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The on-site COVID-19 vaccine clinic is reopening May 12-15 and walk in appointments are available.

No other healthcare system in North Carolina makes the top 10 for “most trusted” in this year’s edition, and no other North Carolina system cracks the top 30 in the overall rankings.

Researchers from the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, UNC's Department of Genetics, and Yale University have teamed up to narrow down areas of the genome previously marked relevant to schizophrenia risk.

UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke researchers promote better health through gamification. The study was co-led by Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Kate Meussig, Phd, at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Thursday April 29, 2021.

UNC Medical Center, UNC REX, Nash, Pardee and Lenoir receive A grades

UNC's NC TraCS and the Center for Advanced Self-powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at NC State is seeking highly innovative proposals that address high-impact unmet clinical needs using NC State’s ASSIST-developed technologies. The goal of this Special Emphasis is to match UNC providers’ expertise of clinical challenges and unmet needs, with engineering faculty at ASSIST seeking to develop novel technology applications.

Vaccinating children against COVID-19 is critical to ending this pandemic, and you can help. UNC’s trial site will begin enrolling children 12-17 years of age on May 6.

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.

The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Thursday April 22, 2021.

Brandon Teal, a UNC Health Alliance community health worker, shares his experience contributing to UNC Health’s equitable vaccine distribution mission.

Burke County System Would Expand Local Access to More High-Quality Specialty Services

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Take Your Shot and Be Entered to Win: Scheduled and Walk-In COVID-19 Vaccines Offered May 12 – 15 for Co-workers in new Occupational Health Services Clinic Location

UNC Health Ranked #2 Most Trusted Healthcare Brand in the US

With $8-million Grant, Researchers Aim to Better Understand Disease Mechanisms of Schizophrenia

Mobile gaming app enhances HIV care

Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of April 29 – May 5

UNC Health Hospitals Earn Top Safety Grades from Leapfrog Group

NC State ASSIST and UNC Translational Research Collaborations RFA

UNC’s Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Enrolling Adolescents

PROMISE study seeking racially/ethnically underrepresented MD, PhD, MD/PhD or DO Postdoctoral Fellows for peer group mentoring research

Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of April 22 – 29

Alleviating the Vaccine Gap: A Community Health Worker’s Contribution

CHS Blue Ridge Signs Non-Binding Letter of Intent with UNC Health