Oct. 11
CGIBD Thursday Research Seminar Series
Nicholas Talley, MD, PhD, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia will present "Functional Dyspepsia: New Insights into Pathophysiology and Management" at the Thursday, Oct. 11 CGIBD Research Seminar
2nd Annual Kenan-Flagler Healthcare Conference
Registration is free for students, faculty, and staff (including UNC Hospitals) and open to the public for a nominal registration fee (early bird rates end Oct 15).
Telemedicine and Retinal Imaging Research Featured in "Archives of Internal Medicine"
Dr. Seema Garg, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, performed the research. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of telemedicine on diabetic retinopathy screening in a primary care setting with a diverse patient and payer mix.
Two UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies fellows receive ISBRA Presidents Awards
Dr. Robert Lipinski and Dr. Kristen Pleil received two of the five $1,000 International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) Presidents Awards at the annual meeting in Sapporo, Japan in September.
Crane will be staged behind Brinkhous-Bullitt - Oct. 12
A construction company will stage a crane behind Brinkhous-Bullitt on Friday, Oct. 12.
PM&R Grand Rounds: "Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Evidence Update and a Plausible Mechanism"
Medical colleagues are invited to join our Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Ground Rounds at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in G100 Bondurant.
IT Security Tip: Beware of phishing phone calls reaching SOM phone numbers
We have received reports of scammers calling SOM phone numbers, pretending to be Microsoft or “Windows” support staff. The caller claims that your machine is sending alerts about a problem and that they are calling to help you out.
'Robert the Robot,' NCSU Libriaries bookBot, named in honor of Dr. Robert Bashford
Dr. Robert A. Bashford, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Associate Dean for Admissions, was honored in June at a naming ceremony for Robert the Robot, a new bookBot in the James B. Hunt, Jr., Library at North Carolina State University.
Cohen to deliver December commencement address
Myron S. Cohen, MD, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Public Health, an acclaimed physician and researcher who has spent the last three decades studying the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, will speak at December Commencement at UNC.
60th Anniversary Celebration for the School of Medicine
The School of Medicine will celebrate 60 years of caring for the people of North Carolina on Oct. 22 from 2 to 3 p.m.! Please save the date to join your colleagues to celebrate our history, the formation of the four-year MD program in the School of Medicine, and the opening of N.C. Memorial Hospital.
Important Reminder: Planned Network Outage During Early Morning Hours on Oct. 18 and 19
Many campus IT services, including email, VPN, directory, Sakai, all websites, and more, will be interrupted or down on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 6:30 - 7:30 a.m. and on Friday, Oct. 19, from 5:30 - 7 a.m. This outage does not affect UNC Health websites or services. If you have any questions, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 919-962-HELP.
Thanks for taking the School of Medicine Web Satisfaction Survey
Thank you to all who participated in the School of Medicine satisfaction survey. Our final gift card winner is Neelima Choudhary.
