Sponsored by the Department of Allied Health Sciences' Office of Research and Scholarship as part of its Research Forum Series. The focus of this research forum is on how community standards implemented in response to COVID-19 (masks, shelter-in-place, etc.) have affected populations with special needs. The first talk considers how face masks have affected speech … Read more
Please join the UNC Cancer Network for an online telehealth lecture with Dominika James, MD. Dr. James from the UNC Anesthesiology Department in affiliation with UNC Lineberger cancer treatment group, will describe effects of regional and neuraxial perioperative blocks on cancer outcomes. Additional topical management considerations or recommendations for this patient population may also be presented.
Made possible through a generous grant from Dr. Frank C. Wilson to promote discussion and learning around professionalism, particularly as it pertains to medical education, The Frank C. Wilson Professionalism Forum has featured a variety of medical professionals since 2011.
Learn more about Dr. Hernandez's research here: https://rb.gy/atwsfj
Bias 101 Training
Joe Eron, MD and David Weber, MD, MPH will present a joint presentation titled "COVID-19: Update on Epidemiology, Mitigation, Clinical Features, Treatment and Vaccines."
This training is geared specifically toward research teams. The session will examine implicit and explicit biases in research and provide strategies for researchers to be more diverse and inclusive in their research design and approaches.
Morning of Mindfulness, Free Online, with Paula Huffman, BS, RN, ERYT Hosted by The Mindfulness Center at the UNC Program on Integrative Medicine Please join Paula Huffman, BS, RN, ERYT, on Saturday, September 26, 2020, from 10-12pm, EST, for this online workshop. Learn more about how the practice of Mindfulness can help to ease the … Read more
This online training session will provide an introduction to qualitative research methods. Topics covered will include differences between quantitative and qualitative research, qualitative research methodologies, strategies for qualitative data collection, and methods of qualitative data analysis.
The NC TraCS Biostatistics Seminar Series provides more in-depth discussion of select biostatistical topics for clinical and translational researchers who have basic quantitative training in biostatistical methods. Join us this fall for seminars on data visualization & statistical graphics, power analysis & sample size planning, and Bayesian clinical trial design. Presentations on power analysis often … Read more
Please join us for October's Children's Research Institute Seminar. Our speaker, Betsy Sleath, PhD will be presenting “The impact of an asthma question prompt list intervention on adolescent involvement and outcomes.” We hope to see you there! Dr. Sleath’s research focuses on provider-patient communication in the areas of asthma, ADHD, diabetes, and glaucoma, engaging children … Read more
The Health & Human Rights Lecture, titled “How Pandemics Show Us Who We Are: Race and Risk in the United States,” will be held virtually on Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. The lecture will be given by Mary Bassett, the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and professor of the practice at Harvard University School of Public Health.
