Handy links for Quick Reference

UNC Libraries   (Health Sciences Library)
Carolina Digital Repository  -  UNC Virtual Museum  -  UNC Digital Commons  -  Digital NC
UNC IT Technical Assistance
SAS Knowledge Base
Bartleby.com online reference books, including Gray’s Anatomy and William Strunk, Jr. The elements of style.
Videos from Science Magazine
Google Maps
PolitiFact.com - Pants on Fire statements

Events / Activities / News / Articles / Books / Videos / Programs

SPH Events  -  UNC Events Calendar  -  UNC Event Registration  -  Academic calendars

Congress: Trading stock on inside information? CBS 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft reports that members of Congress can legally trade stock based on non-public information from Capitol Hill. Script for insiders from 11/13/2011 More on CBS Overtime

War on Drugs = Shooting ourselves in the feet? - see President Jimmy Carter's op-ed "Call off the global drug war" in the 6/16/2011 New York Times (read)

Worth re-reading: Lester Thurow, The future of capitalism (vimeo interview by Mary Lou Bigelow) (review by Lawrence Nichols) (more comment) (Paul Krugman vs. Lester Thurow)

This American Life and NPR News special on health care in the U.S. (two shows):
"More is less"   "Someone else's money"

Adriane J. Fugh-Berman. The Haunting of Medical Journals: How Ghostwriting Sold “HRT” PLoS Medicine 2010 (Sept 7). Wyeth-Ayerst paid DesignWrite, a medical education and communication company (MEC), to write and submit papers to medical journals as part of promotional efforts for Premarin and Prempro ("The first step is to choose the target journal best suited to the manuscript's content, thus avoiding the possibility of manuscript rejection. DesignWrite will then analyze the data and write the manuscript, recruit a suitable well-recognized expert to lend his/her name as author of the document, and secure the author's approval of its content." from MEDICAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FOR THE PREMARIN PRODUCT LINE prepared by DesignWrite for Wyeth-Ayerst in 1996, Ghostwriting 101. Wyeth was subsequently acquired by Pfizer.)

"Immigration court rules state, 'It would offend due process if the immigration judge obtains from the group a "mass silent waiver of the right of appeal."' Nonetheless, Pelletier says, 'I will take their silence as a waiver of their right to appeal, and I will issue an order,' departing the men en masse." p17 in Jacqueline Stevens. Lawless courts. The Nation Nov 8, 2010:17-22. (article)

Domestic terrorism outbreak in Los Angeles.

Inside Job, a film by Charles Ferguson.

Joycelyn Elders, M.D. From sharecropper’s daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America, by Joycelyn Elders with David Chanoff. NY, Avon Books, 1996.

Betrayal of trust: the collapse of global public health, by Laurie Garrett.

The Persuaders (PBS Frontline) - Fascinating!

The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio, by William J. Bernstein. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002, ISBN 0071385290, 9780071385299, 240 pages (see also The Investment Answer by Daniel C. Goldie and Gordon S. Murray)

Poverty dramatically affects children's brains     (More reports on disparities)

Dreams from my father, by Barack Obama.

Not Yet Rain, produced by IPAS

The courage to lead: One man's journey in public service, by Howard N. Lee. (review by D.G. Martin) (UNC-TV interview with William Friday)

Fun

EpiGrad Today the epidemiology graduate’s fashion magazine

UNC Department of Epidemiology history (under construction)

Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD) the ongoing chronicle of life (or the lack thereof) in grad school, by Jorge Cham (Science 27 March 2009;323:1668-69).

Web Side Story CollegeHumor's first Broadway musical since (LOL)Cats.

Global health

ASHOKA - nuturing social entrepreneurs

UNC-CH collaborations in Malawi

Information resources

Academic Earth, free video courses from leading universities

NC LIVE offers the people of North Carolina online access to complete articles from over 16,000 newspapers, journals, magazines, and encyclopedias, indexing for over 25,000 periodical titles, access to over 25,000 online print and audio books, and hundreds of PBS video files including Ken Burns’ The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz, selected episodes from American Experience and Frontline and (soon) children’s series Cyberchase and Liberty’s Kids. (Link for UNC access to NC Live video files

EurekaAlert, news releases on science and health topics (AAAS)

Consumer Reports WebWatch is the Internet integrity division of Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of of Consumer Reports magazine and ConsumerReports.org.

FactCheck analyzes assertions and ads by both sides in the presidential campaign (for example, the infamous “bridge to nowhere”)

Finding funding sources and awards made (UNC Research & Economic Development)

National Library of Medicine - Health Services Research and Public Health

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Health data tools and statistics

Jobs and Career (and fellowships)

UNC Epidemiology financial aid information

Science careers from the journal Science includes career advice, tools, how-to guides, and the Minority Scientists Network

UNC University Career Services and Carolina Jobs Program (includes part-time jobs)

UNC General Alumni Association career page (access requires a GAA user ID and password)

Careers in public health (includes list of permanent and temporary jobs, internships, fellowships, grants and awards, international opportunities, and a link to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Careers Office job listing (requires registration)

Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at one time had a register for graduate research assistant jobs

A few of the many sources of public health and research jobs at UNC and environs

• UNC research centers, including Carolina Population Center, Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, Highway Safety Research Center, Injury Prevention Research Center, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, NC Institute for Public Health
• American Social Health Association
• Family Health International
• Research Triangle Institute
• Duke University Medical Center

Job listing webpages identified by the American College of Epidemiology

Life

The Transcendental Meditation Program
   The Key To Health And Happiness: A 'Lost' State of Consciousness?, Huffington Post July 15, 2011
   Celebrities and TM, New York Times March 18, 2011
   Oprah Winfrey discusses her experience with Transcendental Meditation
   Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: "It’s made a difference", 12/13/2010
   More testimonials:   Springli Johnson, school administrator,   Claudia De Narvaez, college student,   Thomas Tomaselli, anesthesiologist,   Caterina Tomaselli-Roesler, Lawyer,   Jane Lazzareschi, travel agent,   Russell Simmons,   Hloni Maseko, college teacher, Johannesburg,   Sy Migdal, retired English professor
   David Lynch Foundation: benefits of TM in schools, on an American Indian reservation, in the military and with veterans, in a homeless shelter, in prisons, globally.
   David Lynch Foundation benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall featuring Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Bettye LaVette, and Jim James (April 4, 2009) David Lynch interview with Paul McCartney
   “Transcendental Meditation Appears in the Classroom” (NPR Day to Day, 27 August 2007)
   “TM in the Schools” (NBC Today Show, 2 Sept 2003)
   “TM and ADHD” (nonpharmocologic management of ADHD) - pilot study with 11 middle school students. (news release)
   “PTSD & The Brain: How TM can help” by Gary Kaplan, August 16, 2011 (Veteran David George speaks out about PTSD at the launch of Operation Warrior Wellness )
   Dr. Norman R. Rosenthal speaks about his forthcoming book Transcendence: Healing and Transformation through Transcendental Meditation, about TM's potential to help people psychologically, to relieve stress and distress in all the many forms in which it occurs.
   Hedge fund manager Ray Dalio: "I started meditating over 35 years ago, and I would say TM is the single most important reason for whatever success I've had."
   “Consciousness, creativity, and the brain” David Lynch’s talk at the University of Washington
   “Does the college experience damage your brain?”First Annual National Brain Conference at the Maharishi University of Management (article)
   “Maharishi, what is the settled state of mind — is it 'transcendence'?” - Excerpts from an interview with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Science of Mind magazine, November 1993.
   “The Flow of Consciousness: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Literature and Language - A New Collection of Maharishi’s talks—from 1971 to 1976 Edited by Rhoda Orme-Johnson, Ph.D., and Susan Anderson, Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management Press, 2011

D.G. Martin - political wisdom that's probably good for many settings

Review in the Financial Times of HAPPINESS: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard, 2005.
   “Transcripts from the Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures, March 2003

“Why we must ration health care” – by Peter Singer, New York Times Magazine July 15, 2009

TheClassicalStation.org (WCPE Radio, classical music 24/7)

Metropolitan Opera (Live broadcasts in HD)

TIAA-CREF
   The importance of asset allocation

Can you afford to retire? (PBS Frontline)

North Carolina

Digital NC

Radio In Vivo: Your Link to the Triangle Science Community (WCOM-FM 103.5, Carrboro NC). Program archive has interviews with dozens of scientists and public health leaders.

NC Division of Public Health
      State Center for Health Statistics and related sites
      Epidemiology Section
      Mercury levels in fish, NC

Tar Heel bus tour: 10 years of taking new faculty to North Carolina

A consumer’s guide to health insurance and health programs in North Carolina (NC Institute of Medicine)

North Carolina Progress Board – Interesting data and recommendations for North Carolina (e.g., Information Portal and State Data)

A History of. Dental Public Health in North Carolina – by Jean Spratt, DDS, MPH and John Pendill, DDS. Presented at the 2008 NC Statewide Dental Public Health Conference, July 16, 2008.

Organizations

Alan Guttmacher Institute

American College of Epidemiology

American Public Health Association

American Social Health Association

The Carter Center

Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play (G.A.S.P.)

Global Health Council

The Nation

SIECUS
The Kinsey Institute
(Other sexuality sites: http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/, www.sexetc.org, www.seriouslysexuality.com)

Southern Poverty Law Center

UNAIDS

Skills

William Strunk, Jr., The elements of style

Ask Dr. Math

Khan Academy - former hedge fund analyst Sal Khan's project to educate the world - thousands of 12-minute lectures on arithmetic, algebra, biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, developmental math, differential equations, economics, finance, geometry, linear algebra, pre-algebra, pre-calculus, physics, SAT preparation, probability, statistics, trigonometry, and more. (PBS Newshour program)

Editor's Tips - NIH Presentation On "Talking Science" Gives Tips and Checklist for Giving Good Talks (Epidemiology Monitor) NIH direct link (slides, video)

UNC Odum Institute

UNC Writing Center

Literature searches, Web 2.0, Email (see "Online Instruction")

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UNC

SPH Events  -  UNC Events Calendar  -  UNC Event Registration  -  Academic calendars

Carolina Digital Repository  -  UNC Virtual Museum  -  UNC Digital Commons

Last G bus from Briarcliff [link]

UNC channel on YouTube [link]

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health channel on YouTube [link]

Professor Emeritus Berton H. Kaplan, Department of Epidemiology, talks about his own and the Epidemiology Department's history (interview with Vic Schoenbach)

Vic

American College of Epidemiology award for leadership and distinguished service, 2004 [plaque]

Appreciation for 21 years of teaching EPID168: Fundamentals of Epidemiology [plaque]

Appreciation from UNC-SPH Minority Student Caucus, 2007 [plaque]

Honorary membership in the Frank Porter Graham Graduate & Professional Student Honor Society, April 2008 [certificate] [program notes]

Appreciation from UNC-SPH Minority Student Caucus, 2009 [plaque]

Appreciation from Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI), 2010 [certificate]

Search publications in PubMed

Quit for Life - A quit-smoking program for Black Americans

The negative health consequences of traditional sexual morality: a public health perspective. Victor J. Schoenbach, UNC SPH Department of Health Education, Major Paper, 1975 (Godfrey M. Hochbaum, Ph.D., Adviser).

Sex and Mental Health Education on the UNC Campus: a report of my fieldwork activities to date and future plans Part I, 8/8/1973, Part II, 1/4/1974. Victor J. Schoenbach, UNC SPH Department of Health Education, 1973 (Louis Nidorf, Ph.D., and Godfrey M. Hochbaum, Ph.D., Advisers).

Photo from the 1970s

Notes about the role of epidemiology in public health

Some of my contributions over the years

“Strategies for success”

American College of Epidemiology 2009 careers workshop (Academia)

Faculty profile

Potpouri

Foldit enables you (or your children) to contribute to science by solving puzzles

Retrevo reviews and ratings of consumer electronics (PC Magazine, Jan 2008)

Songza (PC Magazine, Jan 2008)

TV Trip (PC Magazine, Jan 2008)

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