Sept. 15
Drossman to retire Dec. 31, 2011
Douglas Drossman, MD, professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, and Co-Director of the UNC Center for Functional Gastrointestinal (GI) & Motility Disorders, will retire on Dec. 31, 2011.
Winton to present at CGIBD Research Seminar Series
Douglas Winton, Ph.D., will present, "Phenotyping Intestinal Stem Cells Using Transgenic Bioassays."
Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan: Puberty, Pregnancy and Perimenopause
The 7th Annual UNC Conference on Eating Disorders and Women's Mental Health will provide tools to empower health care providers to ask the critical questions to detect eating and women's reproductive mood disorders across the lifespan, to effectively manage these disorders when appropriate in their practices, and to appraise when specialty referral is required.
Toxic Free with Debra Lynn Dadd
On YOUR HEALTH® this weekend we'll be talking with author of Toxic Free: How to Protect Your Health and Home From the Chemicals that are Making You Sick, Debra Lynn Dadd, about her book.
Barker new Director of Office of Translational Technologies
Christopher S. Barker, Ph.D. also serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Director of Strategic Alliances for Enabling Technologies for the NC TraCS Institute
Connecting Clinical Informatics and Cancer Outcomes Research
The Integrated Cancer Information and Surveillance System (ICISS) of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center provides the foundation to enable innovative research to improve cancer outcomes in North Carolina and beyond.
Call for Proposals: Carolina Apps
Dream of building your own app?The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is contributing up to $40,000 to support the development of a mobile application that will apply UNC research to the content and features of a custom-built mobile application.
Tobacco and Lung Cancer Evidence Academy – Asheville
Please join us for a one day conference to discuss the latest research findings on lung cancer and its number one cause, tobacco use.
Bench to Bedside Translational Research Workshop
This presentation will focus on how to develop a translational research project, how to convince a reviewer that your research is translational, and where to find the resources for the necessary pilot studies to acquire critical preliminary data.
Office of Medical Education recruiting teachers to join curriculum group
The goal of this program is to develop a core of basic science teachers who will serve as the backbone of preclinical teaching and drive educational innovation and scholarship. Please read this message from Dr. Newton, Vice Dean for Medical Education, to learn more.
Dean’s Advisory Committee Meeting - Aug. 9 Minutes
Read on for the minutes from the latest meeting.
School of Medicine Budget Update
Please read the following budget message from Dr. Roper.
Microsoft Security Patches - Windows Servers Downtime
OIS will be applying Microsoft Windows Security patches to our systems on Monday, Sept. 19 from 5-6 p.m. Each server will be down for a few minutes during the reboot process.
End of Email Migration Project
OIS has completed the email migration project for the School of Medicine. OIS will decommission the School of Medicine email servers beginning Sept. 30, 2011.
Upcoming Fire Alarm Tests
Tests are schedule for Mary Ellen Jones Building on Sept. 19 and the Frances Owen Blood Research Lab & Trailer 50 on Sept. 20.
