On Monday, April 12th Dr. Onnie Rogers, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Northwestern University, joins FPG’s Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present Situating Human Development in the Sociopolitical Context as part of our Spring 2021 series on Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture, and Intersectional Approaches! Join us from 2:00 – 3:15 PM (ET) via zoom (https://fpgcdi.zoom.us/j/91078842280).

Dr. Chantel Martin’s research seeks to uncover social and biological mechanisms of health disparities across the life course. By identifying the long-term effects of early life stressors, such as neighborhood deprivation, crime, residential segregation, and air pollution, her multidisciplinary research aims to improve health among racial/ethnic minorities and eliminate health disparities. Read more >> Contact Name:  … Read more

In this session of the NC TraCS Machine Learning Seminar series, Michele Jonsson-Funk, PhD, will introduce Machine Learning concepts and the potential implications of using Machine Learning for clinical research.

Tatiana Petrova, Ph.D., from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, will give a virtual talk, titled: “Mechanisms of Lymphatic Vascular Specialization”.

The REDCap Forms Training Session (beginner) will teach users to build forms using the online designer or data dictionary (lecture/demo).

This presentation will discuss current knowledge on the association between sensorineural hearing loss & falls as well as a proposed mechanistic model. Preliminary results on whether the association is modified by hearing healthcare intervention (i.e., hearing aids and/or cochlear implants) will also be discussed.

Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Machine Learning & Precision Analytics, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1-3pm on Wednesday April 14. Presenters will explore information sources, data science tools that use the information, and the application of the resulting findings to health care. Another theme will be sources of bias in machine learning and how that bias can be minimized or eliminated.

This six-part orientation is strongly recommended for all clinical research personnel who are new to research or new to UNC-Chapel Hill.

Introduction to Retinopathy of Prematurity: Pathophysiology, Screening, Classification (Kostic); Update on Retinopathy of Prematurity Trials and Management (Go)

In this seminar, Cathi Propper, PhD, will focus on early predictors of cognitive outcomes in preschool age children. Specifically, prenatal experience such as stress, inflammation, and nutrition play a critical role in shaping childhood developmental trajectories and they differ by sociodemographic status. Prenatal experience may also influence infant sleep across the first year of life, which may act as a mediator of the relationship between prenatal experience and cognitive outcomes.

Our Medical Alumni Association President, Dr. Wesley C. “Cas” Fowler III, has procured Dr. Matthew G. Ewend as our speaker for the Council meeting.  The title of his talk will be, “Can Doctors Influence the Delivery of Health Care Anymore?”  As many of you know Dr. Ewend was the former Chair of the UNC Neurosurgery … Read more

Dr. Ofer Levy will deliver the Landes Merrimon Lecture for Student Research Day on April 16th from 12:00 - 1:00 PM.

The John B. Graham Student Research Society would like youto save the date for UNC School of Medicine’s 53nd annual Student Research Day, which will take place on Friday, April 16th, 2021. Historically, this has been a symposium-style event highlighting the research achievements of UNC medical students, giving them the opportunity to present their work … Read more