July 24, 2020
UNC Lineberger researchers demonstrated that patients with advanced, relapsed/refractory forms of the common blood cancer showed a high rate of durable responses to CAR-T cell immunotherapy.
July 23, 2020
The MSEC consists of the officers of the Medical Staff, the Department Chairs, the Chief Nursing Officer, the Deans of the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the President of the House Staff Council, the President of UNC Faculty Physicians, and the President of UNC Hospitals. The MSEC acts on behalf of the Medical Staff on issues related to all aspects of medical practice. It receives reports on hospital operations, GME, and Nursing.
July 23, 2020
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a well-qualified leader to serve as Chair for the Department of Urology. This is an internal search; only current UNC School of Medicine faculty members will be considered.
July 23, 2020
Students can fulfill this requirement by logging in to ConnectCarolina.unc.edu and proceeding through the COVID-19 Notice and Student Acknowledgement. This requirement must be fulfilled by students by July 27, prior to attending classes this fall.
July 23, 2020
Blossom Damania, PhD, vice dean for research and Boshamer Distinguished Professor at the UNC School of Medicine, and Dirk Dittmer, PhD, briefed local media on various aspects of COVID-19 research.
July 23, 2020
Blossom Damania, PhD, and Dirk Dittmer, PhD, were featured in a News & Observer article on the scope of research at the UNC School of Medicine to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, including an upcoming vaccine trial at UNC.
July 23, 2020
Benjamin Haithcock, MD, is a thoracic surgeon, director of the CT Residency program and associate professor in the UNC Department of Surgery. He talks about his shift from wanting to be a kindergarten teacher to his fascination with the human body and eventually becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. He is a surgeon who listens to his patients and walks with them through the process of managing their disease.
July 23, 2020
Bonnie Shook-Sa, DrPH, and Alison Aiello, PhD, at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Ross Boyce, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, published a viewpoint piece on the pitfalls of certain types of early SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies.
July 23, 2020
Published in NEJM, this perspective article co-authored by UNC School of Medicine’s Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, and Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH, and Boston University’s Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH, recognizes that social policy solutions are needed to advance health equity, along with health policy and individual-level efforts.
July 23, 2020
Alena Markmann, MD, PhD, Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD, Tessa Andermann, MD, PhD, and Peyton Thompson, MD, will receive support from the Physician Scientists Training Program at the UNC School of Medicine to cultivate their careers as translational clinician scientists.
July 22, 2020
The Associate DIO at UNC Hospitals is a new position reflective of the increasing responsibilities for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education sponsoring institutions to comply with expanding and rapidly evolving accreditation standards.
July 22, 2020
The Collaboratory funded 85 projects across 14 UNC System schools, including six at the UNC School of Medicine.