February 20, 2020
The Academy of Educators (AOE) is now accepting nominations for new faculty and resident members. Nominations are due by March 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM. Click to learn more and submit a nomination.
February 20, 2020
Read a letter to clinical faculty from Dr. Beat Steiner, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education, with resources to prepare for the LCME site visit taking place in March, 2020.
February 20, 2020
Jason Hrdina, a clinical assistant professor and director of clinical education in the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Physician Assistant Studies program, will lead a new advance practice provider (APP) residency program, a joint initiative between the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals. Hrdina will serve as program director.
February 20, 2020
Christine E. Kistler, MD, MASc, associate professor, division of geriatric medicine and department of family medicine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for “Improving Primary Care Clinicians’ Communication Skills in Advance Care Planning for Patients with Dementia."
February 20, 2020
Tutors are needed for the Patient Centered Care course in the UNC School of Medicine. The course enables students to learn the core clinical skills—History-Taking, Physical Examination, Communication, Clinical Reasoning, Patient-Centered Care, and Professionalism— necessary for future patient care. Thank you for your interest in PCC! This class takes place over three semesters: PCC-1 (Fall …
February 20, 2020
After a review of the PEXIVAS trial, a large randomized clinical trial involving patients with ANCA vasculitis, Vimal K. Derebail, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, and Ronald J. Falk, MD, chair of the UNC Department of Medicine, have published their interpretation of these findings for patients with severe ANCA vasculitis and ANCA-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.
February 19, 2020
A newly published book by UNC faculty details the results of research on the rapidly-increasing tendency of retirees to relocate to Latin America.
February 19, 2020
All six basic science departments rank in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding, according to a new report by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, and 12 clinical departments rank in the top 30.
February 18, 2020
UNC Lineberger’s Jennifer S. Smith, PhD, and colleagues report in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology that a non-invasive screening method for HPV-linked cervical cancer has potential to boost screening access and warrants further research.
February 18, 2020
Scientists led by UNC Lineberger’s Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD, implicated B-cells, a type of immune cell, in the releasing of signals to keep T-cells from reaching pancreatic tumors to kill tumor cells.
February 18, 2020
Researchers led by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, described the role of a mutation in the Mre11 gene in triple negative breast cancer and how a disruption of Mre11 function plays a significant role in the genomic instability of that cancer type.
February 15, 2020
A study led by Abigail Gilbert, MD, assistant professor of medicine, division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, is featured in Healio Rheumatology.