May 28, 2020
Students Teaching Students: COVID-19
When UNC first-year medical students shifted their studies to remote learning in March, they were eager not only to continue their typical curriculum but also to learn about COVID-19.
Category: Covid-19 / Coronavirus
May 28, 2020
School of Medicine Announces Guidelines for Resuming Research Operations on June 1
In this memo, Blossom Damania, PhD, Vice Dean for Research at the UNC School of Medicine, outlines measures to allow the safe resumption of lab-based and human subjects research at the UNC School of Medicine.
May 21, 2020
Clinical Research Support Office offers latest tips & information for research amid COVID-19
The SOM Clinical Research Support Office (CRSO) has compiled these general tips to help manage our clinical research work during these unprecedented times. Be sure to check out the initial tip sheet published on April 9th, available for review on the CRSO website.
May 20, 2020
UNC Doctors, Students Collaborate on COVID Treatment Study
In the first COVID-19 case series of tocilizumab in the United States, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and students from the UNC School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health, report that the drug tocilizumab should be used judiciously until randomized clinical trials determine the drug’s true efficacy for severely ill patients.
May 18, 2020
New Study Sheds Light on IBD Patients with Covid
Erica Brenner, MD, a pediatric gastroenterology fellow at UNC Children's Hospital, is a co-lead author of the study.
May 14, 2020
Perry Participating in COVID-19 NC DHHS Webinar Series
Martha Perry, MD, has been invited to participate as a panelist on the NC DHHS COVID-19 Healthcare Professional Webinar Series on May 14th.
May 14, 2020
Perry Participating in COVID-19 NC DHHS Webinar Series
Martha Perry, MD, has been invited to participate as a panelist on the NC DHHS COVID-19 Healthcare Professional Webinar Series on May 14th.
May 14, 2020
UNC School of Medicine Literary Arts Journal Seeks Submissions
Iris, the UNC School of Medicine's literary arts journal is seeking creative work published under quarantine for a special COVID-19 edition.
May 9, 2020
Researchers Identify Protein Involved in Reactivation of Virus Linked to Cancer
Researchers led by Blossom Damania, PhD, reported that Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, a virus linked to three human cancers, uses a protein produced by its human host to come out of hiding and reactivate.
May 8, 2020
Schisler Collaborates with NASA to Study COVID-19, Protein Correlation
An interdisciplinary research working group on space biology formed by NASA has transformed into the Coronavirus International Research Team, which includes Jonathan Schisler, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine.
May 6, 2020
Menard Receives Outstanding District Service Award
M. Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH, was honored with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Outstanding District Service Award amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 6, 2020
Atkins Writes Coloring Book on COVID-19 for Kids
Lindsey Atkins of the UNC Child and Adolescent Outpatient Program published a coloring book to help children cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic.