November 4, 2024
Four UNC Health hospitals named to “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2025” list
Only 16 hospitals in the state of North Carolina are included in this year’s “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals” list.
November 4, 2024
Only 16 hospitals in the state of North Carolina are included in this year’s “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals” list.
October 23, 2024
Led by Kathleen Caron, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers earned a Sprint for Women’s Health Award to develop a new therapeutic approach to treating debilitating migraines that affect women.
October 9, 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper for their groundbreaking work in computational protein design and protein structure prediction. UNC’s Brian Kuhlman made significant contributions to this work while a postdoctoral researcher in the Baker lab.
August 6, 2024
Only 14 hospitals in North Carolina received five stars. CMS star ratings are a comprehensive way to measure hospital quality and safety.
July 16, 2024
The Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) specialty at UNC Hospitals is nationally ranked.
July 10, 2024
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Gilliam Fellowships to 50 graduate students in science – and their advisers – following the largest competition in the program’s history. John Patrick Flores and his adviser Douglas Phanstiel, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology, were selected in the 19th year of the program.
July 8, 2024
Christopher Jensen, MD, MSCR, assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, received the CLL Society’s 2024 Integrative Medicine Award. The grant is for Jensen’s research project, “Combating Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Personalized Supportive Care Program.”
June 7, 2024
UNC Hospitals is one of 53 nationwide lauded for providing high-quality care to underserved populations.
June 5, 2024
The Spring 2024 Core Facility Staff Recognition Awards were awarded to Gaby de la Cruz (Pathology Services Core) for Performance Excellence, Bentley Midkiff (Pathology Services Core) for Technical Achievement, and Rossana Roberts (Abacus Evaluation) for Customer Service. Congratulations!
June 5, 2024
Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, chair of urology and member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was selected by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to participate in the 2024 class of the NAM Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence program.
May 21, 2024
This five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is led by Toni Darville, MD, director of the UNC Children’s Research Institute, in collaboration with scientists at Vaxcyte, Inc. and the University of Chicago.
May 13, 2024
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.