April 12
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine requests faculty speakers
The National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine is searching for speakers for several of their events. Each speaker will present to one group of scholars for a total of 1 hour, 40 minutes addressing the scholars and 20 minutes at the end for questions.
Clinical trial of experimental drug targeting mutation in thyroid cancer shows clinical benefit
In a clinical trial of an experimental drug to treat thyroid cancer, UNC and six other institutions report the first evidence in this tumor that targeting therapy to an oncogene documented to be present in the patient receiving therapy may be associated with clinical benefit. Neil Hayes, MD, is the UNC principal investigator and first author of the study.
Call for Applications: Director, Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
The Director will be charged with developing a new mission for the PMBB that will provide critical support for the overall research program outlined in the SOM strategic plan. The position is a supplemental administrative position for a current full-time faculty member at the Associate to full Professor level.
American Urological Association names Wallen 2012 Teacher of the Year
Eric Wallen, MD, is Professor of Surgery/Urology, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, and Residency Program Director.
Seminar: Towards a New Paradigm in HCV Chronic Infection
Evolutionary biologist Rebecca Gray, PhD, MRC Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, will present this guest lecture on Wednesday, April 11.
CGIBD Thursday Research Seminar Series
Jason Mills, MD, PhD, will present "How to make a Secretory Cell from a Stem Cell and how it all goes wrong in Cancer" on Thursday, April 12.
Lecture: A Rising Imperative - Human Rights and Global Health
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MA, is a pioneering expert on public health and human rights, teaching preventive medicine and law at the University of Southern California.
YOUR HEALTH: Re-Airing of the Supreme Court & Your Health
This weekend on YOUR HEALTH, we're re-airing one of our most popular shows about the Supreme Court & Your Health, with special guest, Executive Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Gregory Curfman.
The Sixth Annual Run for the Promise Gala
Honorary hosts Eric & Laura Montross invite you to attend the 2012 Run for the Promise Gala, benefiting N.C. Children's Hospital. The 6th Annual Run for the Promise Gala will be held on May 5, 2012 at Governors Club in Chapel Hill.
Carolina Health Informatics Seminar Series
The speaker is Harold “Skip” Garner, PhD, Executive Director of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech.
Dean's Advisory Committee - Meeting Minutes
Read more for a link to the approved minutes from the February meeting.
Bozymski to present the Annual AOA lecture
Eugene M. Bozymski, MD, a member of Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society, will present the Annual AOA lecture at The Medical College of Wisconsin in late April.
Save the Date: Combined SOM Faculty Meeting and Medical Staff Meeting
The annual combined meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2012 in the Old Clinic Auditorium.
