August 9, 2022
SOM DEI Mini Grant Awardees Announced
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.
August 9, 2022
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.
July 27, 2022
Udobi Campbell, PharmD, MBA, and Tracey Rankin MSN, RN, NEA-BC, have been announced as vice presidents of operations at UNC Hospitals. Rankin will transition into this role on August 7 and Campbell on August 21.
July 27, 2022
The UNC site lead investigators are Michelle Hernandez, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, and Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair of research in the UNC Department of Family Medicine.
July 21, 2022
Chad Pecot, MD, associate professor of medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will lead the new center dedicated to the investigation of the many roles of RNA in health and disease.
July 19, 2022
The UNC School of Medicine will host virtual mock interviews from September 19 through October 21 for individualization phase students preparing for residency interviews. Faculty members are needed as volunteers to help students prepare.
July 14, 2022
Melissa Caughey, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Duke University’s Vishal Rao, M.D., (B.S. UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering) won third place in a collaboration as contestants in the American Heart Association Heart Failure Data Challenge.
July 14, 2022
The North Carolina state budget, signed into law on July 11, allows the UNC School of Medicine to increase enrollment and train more health professionals and medical researchers to improve lives and health care across the Tar Heel state.
July 12, 2022
The UNC Academy of Educators is now accepting applications for the Teaching as a Resident: Highlighting the Evidence and Enthusiasm of Learning program. The deadline is noon on August 1.
July 12, 2022
As part of the American Heart Association’s pledge to address social determinants of health in women of color, Alison Stuebe, MD, and her team of researchers received a $2.4-million grant to develop a curriculum that cultivates trust among patients and health team members.
July 8, 2022
The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute and FastTraCS are partnering with RTI Innovation Advisors—an RTI International business unit that supports innovators who are developing new products, technologies, and services—to conduct early market testing of your UNC technology or concept.
July 7, 2022
UNC Family Medicine is celebrating the first graduates from its Federally Qualified Health Center Rural Health Track at Siler City. Morgan Layman, MD, Naeemah Munir, MD, MPH, and Emily Samson, MD, MPH, began their training as the inaugural class at Siler City Community Health Center in 2019.
July 7, 2022
Jeanette Cook, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry. She will begin her work in the role on July 11.