March 24, 2022
Nielsen Honored with H. Fleming Fuller Award
Matt Nielsen, MD, MS, Rhodes Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, was honored on March 21 with UNC Health’s H. Fleming Fuller Award.
Category: Awards, Rankings and Recognitions
March 16, 2022
UNC Now Accepting Nominations for Dr. Julie Byerley Award for Faculty Excellence in Interprofessional Education and Practice
All UNC-CH faculty, staff, and students are eligible to nominate their faculty, colleagues, and collaborators for this award run by the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of the Provost.
March 9, 2022
Physicians: Two Ways to Vote For UNC Health Entity Specialties in US News Survey from Doximity
All UNC Health physicians are encouraged to VOTE in the annual “Best Hospitals” survey from Doximity, which helps determine the 2022 – 2023 regional and national hospital and specialty rankings for US News and World Report.
February 28, 2022
Friedland Nominated for 2022 Women in White Coats Heroes Award
Professor of Ophthalmology Beth Friedland, MD, has been nominated as one of 15 highly accomplished female physicians nationwide for the 2022 Women in White Coats Heroes award. Each year, WomenInWhiteCoats.com hosts selection of an awardee with an exceptional record in patient care, education, research/scholarship and/or innovation, in recognition of the critical contributions that women in white coats make within the world of medicine.
February 23, 2022
Vice Dean Thomas Selected as 2022 Unsung Hero
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Unsung Hero Awards go to university staff members, faculty members, departments or entities that exemplify a steadfast commitment to inclusion.
February 17, 2022
Grover Receives Scholar Award from American Society of Hematology
Steven Grover, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the division of hematology and the UNC Blood Research Center has been selected to receive a Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award from the American Society of Hematology.
February 10, 2022
Rapid Response Recognition Report – Fourth Quarter 2021
The Rapid Response Recognition Report is a quarterly recognition of providers who are “remarkable examples of excellence” during rapid response events at UNCMC.
February 9, 2022
Carter Awarded $1.5 Million for Origin of Life Research
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded $1.5 million to Charles Carter, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, who will lead lab experiments showing how critical molecules precisely interacted, evolved together, and led to life on Earth billions of years ago.
February 1, 2022
SICU Receives Gold-Level Award from AACN
This is the fourth designation in a row for the SICU team, and an advancement to Gold.
January 27, 2022
Margolis Elected Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The prestigious honor for David Margolis, MD, Sarah Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Epidemiology, recognizes his distinguished contributions to the field of virology, particularly for key discoveries on the mechanisms of HIV latency and devising new strategies to pursue a cure for HIV.
January 26, 2022
TraCS Team Science Accepting Submissions for ACTeR Program Phase 2
TraCS Team Science is seeking to assist UNC researchers with the formation and development of multidisciplinary research teams focused on tackling challenging problems in clinical or translational medicine through the new ACTeR program. Phase 2 provides up to $50,000 and up to 0.5 FTE Project Manager support for up to 12 months to support the generation of preliminary data and grant application preparation. Submissions are due March 16, 2022.
January 20, 2022
UNC Medical Center Receives NAPRC Accreditation
The UNC Medical Center is the only organization in North Carolina accredited by the Commission on Cancer’s National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.