September 24, 2020
In the latest UNC Health COVID-19 media briefing, Melissa Miller, PhD, discussed many aspects of testing for COVID-19, including the importance of testing during the upcoming flu season. You can watch the entire briefing here.
September 24, 2020
The emotional health and well-being of co-workers across UNC Health is a top priority. In this week's video, Dr. Wesley Burks highlights the support resources available and shares some ways we can all support each other.
September 24, 2020
In an effort to broaden participation in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Michael Herce, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, participated in a Q&A style video in Spanish.
September 24, 2020
Dr. Leigh Callahan is the Director of the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (OAAA). She is also an epidemiologist and outcomes researcher who, for more than 30 years, has worked in musculoskeletal outcomes research.
September 24, 2020
In the very early stages of the pandemic, one team at UNC Health developed deployable tests for COVID-19 at a time when there were extreme limitations on testing availability. Thanks to their work, as of two weeks ago, UNC’s Medical Center hit its 100,000 test.
September 23, 2020
One in seven black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment, and black women also had extended duration of treatment, according to a study led by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Melissa Troester, PhD, and Marc Emerson, PhD.
September 21, 2020
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have received new funding to develop and test messaging to co-users of alcohol and tobacco products on the risk of associated cancers.
September 21, 2020
Kaplan, a fourth-year student in the School of Medicine and recent graduate of the Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of six medical students in the country to be recognized by the Pisacano Foundation for his leadership within the field of Family Medicine.
September 21, 2020
The Touchpoint 20 Zoom series is a new and quick way to touch bases with School of Medicine staff. The 20-minute, bi-monthly series will feature topics on wellness and a variety of other timely, work-related SOM subjects.
September 21, 2020
UNC is part of a national effort, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Program Consortium, to identify best mentoring practices for scientists underrepresented in biomedical research.
September 21, 2020
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative and the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network are partnering with the NC DHHS Cancer Prevention and Control Branch to increase colorectal cancer screening through evidence-based interventions and other strategies in partnership with NC Federally Qualified Health Centers and the American Cancer Society. At Lineberger, this effort is led by Dan Reuland, MD, MPH.
September 17, 2020
The trade magazine Pulmonology Consultant asked Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, four important questions about mucin abnormalities in early COPD.