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Center for Health Equity Research K Proposal Workshop – Part One

3005 Michael Hooker Research Center

https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/Oct-30-K-Workshop.pdf   Join this two-part workshop focused on preparing and submitting proposals for K awards through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The workshop is designed so that participants have time to work on appropriate parts of their own proposals during the sessions. You will have the opportunity to receive feedback from your peers and from the workshop leader. Much of what will … Read more

Arabic Medicine Conquers Latin Europe, 1050-1300: Methods and Motives, a symposium.

Rubenstein Library Duke University

Thursday, November 1: Rubenstein Library, RM 153 5PM: Exhibit tour With curators Sean Swanick and Rachel Ingold   5:30PM: Keynote lecture Cristina Alvarez Millán of the UNED (Madrid), "Arabic Medicine in the World of Classical Islam: Growth & Achievement" Reception to follow   Friday, November 2: Rubenstein Library, RM 249 10AM-2PM Symposium featuring: Eliza Glaze … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: “Can we afford to avoid the cost discussion?”

Bondurant Hall, G100

Healthcare costs continue to rise, with cancer leading the way. As patients face growing treatment-related financial burden, clinicians should consider their role in this predicament. Should we stay in our lane, and just treat the patient with the best care possible? Or should we discuss with our patients the cost of every test and drug? … Read more

Work In Progress Meeting: Obesity prevention, health disparities, and the food system

Bondurant Hall, 2030

Larissa Calancie, PhD CHER Post Doctoral Fellow The Center for Health Equity Research's (CHER) Work In Progress Meetings are a monthly presentation series that allows CHER Post-Doctoral Fellows and Associates to present their research to a community of scholars and peers to gather constructive feedback and generate investigative conversation. https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/CEGR_Flier.pdf

A PANEL DISCUSSION: THE NICARAGUAN CRISIS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009

Join distinguished professors and activists for an open discussion on the causes and consequences of the political crisis affecting Nicaragua. Learn about the human rights violations, social development setbacks, and healthcare implications of the political instability affecting millions. Moderated by Andrea Prego, a fellow UNC student and Nicaraguan immigrant, and will be featuring the following … Read more

Center for Health Equity Research: K Proposal Workshop – Part 2

3005 Michael Hooker Research Center

https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/Oct-30-K-Workshop.pdf   Join this two-part workshop focused on preparing and submitting proposals for K awards through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The workshop is designed so that participants have time to work on appropriate parts of their own proposals during the sessions. You will have the opportunity to receive feedback from your peers and from the workshop leader. Much of what will … Read more

Science and Technology Studies and Economics: STS and the Future(s) of Open Science

Duke University, Allen Building, room 314

STS and the Future(s) of Open Science STS often likes to think of itself as ‘radical’, and one tenet of that belief is the conviction that ‘openness’ can fix whatever ails science. Consequently, everyone is enthusiastic that ‘open science’ is the wave of the future. Yet when one seriously examines the flaws in modern science … Read more

CHER Visiting Professor Health Equity Research: Seminar Series

MacNider Hall, Room 321

Using Community Engagement and Evidence-based Parenting Interventions to Prevent Teen Suicide and Depression in the Filipino Community: "If you build it, they will come." https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/11/J-Javier-CHER-Health-Equity-Seminar-Nov-2018.pdf Joyce Javier, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics Children's Hospital Los Angeles Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California   Sponsored by the UNC Center for Health Equity Research & NC TraCS Community and Stakeholder … Read more

Bodies across the Border: Discussion on Eugenics, Race & Disability

The UNC-Duke Transnational Bodies Working Group will host this talk by Dr. Sarah Horton and Dr. Natalie Lira https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/11/Bodies-Across-the-Border.jpg Thursday, Nov 29, 2018 4:30 p.m. Dey Hall – Toy Lounge UNC-Chapel Hill