November 22, 2022
SOM Announces Second Round of DEI Mini Grant Awardees
The SOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has announced the first round of DEI Mini Grant Awardees in the award program’s 2022 pilot year.
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November 18, 2022
Watch the Livestream of Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Annual Forum: Dec. 13-15
The 2022 IHI Forum will be held Dec. 4-7 in Orlando with a live-stream option available Dec. 13-15! IHQI (the Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement) will provide access to the livestreamed portions of the event and we invite you to login and learn more about healthcare quality improvement.
November 8, 2022
Annual $50,000 Innovation Pilot Awards Request for Proposal Released
The Center for Health Innovation of UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine has released a request for proposals for the 2023 Innovation Pilot Awards. All UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health employees from any owned entity are eligible to apply. Applications are due January 17, 2023, and as many as four awards of up to $50,000 each will be announced in March 2023.
November 2, 2022
UNC School of Medicine Selected as a 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award Winner
The UNC School of Medicine has received the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
September 15, 2022
UNC Hospitals and UNC School of Medicine Pumpkin Decorating Contest Announced!
The Triangle West Recognition Committee is excited to announce our second annual pumpkin decorating contest and we are excited that our School of Medicine teammates will be joining the competition!
June 30, 2022
Five Residents Selected to Receive 2022 Cefalo House Officer Awards
This year’s Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Awards were given to UNC Medical Center residents: Marcos Lopez, MD, Plastic Surgery; Aurelie Merlo, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery; David Mysona, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Katy Reines, MD, Urology; and Ajan Sivaramamoorthy, MD, Pediatrics.
May 11, 2022
Mother and Daughter Nurses Make Their Mark, Spread Message of Diversity At UNC Medical Center
The story of Honey Mone't Jones, an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the MICU at UNC Medical Center, and her mother, Venus Standard, a Certified Nurse Midwife, and current Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Medicine and Department of Family Medicine, is not your typical mother-daughter story.
March 24, 2022
Celebrating our Providers’ Carolina Care Excellence
UNC Hospitals administers the Press Ganey Medical Practice survey to solicit feedback from our patients. The survey asks our patients about their likelihood of recommending their provider’s practice to their friends and family. Over the last year, for 154 of our providers, more than 89 percent of their patients responded with the highest recommendation which …
February 7, 2022
Construction Update: Manning Drive Closed Feb.18 – 21 for Crane Lift
The cranes will be in place to complete the placement of the main part of the new pedestrian bridge "B."
October 5, 2021
Meet the Students and Mentors of the Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety Scholarly Concentration – Cohort 6
The program builds quality improvement and leadership skills of future clinicians and nurse researchers.
August 18, 2021
Clarifications on Vaccine Requirements and COVID-19 Precautions for SOM Employees
Many of you have asked questions about the current state of vaccine distribution and the COVID-19 precautions are currently in effect. To help clarify, the following table has been created to outline the expectation for both clinical and non-clinical School of Medicine employees.
June 9, 2021
Workforce Engagement Survey (WES) Subject of Next Touchpoint 20
The School of Medicine will be participating in the WES Survey for the first time this year. Learn more about the WES, why it is important that everyone participate and share their thoughts on what is working and what can be improved, and how the confidential information will be used to help us understand how we can best support you.