Response (VEER) Hub, focused on issues of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases endemic to North Carolina. The collaboration includes investigators from diverse fields including clinical medicine, epidemiology, immunology, entomology, geography, and veterinary science with partners at North Carolina State University, the NC Division of Public Health, and Fort Bragg, among others.

Registration open for the 42nd Minority Health Conference Body & Soul: The Past, Present, and Future of Health Activism
2021-02-25 - 2021-02-26
Dates: February 25-26, 2021
Location: Gillings School of Global Public Health

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UNC Health Foundation invites you to a powerful discussion on Health Equity: Eliminating Health Disparities
2021-02-23 17:00 - 18:00
Please join us from the comfort of your own home, on Zoom Webinar:
UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine are committed to health equity for all. UNC Health Foundation is excited to hear from leaders who are nurturing an environment of diversity and inclusion, and heading the charge to eradicate health disparities in the state of North Carolina and beyond. Health Equity: Eliminating Health Disparities will be on Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 5-6PM. Speakers include: Dr. Kenya McNeal-Trice, who will highlight her new role within SOM as the Chief Graduate Medical Education Officer/ACGME Designated Institutional Official; Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith, who will discuss the history around health disparities in NC; and Dr. Keisha Gibson, who will shine a light on the disparities within kidney disease as well as her time as a SOM alum and participant of the MED Summer Program. We encourage you to submit questions for our speakers prior to the webinar. This event will be recorded. If you are unable to attend but interested in receiving the recording, please register and we’ll send you a copy. Contact Allison Baranowski at events@med.unc.edu with questions.
REGISTER TODAY

Speakers:
Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, DOM Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief, Pediatric Nephrology Division
Dr. Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, FAAP, Chief Graduate Medical Education Officer/ACGME Designated Institutional Official, Sr. Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Vice Chair of Education, Department of Pediatrics Pediatric Residency Program Director
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine, Director, Center for Health Equity Research Professor, Internal Medicine

Emergency Preparedness, Ethics and Equity Series Mind the Gap: Let’s Talk Innovation in COVID-19 Education, Engagement and Outreach
2021-02-22 15:00 - 16:00
In this session, researchers and community advocates will provide insights into a digital and print campaign developed to increase awareness about COVID-19 in Black and brown communities. Not A Host (NAH) is a grassroots effort designed to bridge the knowledge gaps around COVID-19 transmission and prevention and the systemic and structural influences that disproportionately impact minority communities. This collaborative effort has drawn the expertise of health behavior scientists, educators, epidemiologists, community psychologists and community advocates dedicated to equity in health.
Panelists:

Bahby Banks, PhD, MPH, CEO of Pillar Consulting; adjunct faculty in the UNC Gillings School’s Public Health Leadership Program
Katrice M. Perry, CHES, Master of Public Health candidate in health equity, social justice and human rights; research assistant at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Christina Yongue, MPH, MCHES, assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Public Health Education at UNC Greensboro; co-chair of the Social Justice & Advocacy Ministry at St. James Presbyterian Church

Moderator: Kauline Cipriani, PhD, associate dean for inclusive excellence and associate professor in the UNC Gillings School’s Public Health Leadership Program

Registration required.

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Andrew Doorey, MD - “Medical Team Communications: Safety Gaps in the Cardiac Cath Lab”
2021-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx

The Carolina Black Caucus Presents "Black History Month Trivia"
2021-02-18 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Carolina Black Caucus this Black History Month for an evening of Black Trivia! On Thursday, February 18th from 7:00p-8:00p, come learn about our history and compete against your peers for fun prizes. You can sign up as a team (maximum of 4 people) or as an individual. If you sign-up as an individual, you will be placed on a team at the start of the event. See you there!

Register HERE

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, "Genetics and Ancestry in Medicine: Lessons from CardioGenetics."
2021-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
Elizabeth McNally is a physician and scientist who directs the Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. As the Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine, Dr. McNally is a cardiologist with expertise in cardiovascular genetics. Her work focuses on understanding genetic mechanisms underlying heritable cardiac disorders. By developing a deeper understanding as to how these genetic mutations exert their effects, she is using these genetic signals to drive the development of new therapies. Dr. McNally has a special interest in neuromuscular genetic diseases like muscular dystrophy since often these disorders have accompanying cardiovascular complications. Her translational accomplishments have been recognized through an award from the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation and as a recipient a Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and is the current Chair for the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the American Heart Association. She is a past president of American Society for Clinical Investigation and Vice President of the Association of American Physicians. She is the founder of Ikaika Therapeutics. She has mentored more than 80 trainees.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Lisa Sanders, MD, FACP, Yale School of Medicine, "Zebras and Horses: Dimensions of Diagnostic Error."
2021-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Lisa Sanders, MD, FACP
Dr. Lisa Sanders is a clinician educator in the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program. In addition to her work as a physician and teacher, she writes the popular Diagnosis column for the New York Times Magazine and the Think Like a Doctor column featured in the New York Times blog, The Well. Her column was the inspiration for the Fox program House MD (2004-2012) and she served as a consultant to the show. In 2010, she published a book titled Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis. Last year she collaborated with the New York Times on an eight-hour documentary series on the process of diagnosis for Netflix. Her most recent book is a collection of her columns and is titled, Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries.
Sanders’ path to medicine was anything but traditional. As an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary, she majored in English, wrote for The Flat Hat, the college paper, and served pints of ale at Chownings Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg. After graduation she took a job with ABC at Good Morning America. Less than 10 years later, while working for CBS News, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story for coverage of Hurricane Hugo as it slammed into her hometown of Charleston, S.C. But by then, Sanders said, she was ready to move on professionally and decided that of all the subjects she covered as a journalist, medicine intrigued her most. After two years at Columbia University’s Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, Sanders was accepted to the Yale School of Medicine “as part of the 10 percent of the class they reserve for weirdos,” she said. In addition to her time in the hospital, Sanders is currently researching clinical decision making and the way diagnostic decisions and errors are made. She has also published two books on weight loss and food choice — The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine What Science Knows About Weight Loss With What You Know About Yourself in 2004 and The Perfect Fit Diet: How to Lose Weight, Keep it Off and Still Eat the Foods You Love in 2005.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds, Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME, "Relationship-Centered Practice and Difficult Discussions."
2021-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME
Muneera Kapadia, MD, MME is an Associate Professor and specializes in colorectal surgery. She attended medical school at the University of Michigan. She completed general surgery residency at Northwestern University and colorectal fellowship at the University of Minnesota. She practiced at the University of Iowa for nearly ten years and during that time she earned a master’s degree in medical education and served as the Associate Program Director for the Surgery Residency Program. In addition to her clinical and educational roles, she has a special interest in patient-related communication skills. She has been involved with communication skills education at the student, resident and faculty level and has taught both nationally and internationally. Dr Kapadia joined the University of North Carolina in April 2020 and serves as Associate Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Surgery

Dr. Kawan Swain will present "Within these walls: Racism and it's Legacy in Medicine" at Nephrology Grand Rounds
2021-02-03 16:00 - 17:00
Dr. Kawan Swain, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 919 3029 8926
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Special Presentation - Wesley Burks, MD, Dean, UNC School of Medicine, Cristen Page, MD, MPH, Executive Dean, UNC School Of Medicine
2021-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Wesley Burks, MD and Cristy Page, MD, MPH will be giving a UNC Health and UNC SOM update. WebEx information will be included in the invite email.

Medicine Grand Rounds: Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, MACC, FAHA, FACP, "Treating Blood Cholesterol to Prevent Cardiovascular Events: Current Guidelines and New Directions”
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD
