Vital SignsThis week's collection of news and events from the School of Medicine Collin Peterjohn: A Profound Opportunity for a Second ChanceA 25-year-old Charlotte man gets a second chance at life with a profound recovery from serious lung injuries sustained in a fire that left his family homeless. Chelminski, Meltzer-Brody named first Sanders Clinician ScholarsAs the first two Sanders Clinician Scholars, Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, and Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, will develop educational efforts to enhance supportive direct personal contact to the daily care of patients, and to teach others to do the same. Norman E. Sharpless, MD, appointed the Wellcome Distinguished Professor in Cancer ResearchThe professorship was established by the School of Medicine in 1988 with gifts from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the William A. Smith Trust of Wadesboro, N.C. Grant to fund use of kinase test in HER2-positive breast cancerSusan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded a grant of almost $900,000 to Lisa A. Carey, MD, and Gary Johnson, PhD, to research clinical applications for the first broad-based test for protein kinase activation and response to inhibitory drugs in HER2-positive breast cancer. New study shows benefit of new maintenance therapy for multiple myelomaDr. Thomas Shea and Dr. Don Gabriel of UNC are co-authors of the study, which offers promising news about a new long-term therapy, lenalidomide, that can be used after transplantation to slow down the progression of the disease. Molecular subtypes and genetic alterations may determine response to lung cancer therapyA UNC-led team of scientists has shown for the first time that lung cancer molecular subtypes correlate with distinct genetic alterations and with patient response to therapy. UNC Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program achieves outstanding outcomesUNC Cancer Care’s Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program is one of only 14 out of 156 centers across the country to be rated an “overperforming” center. Changes to SOM HIPAA Training CyclesThe Dean’s Advisory Committee has approved a change to our HIPAA training cycles that brings the School of Medicine more in line with UNC Health Care and national norms. Izlar tapped by ADA as postgraduate course directorAmerican Diabetes Association has tapped Camille Izlar, MS, RD, CDE to serve a two-year term as a course director for the association’s Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course (2013 and 2014). Nutrition Research Institute receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for global health researchThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2012 Department of Medicine Resident AwardsThe annual Department of Medicine Resident Award ceremony took place on Monday, May 7 in the Old Clinic Auditorium. Ten awards were presented to 26 residents, fellows and faculty. YOUR HEALTH: Power, Politics & Universal Healthcare with Altman and ShactmanStuart Altman, author and Chair of the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change at Brandeis University’s Heller School, and David Shactman, freelance writer and former Senior Fellow at the Schneider Institute for Health Policy at Brandeis University's Heller School, will talk about their book, "Power, Politics, and Universal Healthcare." real doctors, real people - Eric JuengstEric Juengst, PhD, directs the UNC Center for Bioethics. He also makes armor. Yep, the kind knights would wear while protecting their king's domain. DNA replication protein also has a role in mitosis, cancerThe finding presents a possible explanation for why so many cancers possess not just genomic instability, but also more or less than the usual 46 DNA-containing chromosomes. UNC Pediatrics and UNC Family Medicine Sponsor Joint Lectureship, Children or Tobacco: Who is Winning?The Julius B. Richmond Lectureship, May 23 - 24, will feature two presentations by Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of Rochester and Associate Executive Director of the American Association of Pediatrics. Roper interviewed by News and Views radio showDr. Roper discusses the legislative battle over UNC Health Care with Chris Fitzsimon, Director, NC Policy Watch. Three SOM students named North Carolina Schweitzer FellowsMilele Bynum, Rachael Cowherd, and Brian Milam will join 26 other North Carolina students in conceptualizing and carrying out service projects that address the social determinants of health in underserved communities over the next year. Relocation of the FedEx and UPS drop boxesThe FedEx drop box near has been relocated to an area between Tarrson and Brauer Halls. Follow the handicapped access ramp just to the right of the main entrance to Tarrson Hall to find the new location. The UPS box will also be moved to this new location in the near future.
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