March 1, 2018
Shelton Earp, MD, has been named director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Earp has served as interim director since June 2017, a role he accepted after Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, UNC Lineberger’s director since January 2014, was nominated to become the director of the National Cancer Institute.
March 1, 2018
A team led by UNC Lineberger’s Gianpietro Dotti, MD, has engineered immune cells to hunt glioblastoma, the most lethal primary brain tumor.
March 1, 2018
Please read this message from Meghan McCann, MSN, RN NE-BC, Associate Vice President of Operations congratulating Kevin Brady on his new position.
March 1, 2018
For five years, Writing for Resilience has met most Tuesdays, offering a place for caregivers, patients, providers and the community at large a place to quietly reflect, and the chance to discover what shifts in perspective might sneak up on them while they put pen to paper.
February 22, 2018
On March 1, 2018, a new UNC Health Care system policy and agreement for telecommuting will go into effect. Changes to reimbursement for home internet and phone service under the new policy may be found at this link.
February 22, 2018
The UNC Hospitals Department of Audiology is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Pittsboro. The office is located at 57 Grant Drive, Pittsboro NC and is in the same complex as UNC Specialty Care at Pittsboro.
February 22, 2018
John Valgus has accepted the position of assistant director of pharmacy overseeing Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Clinical/Distributional Pharmacy Services; Kayla Waldron has accepted the position of assistant director of pharmacy overseeing Adult Acute and Ambulatory Clinical Services. Please read this message from Scott Savage, PharmD, executive associate dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy congratulating them on their new positions.
February 22, 2018
The lab of Zhen Gu, PhD, in the joint UNC-NC State biomedical engineering department developed a biodegradable hydrogel scaffold system to release chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic drugs at the tumor site.
February 20, 2018
The UNC School of Medicine ranks 16th overall in NIH funding; 6th among public universities. The department of cell biology and physiology is the highest ranked at 2nd overall.
February 15, 2018
Stephanie D. Davis, MD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine and Physician in Chief of UNC Children’s Hospital effective July 23, 2018.
February 14, 2018
UNC Medical Center will offer Paid Time Off (PTO) sell-back election periods quarterly to employees. To be eligible for the sell-back options, employees must have at least 88 hours of PTO available.
February 14, 2018
The UNC Family Medicine Center is pleased to launch a new comprehensive urgent care practice conveniently located on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus. Located at the intersection of Manning Drive and 15-501, UNC Urgent Care at The Family Medicine Center provides convenient access to comprehensive urgent care services.