Vital Signs
This week's collection of news and events from the School of Medicine
Congratulations to the 2013 SOM Graduates
On Saturday, May 11, the members of the class of the 2013 were awarded their diplomas in Memorial Hall. Many students graduated with dual degrees and earned a variety of awards and honors.
Two medical students win infectious disease scholarships for global health
Awardees Cramer McCullen and Seth Congdon, both rising second-year medical students, will spend the summer working on infectious disease problems in Guatemala and Zambia, respectively.
Dean's Advisory Committee - Meeting Minutes
Read more for a link to the minutes from the April 2013 meeting.
John Burnett: Kindness Rules the Day
An Ashe County man witnesses random acts of kindness daily – both as a deliberate and often anonymous giver and as an ever-grateful receiver – while in Chapel Hill for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Study finds genetic risk factor for knee osteoarthritis
Individuals with knee osteoarthritis who had variations in a gene for an anti-inflammatory chemical were twice as likely to progress to severe osteoarthritis as those without the genetic variations.
