Bad Blood: Revisiting the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
UNC Health Sciences Library Room 527Bullitt History of Medicine Club Lecture: James H. Jones, Distinguished Alumni Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Arkansas
Bullitt History of Medicine Club Lecture: James H. Jones, Distinguished Alumni Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Arkansas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Morning session: 8:30AM-12:00PM HIV and Health in the Transgender Community Patient Panel Afternoon session: 1:00PM-3:00PM Multicultural Approaches for Engagement with the Transgender Community Admission is free – Lunch is provided- Please REGISTER by Monday, November 26th, 2018: https://apps.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm?event=events.eventDetails&event_key=8FC4BCEAFAD8CDC3A32B5ACD5C57BA2838A7E06F https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/2018-Annual-WAD-Symposium.pdf Presented by the UNC Center for AIDS Research and the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease