November 7, 2023
UNC Health Dedicates Youth Behavioral Health Hospital
Partnership with NC DHHS will improve psychiatric care for children and adolescents.
Category: News
November 7, 2023
New, Promising Clinical Trial for Glioblastoma Starting at UNC Health
UNC Health is the only academic healthcare system in North Carolina and the South participating in the randomized trial, which aims to assess the safety and efficacy of a combination immunotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.
November 6, 2023
UNC Health Hospitals Honored by Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety
Leapfrog awards top grades to multiple UNC Health hospitals in its Fall 2023 report.
November 2, 2023
Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Collaborate to Overcome Language and Disability Barriers
A UNC Family Medicine collaboration with Piedmont Health Services and partners has resulted in a $3 million HRSA grant to improve training in overcoming language and disability barriers. The 5-year project, “Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Language and Disability Access to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” is focused on building and developing curriculum and program experiences to enhance the training for medical students and residents.
November 1, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of October 27 – November 2
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday October 27, 2023.
October 31, 2023
New Procedure at UNC Restores Eyesight, Sensation for Patients with Rare Eye Condition
Matthew Miller, MD, Daniel Rubinstein, MD, and Hussam Banna, MD, from the UNC School of Medicine joined forces to perform the first corneal neurotization procedure at UNC, a life-changing surgery for patients who have neurotrophic keratitis.
October 31, 2023
Researchers Show SARS-Cov-2 Infection Affects Energy Stores in the Body, Causing Organ Failure
An international research team, including Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD, in the UNC School of Medicine, has found how SARS-CoV-2 causes widespread “energy outages” throughout major organs, and how these effects contribute to debilitating long COVID symptoms.
October 30, 2023
Hospital Care for Children Has Shifted from General Hospitals to Children’s Hospitals Over Last 20 Years
Children’s hospital care is now concentrated in fewer locations, and this has important implications for hospital planning and readiness, according to a new study led Michael Steiner, MD, MPH, of UNC Health.
October 25, 2023
Schweitzer Fellows Receive Emerging Leader Award After Launching Project BrainSTORM
In recognition of their work launching their Schweitzer project, BrainSTORM, the Brain Injury Association of NC (BIANC) gave the 2022-23 Schweitzer Fellows Ray Cheever and Callan Loflin an Emerging Leader Award at their 40th year of service celebration event on October 21, 2023.
October 25, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of October 20 – October 26
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday October 20, 2023.
October 19, 2023
Researchers Confirm Postpartum Depression Heritability, Home in on Treatment Mechanism
UNC School of Medicine scientists led the largest-ever genomic study of postpartum depression showing genetic correlations between PPD and other psychiatric conditions, as well as providing potential evidence of how the only FDA-approved treatment for PPD works.
October 18, 2023
UNC Awarded $5 million to Assess Intervention for Acute Stress Reactions
The $5-million initiative, led by the UNC School of Medicine and funded through the U.S. Department of Defense, will test the efficacy of an intervention developed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research originally designed to help service members who experience acute stress reactions during military operations. Sam McLean, MD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and emergency medicine, is the principal investigator.