January 24, 2019
Computational Medicine Pilot Grant Award Winners Announced
The UNC Computational Medicine Program and the SOM Office of Research announce the winners of the first annual Computational Medicine Pilot Grant Awards.
Category: Awards, Rankings and Recognitions
January 17, 2019
Kalicicki featured in Carolina People series
Abi Kalicicki is a Human Services Program Technician at Wakebrook Primary Care. She was featured in this week’s edition of Carolina People.
January 17, 2019
Senior Faculty Honored with Basic Science Mentoring Awards
The Office of Graduate Education and Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development recognized 10 faculty members with Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring Awards this week.
January 10, 2019
Berkowitz Co-Authors NEJM Perspective
Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine & clinical epidemiology, is a co-author of a Perspective on population health published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
January 3, 2019
Ten UNC Faculty Members Earn Mentoring Awards
The Office of Graduate Education at the UNC School of Medicine will recognize 10 faculty members from across UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus as Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring Award winners at a January 15 ceremony with a keynote address.
January 3, 2019
Department of Surgery Awarded $4.3 million in NIH R01 Awards
The Department of Surgery received two separate NIH R01 grants in December, 2018.
November 29, 2018
Dr. Saira Sheikh to lead autoimmunity and lupus research program launched by $1 million gift
A doctor-patient relationship inspires an innovative initiative designed to advance understanding of autoimmune diseases, specifically Sjogren’s and Lupus.
November 15, 2018
Der receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award
The National Cancer Institute’s Outstanding Investigator Award supports accomplished leaders in cancer research.
November 1, 2018
Retsch-Bogart honored at North American CF Conference
At the recent North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Denver, George Retsch-Bogart, MD, professor of pediatrics and co-director of the UNC Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center, received the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 2018 Richard C. Talamo Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award.
November 1, 2018
Celebrating Student Research
UNC School of Medicine students had the opportunity to showcase their research work at the annual Student Research Day, sponsored by the John B. Graham Medical Student Research Society.
October 29, 2018
Shih Earns $3.8 million NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant
Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD, associate professor of neurology and member of the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center, will use cutting-edge neuroscience tools to improve the understanding of fMRI signal in a brain area called striatum.
October 29, 2018
Piven honored with Ruane Prize for autism research
At an awards dinner in New York City, Joseph Piven was named co-recipient of the Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.