January 23, 2020
Todd Cohen and Jonathan Schisler — a neuroscientist and a heart researcher — began working together in 2016 after meeting for coffee in Marsico Hall. By combining their expertise in protein studies, they strive to develop a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
January 23, 2020
The UNC Beacon Program is looking for any UNC Hospital or Medical School Employees who have a passion for helping patients who have experienced any form of intimate partner violence.
January 22, 2020
Overcoming HIV latency – induction of HIV in CD4+ T cells that lay dormant throughout the body – is a major step toward creating a cure for HIV. For the first time, scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill, Emory University, and Qura Therapeutics – a partnership between UNC and ViiV Healthcare – have shown that a new approach can expose latent HIV to attack in two different animal model systems with little or no toxicity.
January 22, 2020
This course is to teach employees how to respond in the event of an active shooter incident. Please register for the "Violence Awareness and Active Shooter LMS module prior to registering for one of the sessions, using the course code UNCHHPAS. Sessions are available throughout the year in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Morrisville.
January 22, 2020
Our Carolina Care Highlight this week recognizes Dr. David Berkoff from the Department of Orthopaedics. Here's what one of Dr. Berkoff's patients had to say: "Dr. Berkoff really seemed to listen and took a good amount of time to investigate what could be the main cause of my condition. Within a few days of following his advice I began to feel some relief in pain. Very impressed with is knowledge and bedside manner..."
January 22, 2020
Four research teams at the UNC School of Medicine won $25,000 pilot grants with the goal of increasing collaborations throughout the neurosciences, as part of a UNC NeuroSpark event.
January 22, 2020
Now that the new year is here, it's important to review some timely benefit news and information.
January 21, 2020
Pablo Serrano, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, sits down to discuss what drew him to medicine and the Latino Transplant Clinic he is spearheading at UNC Medical Center.
January 21, 2020
Lorna Moser, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Center’s Institute for Best Practices, is principal investigator for a three-year, nearly $500,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for a national study to look at Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) for individuals with serious mental illness.
January 21, 2020
The Association of Professional Women in Medical Sciences (APWIMS) is hosting a panel on daily career and life transitions – from giving care at work to care at home. The panel will engage women faculty in discussions of the challenges of balancing life events – childbirth, child-rearing, illness, caregiving, elder care – with balancing a positive career trajectory. Click to learn more, to register, and to get WebEx information.
January 17, 2020
The School of Medicine is supporting a new training initiative to support career development of Physician Scientist trainees near their transition to faculty positions – The Physician Scientist Training Program. Applications due March 3, 2020.
January 16, 2020
Join the Women’s Leadership Collaborative (a UNC Medical Center Employee Resource Group) on February 13 for a unique opportunity to network with executive leaders in an intimate setting.