July 8, 2020
Thomas Volunteers with Meals on Wheels in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Second-year physician assistant studies student Jessica Thomas chose to volunteer with Meals on Wheels as a part of an elective medical management course.
July 8, 2020
Second-year physician assistant studies student Jessica Thomas chose to volunteer with Meals on Wheels as a part of an elective medical management course.
July 8, 2020
UNC's Department of Radiology offers educational track for residents with interest in global health. Katrina McGinty, MD, clinical assistant professor in the UNC Department of Radiology, initiated the creation and development of a Global Health Leadership Pathway for diagnostic and interventional radiology residents.
July 8, 2020
The 2020 American Urological Association Guideline for Evaluation of Hematuria lays out individualized, risk-stratified recommendations to promote early identification of genitourinary cancers while minimizing harms and costs from potentially avoidable imaging and invasive testing. Matthew Nielsen, MD, professor and interim chair of the UNC Department of Urology, was a panelist and contributing author.
July 8, 2020
The School of Medicine seeks an eager leader with teaching experience to serve in the role of Individualization Phase Co-Director, as Dr. Peadar Noone transitions from this leadership role.
July 8, 2020
Limited Submissions: Internal Call for Proposals NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science) UNC Internal deadline: 11:59PM, Monday, August 31, 2020
July 8, 2020
The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators (AOE) has elected two new members to its Leadership Council.
July 8, 2020
JAMA Surgery journal scores again with another record-setting impact factor of 13.625, maintaining its status as the top surgery journal in the world and the highest ranked surgical journal in history.
July 8, 2020
With facemask donations pouring in and a proliferation of instructional videos for fabricating masks at home, UNC and EPA researchers are collaborating with infection prevention experts to test the performance of masks on campus, with the goal of providing UNC Health workers with the safest available masks at all times. The research collaboration is led by Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, and Phillip Clapp, PhD.
July 7, 2020
The Carolina Collective launched an open call for creative ideas on how to meet the challenges of the upcoming fall semester, with the goal of identifying and implementing exceptional ideas.
July 7, 2020
Daniel Ian Kaufer, MD, a professor in the department of neurology for 17 years, passed away on July 2 after a brief battle with cancer. Dr. Kaufer was a masterful clinician, prolific researcher, passionate advocate and beloved mentor. A memorial is set for July 23.
July 6, 2020
David Margolis, MD, director of Carolina’s HIV Cure Center, was interviewed by The Well on how HIV and SARS-CoV-2 differ, how far the science has evolved since HIV first emerged, and why he’s hopeful about a COVID-19 vaccine.
July 2, 2020
UNC Medical Center was among the first hospitals to receive a batch of the first proven treatment for COVID-19 via the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program team members are overseeing a painstaking process of making a new treatment available to hospitalized COVID-19 patients.