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Keynote Blending the Blues: Advancing Rural Health

Health Sciences Library, 2nd floor

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc (CHER Director) UNC Interprofessional Education and Practice, Duke AHEAD* Registration Required (please see attached flyer for details)   https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2019/01/Jan-23-Advancing-Rural-Health.pdf  

“When Mice Are Men: Sex Bias in Biomedical and Clinical Research”

MacNider Hall, Room 322 333 So. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Melina Kibbe, the Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, will be giving a talk on "When Mice Are Men: Sex Bias in Biomedical and Clinical Research”.   Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics, Center for Health Equity Research, and Department of Social Medicine.

Work in Progress: Personal Narratives and the Geography of HIV Inequity

MacNider Hall, Room 322 333 So. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Darius Scott, 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.

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: Washing Your Hands of It: Ethical Implications of Infection Control Policy and Practice

Bondurant Hall, G100

Emily Landon, MD The University of Chicago Medicine, Medical Director, Infection Control At the intersection of clinical and public health ethics lies the important practices of infection control. Often taken for granted as both proper and necessary, infection control encompasses a variety of practices that invite closer scrutiny. Is isolation worth the burden it imposes … Read more

Sexual and Gender Minority Research Activities at the NIH

Rosenau Hall, room 133

Lecture and workshop with Dr. Karen Parker, Director of the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office at the NIH.   Lecture: Feb 7 2019, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Rosenau Hall 133 | reception to follow   Workshop: Feb 8 2019, 9:00 am - 10:30 am McGavran-Greenberg 2306 Karen Parker  For questions, please contact Dirk Davis (dirkd@email.unc.edu) or May … Read more

Sexual and Gender Minority Research at NIH

McGavran-Greenberg, room 2306

The UNC LGBTQ Health Disparities Research Collborative is pleased to host Dr. Karen Parker, Director of the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office at the NIH. On February 8, Dr. Parker will lead a workshop for students and junior investigators on grants-personship at the NIH. Location: McGavran-Greenberg, room 2306 Workshop: Feb 8th, 9:00-10:30 am KarenParker … Read more

HIVE Grand Rounds: Raul Necochea “Cancer Care Global Histories”

Health Sciences Library, Room 527 335 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Speaker – Raul Necochea, Ph.D. Title – Cancer Care Global Histories and the Education of Health Workers Overview – I am currently working on a project on the history of cervical cancer in Latin America. In a nutshell, throughout the 20th century, cervical cancer was the most lethal, common, and preventable of cancers in the region. Nowadays, cervical cancer is considered … Read more

2019 Mitchell Symposium: “Embodiment and Human Occupation: Implications for Health and Social Care”

Bondurant Hall, G100

Speaker: Elizabeth “Anne” Kinsella, PhD, MAdEd, BSc(OT) Kinsella is an associate professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, and member of the Occupational Science and health professional education fields in the Health & Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program at Western University. Anne has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and 20 book chapters related to the … Read more

The 40th Annual Minority Health Conference

The William and Ida Friday Center• Chapel Hill, NC

Advocacy for Change: Celebrating Past Successes and Planning for the Future The William and Ida Friday Center• Chapel Hill, NC Learn more and register: minorityhealth.web.unc.edu Minority Health Conference

Franklin Humanities Institute: On Life Support

Duke Univeristy Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

Speaker(s): Harris Solomon Join the Franklin Humanities Institute for its new Friday morning series, tgiFHI! tgiFHI gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretative social sciences and arts the opportunity to present on their current research to interlocutors in their fields. A light breakfast will be served at 9am. About the presentation: "This paper considers the … Read more