October 29, 2019
Adimora Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, in the department of medicine, was selected for this honor for her integral work in the field of HIV prevention.
Category: Awards, Rankings and Recognitions
October 14, 2019
NCI grant to help patients navigate costs of cancer care
UNC Lineberger’s Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and Donald Rosenstein, MD, will use the grant to connect cancer patients with potential financial support resources in Carteret, Dare, Jackson, Lenoir, and Nash counties.
October 9, 2019
Harrison Receives Career Development Grant from Lung Cancer Initiative
Emily Harrison, PhD, a postdoc at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded $150,000 for research focused on inhibiting the mechanisms of lung cancer metastasis.
October 1, 2019
Wesley Legant, Hyejung Won Earn NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
The National Institutes of Health announced 93 awards to fund highly innovative, high-impact biomedical research as part of its High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.
September 4, 2019
Hernandez and Carpenter awarded grant by The National Science Foundation
UNC-Chapel Hill and NCSU researchers, including Michelle Hernandez, MD, and Delesha Carpenter, PhD, MSPH, have been awarded an NSF grant to study early asthma exacerbation detection through wearables developed by NCSU.
September 3, 2019
Sidney Smith awarded WHF Lifetime Achievement Award
The award was presented August 31 at the World Congress of Cardiology in Paris.
August 8, 2019
Physician Office Building to be named for Dean Jeffrey Houpt, MD
The UNC Physician Office Building, located adjacent to the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, will be renamed the Houpt Building in honor of Jeffrey L. Houpt, MD. Houpt served as Dean of the UNC School of Medicine and vice chancellor of medical affairs at UNC from 1996 until 2004. In 1998, when the UNC Health Care system was created by the North Carolina General Assembly, Houpt was appointed CEO.
July 30, 2019
UNC Health Care Hospitals Nationally Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill has been ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" report for 2019-2020 with five specialties recognized as among the best in the nation.
July 16, 2019
Frances Ligler: Superhero
Not only is Dr. Frances Ligler an expert in biosensors and microfluidics, but she is an inspiration to all children pursuing STEM interests through her involvement with Camp Invention.
July 10, 2019
UNC Children’s Named to U.S. News’ “Best Children’s Hospitals” for 11th Straight Year
UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, with two in the top 20. UNC Children’s is ranked 16th in the nation for diabetes and endocrinology, and is also ranked 16th for pulmonology.
June 27, 2019
Backed by grant, fundraiser, Westmoreland to launch study to improve survival for teens with blood cancer in Malawi
Kate Westmoreland, MD, has been amazed and excited by a surge of support for her work to improve treatment for adolescents and young adults with Burkitt lymphoma in Malawi, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa where this type of blood cancer is more common and deadly than in the United States.
June 13, 2019
Clean In Clean Out Contest Winners
With over 14,000 observations submitted, the month of May for Clean In, Clean Out was a tremendous success! Congratulations to our May Feedback Contest Winners who all submitted hand hygiene observations and gave feedback.