October 27, 2025
UNC Health Expands ALS Care to Patients Living in Western North Carolina
A new clinic will bring ALS care to support the unique needs of individuals living in rural North Carolina.
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September 24, 2025
2025 Art in Science Competition Winners Announced
In celebration of University Research Week (October 20–24), the UNC School of Medicine is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 “Art in Science” competition. This year’s theme, “UNC Research is North Carolina,” inspired stunning visual representations of biomedical research that reflect both scientific innovation and artistic beauty. We would like to extend congratulations to the laboratories of Sarah Cohen, Paul Manis, and Hyejung Won for submitting the winning images!
June 26, 2025
Groundbreaking Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection Approved by FDA
UNC School of Medicine’s Joe Eron, MD, an expert on HIV transmission and drug development, led a clinical trial on the new medication, which has the potential to resolve the HIV epidemic around the world.
November 20, 2024
READY TO RESPOND: An Inside Look Into UNC’s SPARC Program
The UNC Special Pathogens Response Center (SPARC) at UNC Hospitals is a regional and national resource for safely caring for patients with a special pathogen. Get an inside look on how healthcare professionals prepare and train during an exercise at the UNC Medical Center.
October 31, 2024
Reuniting 22 years Later. The Power of Kidney Donation
Two decades ago, an incredible connection began with UNC Health’s first living non-directed kidney donation from a UNC Health nurse to a woman in need of a kidney transplant. 63-year-old Chapel Hill resident Anne Kelly and 69-year-old Clayton resident Debra Norris share their unique story of selflessness and gratitude and an instant unbreakable bond through one kidney.
October 30, 2024
UNC Children’s Opens Muenzer MPS Center in Chapel Hill
UNC Children's has opened the Muenzer MPS Research and Treatment Center dedicated to improving the lives of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), a group of rare inherited conditions, and advancing research with the goal of creating better therapies.
May 13, 2024
Scientists Discover Surprising Details about Xylazine in Combination with Fentanyl
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Zoe McElligott, PhD, and colleagues found that the animal tranquilizer xylazine activates opioid receptors in the brain, suggesting a reason why the treatment naloxone triggers a more severe withdrawal response when given to individuals on fentanyl/xylazine and suffering from respiratory depression.
April 24, 2024
UNC Addiction Medicine Program and CORE Community Partners Present at 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference
UNC Addiction Medicine Program and CORE NC presented on "Low Threshold MOUD: Partnering with Community to Expand Access" during the Morning Plenary at the 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference and shared new video on the Atlas Mobile Clinic community-campus partnership in Robeson County.
April 11, 2024
Haendel to join UNC Genetics, Pediatrics, Data Science & Society to Advance Precision Medicine in NC
Melissa Haendel, PhD, and her lab of 25-plus members will join UNC-Chapel Hill to focus on early diagnosis of childhood diseases and significantly improve quality of life outcomes.
April 4, 2024
The Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program Engages with Medical Students at the Annual Medical Education Conference in New Orleans
One of the main priorities of the Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program is to enlarge the number of qualified students interested in pursuing careers in psychiatry. As an intentional effort to accomplish this goal, the program engaged with medical students at a national conference interested in learning more about residency training at UNC, future career options in psychiatry, the Triangle as a place to live, and how they may become more engaged in the pursuit of mental health equity.
March 28, 2024
Four School of Medicine Students Named Schweitzer Fellows
The NC Albert Schweitzer Fellowship selected its class of 29 Fellows for 2024-25, including five from the UNC Adams School of Dentistry, four from the UNC School of Medicine and one from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
March 24, 2024
Match Day 2024 at the UNC School of Medicine
Congratulations to the UNC School of Medicine MD Class of 2024, which celebrated their achievements in Roper Hall, the school's new medical education building named after former Dean Bill Roper.