Sept. 27
Weiner featured in Stars and Stripes
Timothy Weiner, MD, a pediatric surgeon, is serving as a Navy Reserve Commander in Afghanistan. Stars and Stripes is the Department of Defense's military newspaper.
Heart and Vascular Nurses Honor Colleague with Service and Donations to Local Charity
In honor and support of Deirdre Maisano, Nurse Manager of the CTICU, staff from 3 Anderson recently volunteered their time and donated supplies to support a local charity.
Li, Wang named 2012 recipients of Jefferson-Pilot Award
Yun Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and the Department of Biostatistics, and Zefeng Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, were selected to receive Jefferson-Pilot Awards this year.
Rahangdale receives James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award
Lisa Rahangdale, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director, NC Women’s Hospital Dysplasia Clinic, has received the school’s prestigious James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award.
New Round of Bridge funding
New applications for Bridge funding are due to Dede Corvinus by Friday, Oct. 5 by 5 p.m.
CGIBD Thursday Research Seminar Series
Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH, will present "Colonic Diverticulosis: Everything You Believed is Wrong" at the Thursday, Sept. 27, CGIBD Research Seminar.
Furlow Fund's 2nd Annual "Smiling Faces" Benefit
Fundraising event benefiting the UNC Furlow Fund and the Palestinian Cleft Society, Oct. 8, 2012.
CHIP Conference: IT Security in a Decentralized Environment
Dennis Schmidt, MS, CISSP, Director, Office of Information Systems in the School of Medicine will give an overview of the challenges that IT Security staff face in a decentralized environment and some of the solutions they have come up with to meet those challenges.
Health IT Fair
Come to this event sponsored by the Carolina Health Informatics Program on Oct. 5 to network with Health IT vendors, learn about research and developments and listen to the Health IT Panel discussion.
UNC-led team awarded $2 million supplemental grant to support AIDS cure research
The Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication, or CARE, a multi-institutional research team led by David Margolis, MD, professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, has been awarded a $2 million supplemental grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct expanded analysis of resting CD4+ T-cells of people infected with HIV.
ID Conference: “Lessons from Botswana: Prevention and Treatment in the World’s Worst Epidemic of HIV/AIDS”
The presenter is Max Essex, DVM, PhD, Lasker Professor of Health Sciences at Harvard University, Chair of the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, and Chair of the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute in Gaborone, Botswana.
Congratulations to UNC's New AOA Members!
Fifteen UNC School of Medicine students were inducted into the prestigious medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). Amelia Drake, MD, is the faculty adviser for the group.
BRIC Customer Survey
We are seeking feedback and suggestions regarding the services provided by the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC).
Change in Point of Care Glucose Meters
The McLendon Clinical Laboratories Point-of-Care Services announces a change in POC glucose testing effective Oct. 3, 2012 with the transition to the Nova StatStripGlucose Meters.
Faculty members invited to submit questions in advance of the annual faculty meeting
The combined SOM Faculty Meeting and Medical Staff Meeting will be held on Oct. 1 at 5 p.m. in the Old Clinic Auditorium. Come early for light refreshments.
Spagnoli named Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology
Anna Spagnoli, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Bone Clinic and Endocrinology Fellowship Program, will succeed Ali Calikoglu, MD, on October 1.
Tar Heel Team Builder Bike Ride
Join Dr. Roper and your UNC Health Care and School of Medicine colleagues for the semi-annual Tar Heel Team Builder Bike Ride that will take place Oct. 27.
Mayer and Sonis elected as faculty representatives to Dean’s Advisory Committee
David Mayer, MD, and Jeffrey Sonis, MD, will also serve on the Nominating Committee for one year. Gail Henderson, PhD, and David Rubinow, MD, were also elected as chair representatives to serve on Nominating Committee. This change to the make-up of the committees is an effort to increase faculty participation in the governance of the School of Medicine.
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds - October 4, 2012
Mark Hall, JD, Fred D. & Elizabeth L. Turnage Professor of Law and Professor of Social Sciences & Health Policy at Wake Forest University will present, "Discussing with Patients the Costs of Treatment: Ethical and Professional Quandaries."
YOUR HEALTH: Schizophrenia with Dr. John Gilmore
Adam & Cristy will be joined by Professor & Vice Chair for Research and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at UNC and Director of the UNC Schizophrenia Research Center, Dr. John Gilmore this weekend on YOUR HEALH to talk about Schizophrenia.
School of Medicine Web Satisfaction Survey
Take this five-minute survey for a chance to win one of five $25 Visa gift cards! This week's winner is Meredith Cuthriell.
