June 11, 2024
Miao Named Editor-in-Chief of Nature Journal
Yinglong Miao, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and computational medicine, has been named editor-in-chief of npj Drug Discover, part of the Nature portfolio of journals.
Category: Announcements
May 15, 2024
University Libraries New Website Launch on May 14
The University Libraries has a new website: https://library.unc.edu/health-sciences/ Because the new site is designed to be more intuitive for first-time users, some resources and service requests on the Health Sciences Library's web site might be in different places. Existing website links are now redirecting to the appropriate page on the new site.
May 2, 2024
Floris-Moore to Deliver Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture
Michelle Floris-Moore, MD, MS, will deliver the lecture in honor of Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH on June 20.
April 24, 2024
Franklin Receives 2024 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service
The Graduate School named Janay Franklin a 2024 recipient of the Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service, one of the Chancellor’s Awards at UNC-Chapel Hill.
April 23, 2024
Three UNC School of Medicine Students Among Recipients of Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Three UNC School of Medicine students are among 16 recipients of prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The UNC SOM students are Micah Hysong, Ryan Salcido, and Gates Schneider.
April 11, 2024
Haendel to join UNC Genetics, Pediatrics, Data Science & Society to Advance Precision Medicine in NC
Melissa Haendel, PhD, and her lab of 25-plus members will join UNC-Chapel Hill to focus on early diagnosis of childhood diseases and significantly improve quality of life outcomes.
April 4, 2024
The Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program Engages with Medical Students at the Annual Medical Education Conference in New Orleans
One of the main priorities of the Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program is to enlarge the number of qualified students interested in pursuing careers in psychiatry. As an intentional effort to accomplish this goal, the program engaged with medical students at a national conference interested in learning more about residency training at UNC, future career options in psychiatry, the Triangle as a place to live, and how they may become more engaged in the pursuit of mental health equity.
March 28, 2024
UNC Health Signs Long-Term Agreement with UnitedHealthcare
Multi-year contract avoids ‘out of network’ situation for United members.
March 28, 2024
Four School of Medicine Students Named Schweitzer Fellows
The NC Albert Schweitzer Fellowship selected its class of 29 Fellows for 2024-25, including five from the UNC Adams School of Dentistry, four from the UNC School of Medicine and one from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
February 8, 2024
A New Ultrasound Technology is Revolutionizing IBD Care at UNC School of Medicine
The UNC School of Medicine is on pace to become one of the few sites in the United States to incorporate intestinal ultrasound as an imaging technique for managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
January 9, 2024
UNC Neurology Joins NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials Network
David Y. Hwang, MD, professor of neurology and division chief of neurocritical care, is co-principal investigator along with colleagues at Duke for a new eastern North Carolina and southern Virginia stroke clinical trial coordinating center.
January 8, 2024
Jones Elected as Chair of Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Hendrée Jones, PhD, senior advisor of the UNC Horizons Program, was recently elected as chair of the Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).