January 9, 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 positive a career trajectory. Click to learn more and to register.
January 9, 2020
Professor Stephan Moll, MD, has been featured in a variety of media outlets for his contribution to NASA in treating an astronaut’s blood clot during a mission on the International Space Station, about which he co-authored a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. Here is a selection of the stories that have been …
January 9, 2020
Led by Adam Goldstein, MD, UNC Family Medicine researchers published details on how electronic cigarette companies offer academic scholarships to high school-age teenagers and young adults, showing a disconnect between the industry’s desire to increase vaping among young people and the desire of health advocates to decrease such usage.
January 9, 2020
Would you like to know your out of pocket responsibility for an upcoming procedure? An estimate for services in the UNC Health Care System is now available to all State Health Plan and UMR employees. A simple call with one of our Pre-Care Financial Services experts will provide you an estimated out of pocket amount, based on your benefits. For an estimate call 984-215-5199, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
January 9, 2020
UNC Children's Raleigh is now open! Featuring a pediatric urgent care, Wake County's first pediatric cancer chemotherapy treatment center and a variety of pediatric clinics, UNC Children's was designed to feature everything a child needs in a convenient location.
January 9, 2020
An internal audit of travel and business expense reports revealed opportunities to improve adherence with the Employee Travel and Business Expense Reimbursement Policy. More information at the link in the headline.
January 9, 2020
The new 2019 guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Foundation emphasize more multi-modal approaches for OA of the hand, hip & knee.
January 9, 2020
Dr. Bashford’s family invites all who knew him and were impacted by his life and work to a memorial reception on Friday, January 10. This event will be a chance for fellowship and remembrance as we honor Dr. Bashford’s memory.
January 7, 2020
Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS, a clinical instructor and fellow of infectious diseases in the UNC Department of Medicine, will use the fellowship to develop a new diagnostic test to identify Brucella as a cause of pediatric febrile illness in Kasese, Uganda.
January 6, 2020
Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, will serve as the UNC Institutional Representative as part of the American Society for Clinical Investigation’s Institutional Representatives Program for the next 5 years.
January 3, 2020
Visitor restrictions aimed at protecting patients and staff as number of flu cases increases.
January 2, 2020
Blood clot expert Stephan Moll, MD, professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, consulted NASA on how to treat a U.S. astronaut’s deep vein thrombosis during a mission on the International Space Station. Moll co-wrote a case study on the successful treatment that has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.