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August 21, 2023
Neurology Receives Funding to Develop New Brain Imaging Method
UNC Neurology researcher Ian Shih has received a $2.4 million NIH grant to improve functional brain imaging techniques.
August 21, 2023
UNC Neurology researcher Ian Shih has received a $2.4 million NIH grant to improve functional brain imaging techniques.
August 16, 2023
A $100,000 grant from the Neurocritical Care Foundation has been awarded to David Y. Hwang MD, FAAN, FCCM, FNCS, division chief of neurocritical care in the Department of Neurology at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues to research an intervention to support family caregivers of patients surviving ICU admission for coma.
August 16, 2023
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday August 11, 2023.
August 15, 2023
Margaret Kasaro, MMed OBGYN, and others at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have received a ~$3-million award from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to improve access to portable ultrasounds in routine antenatal care in Zambia.
August 10, 2023
UNC School of Medicine researchers Angela Wahl, PhD, Balfour Sartor MD, J. Victor Garcia, PhD, and colleagues created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in the infection, replication, and pathogenesis of HIV and Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that can cause mononucleosis and other serious diseases.
August 10, 2023
The new observation, made by UNC School of Medicine’s Stephan Moll, MD, and Jacquelyn Baskin-Miller, MD, suggests that a life-threatening blood clotting disorder can be caused by an infection with adenovirus, one of the most common respiratory viruses in pediatric and adult patients.
August 9, 2023
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August 4, 2023
A new study published by UNC Family Medicine’s Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and colleagues looked at the impact of different types of warning signs for large and premium cigars sold individually at the point of sale. The team’s newly developed graphic and text warnings were more effective than the FDA’s proposed text-only warnings and could potentially increase the effectiveness of warning signs for large and premium cigars.
August 2, 2023
UNC School of Medicine graduate students Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay's lab and Aleah Bailey from Ilona Jasper's lab, were among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
August 2, 2023
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August 1, 2023
Three UNC Hospitals’ specialties are nationally ranked by U.S. News.
August 1, 2023
UNC has been selected as a participating site in the RECOVER-VITAL trial. A team of clinicians and researchers from across UNC will contribute to this nationwide work by identifying, treating, and evaluating patients over a six-month study period.