December 20, 2022
In a strong field of nominations, Mia Evangelista of the Pathology Services Core received the award for technical achievement, Edison Floyd in the Pathology Service Core received the customer service award, and Paige Schmadeke in the BioSpecimen Processing Facility received the performance excellence award.
December 14, 2022
The Danish neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, professor in the department of neurology at the University of Rochester, will receive the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize at a ceremony in March.
December 7, 2022
UNC Health Rex, Nash and Watauga Medical ranked among nation’s best for safety and quality.
December 1, 2022
Principal investigators Misty Good, MD, MS, and Scott Magness, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, NEC Society will lead a $1-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map cellular roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
November 21, 2022
Ellen Cairns, RN, a Division of Plastic Surgery nurse, is the recipient of the 2022 Jill Ann Perlette Award. This annual award recognizes outstanding nursing care and supports the continuing education of registered nurses in the Department of Surgery.
November 16, 2022
Keriayn Smith, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, was selected as one of six inaugural recipients of grants from the Hypothesis Fund to advance early-stage innovative research.
November 16, 2022
The Leapfrog Group assigns hospital grades to inform patients and improve safety.
November 16, 2022
Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, a recognized research scientist, is the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2022 Hall Award for Clinically Innovative Research Paper recipient.
November 9, 2022
Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Family Medicine, was recently awarded a five-year, $762,196 grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01 grant) focuses on tobacco regulatory research in youth, specifically on how to communicate the harms of multiple tobacco products that youth may be using—referred to as multiple tobacco product (MTP) use—instead of just one product at a time.
November 9, 2022
Chineme Enyioha, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Family Medicine, was recently awarded a K23 Career Development Award for a study entitled, “Development of a prototype for a mobile health intervention for smoking cessation with features culturally adapted for African American smokers.” Enyioha will focus her work on creating a mobile cessation system specifically targeted at African American smokers.
November 9, 2022
The European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy honored the UNC School of Medicine’s Jude Samulski, PhD, co-founder and chief science officer of AskBio, with its inaugural Founder’s Award.
November 8, 2022
Efficient, modern, and breathtaking in its scope, UNC TEACCH celebrates its 50th anniversary as a stellar demonstration of commitment, excellence, and collaboration to help individuals with autism and their families across the state and around the world.