December 2, 2020
Neurology News: September – November 2020
See what’s new in the UNC Department of Neurology: research, honors, outreach and more.
Category: Neurology
November 11, 2020
Hunter, Cejas Receive 2020 Broyhill Research Award in Child Neurology
The UNC Department of Neurology is proud to announce that child neurologists Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD, and Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, are this year’s recipients of the UNC Broyhill Research Award in Child Neurology.
August 6, 2020
UNC Neurology Receives New Center of Excellence Designation
The Division of Neuromuscular Disorders has been designated as a Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Charcot-Marie-Tooth Center of Excellence.
June 11, 2020
UNC Neurology News: June 2020
See what's new in the UNC Department of Neurology with updates from the department's newsletter.
May 28, 2020
Experimental Drug Found to Improve Symptoms of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
James F. Howard Jr., MD, professor in the UNC Department of Neurology, was principal investigator of the phase 3 trial for the experimental drug efgartigimod, developed by Belgian pharmaceutical company Argenx.
April 2, 2020
UNC Neurosurgery News: December – March 2020
See what's new in the UNC Department of Neurosurgery: research, presentations, media, events and more.
March 9, 2020
Scientists Create Tool to Detect Genes Associated with Psychiatric, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Led by UNC School of Medicine neuroscientist Hyejung Won, PhD, researchers created H-MAGMA, a computational tool that improves current technology used to link non-coding genetic variants to the genes associated with diseases through genome-wide association studies.
December 12, 2019
UNC Neurosurgery News: August – November 2019
See what's new in the UNC Department of Neurosurgery: research, events, media, presentations and more!
December 10, 2019
Scientists Discover Key Neural Circuit Regulating Alcohol Consumption
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Zoe McElligott, PhD, found that alcohol consumption is regulated by the activity of a particular set of neurons in a specific brain region, a discovery that could lead to a better understanding of why some casual drinkers develop an alcohol use disorder.
November 26, 2019
Department of Allied Health Sciences Celebrates its 13th Annual Donor Appreciation Brunch
More than 100 people, including dozens of esteemed donors, joined student scholars and award recipients from the Department of Allied Health Sciences.
September 17, 2019
Zylka Lab awarded $6.1 million from NIH to develop CRISPR/Cas9 gene therapy for Angelman syndrome, study UBE3A autism gene with Philpot Lab
The National Institutes of Health have awarded two separate grants totaling $6.1 million to Mark Zylka, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Center. One of the grants was co-awarded to Ben Philpot, PhD, associate director of the center at the UNC School of Medicine.
September 3, 2019
A Tribute to Kevin Robertson
Professor emeritus Colin Hall wrote this remembrance of his dear friend and neurology colleague Kevin Robertson, who passed away earlier this year.