October 27, 2025
UNC Health Expands ALS Care to Patients Living in Western North Carolina
A new clinic will bring ALS care to support the unique needs of individuals living in rural North Carolina.
Category: Announcements
October 21, 2025
Vogt Honored with 2025 Young Investigator Award by Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) has named Dr. Matthew Vogt, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the recipient of its prestigious 2025 Young Investigator Award.
October 15, 2025
New Secure Cloud Computing Environment to Change How Researchers Work with UNC Health Electronic Health Record Data
In a joint effort to modernize our clinical data research infrastructure, UNC School of Medicine, NC TraCS Institute, and UNC Health have built the new Secure Health Informatics Research Environment (SHIRE). The SHIRE, going live on November 3, is a full-featured analytics platform designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of projects using data from UNC Health’s electronic health record.
October 5, 2025
Henderson Receives $1 Million NHGRI Grant to Host Three Biennial Conferences
Gail Henderson, PhD of the Social Medicine Department was recently awarded a U13 grant from the NHGRI Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program.
June 19, 2025
UNC Health Names Margaret Ann Bollmeier Chief Philanthropy Officer
UNC Health has named Margaret Ann Bollmeier as the new president of the UNC Health Foundation and Chief Philanthropy Officer for UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine.
May 20, 2025
Novant Health, UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine award $1 million to launch two regional research efforts
Physician researchers aim to evaluate the use of AI to expand access to prenatal scans and launch a regional opioid stewardship initiative focusing on general surgery.
April 30, 2025
UNC School of Medicine Names 2024-25 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.
April 22, 2025
UNC Health CEO and Dean of UNC School of Medicine Dr. Wesley Burks Announces Decision to Step Down
Dr. Burks has served as CEO and Dean since Dec. 2018. His last day in his current roles at UNC will be Sept. 1, 2025.
April 3, 2025
PRISM: UNC School of Medicine and BioSTAR Launch Postbac Research Program
PRISM, a UNC School of Medicine and BioSTAR initiative, offers "Bright Futures in Science and Medicine" for postbac students. Apply by May 1 (Summer) or July 1 (Fall) 2025!
March 20, 2025
UNC Audiology Professor Awarded Outstanding Educator Award
UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences Dr. Stephanie Sjoblad was recently awarded the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Academy of Audiology. The award is given by asking colleagues, friends, and mentees in their professional circles to nominate colleagues who deserve recognition for outstanding service to audiology and the hearing sciences.
February 8, 2025
Remembering Dr. Joe Grisham
Dr. Joe Grisham passed away on January 29th, 2025. Dr. Grisham was the Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1973-1999. He oversaw the creation of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory medicine, along with Bill McLendon, conducted impactful NIH research in liver pathology, and was a recipient of the American Society of Investigative Pathology’s highest honor, the Gold-Headed Cane Award.
January 17, 2025
UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health Appoint Physicians Meltzer-Brody and Hamedani to Key Leadership Roles
Meltzer-Brody will serve as Executive Dean; Hamedani named President of UNC Faculty Physicians and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs