January 24, 2022
Applied Physiology Lab Seeking Participants for Birth Control Survey
Data from the 15-minute survey will be completely confidential and de-identified during analysis.
Category: Research
January 19, 2022
Allen Receives 2-Year NIAMS Grant
Kelli Allen, PhD, received a grant for a project titled “Optimizing Osteoarthritis Care Through Clinical & Community Partnerships.” The project addresses a critical need to improve care for patients with OA through an evidence-based, comprehensive and sustainable care model.
January 19, 2022
Timothy Moran Receives NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award
Timothy Moran, MD, PhD, is a recent recipient of the NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award. The objective of this 5-year, $2.68 million R01 research grant is to investigate how the indoor environment impacts peanut allergy development in children.
January 19, 2022
PROMISE study seeking racially/ethnically underrepresented MD, PhD, MD/PHD, or DO Assistant Professors for peer group mentoring research
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.
January 19, 2022
TraCS Team Science accepting submissions for ACTeR program Phase 1
NC TraCS is currently accepting applications for Phase 1 ACTeR applications. Phase 1 provides up to $5,000 and up to 0.25 FTE Project Manager support for up to 12 months to support team building, mini-symposiums, and idea development (from concept to project outline). One week is left before the submissions deadline!
January 12, 2022
Cruz Leads New Study Showing Promise of Education as Mental Health Therapy
Christina Cruz, MD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, is the first author of a study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry that shows how teachers can successfully deliver child mental health care in a low and middle income country.
January 12, 2022
Scientists Gain Unexpected Insight of Lymphatic Vessels in the Heart
The UNC School of Medicine Lab of Kathleen Caron, PhD, discovered that the protein VE-cadherin is a key player in the maintenance and function of lymphatic vessels in the heart, but that loss of these vessels is not associated with decreased heart function after heart attack.
January 5, 2022
TraCS Team Science ACTeR Program Now Accepting Submissions for Phase 1 Support
NC TraCS Team Science is seeking to assist UNC researchers with the formation and development of multidisciplinary research teams focused on tackling challenging problems in clinical or translational medicine through our new Advancing Collaborative Team Research (ACTeR) Program. NC TraCS is currently accepting applications for Phase 1 ACTeR applications.
January 5, 2022
PROMISE Study Seeking Racially/Ethnically Underrepresented MD, MD/PhD, or DO Assistant Professors for Peer Group Mentoring Research
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.
January 5, 2022
UNC Awarded $3.9-million Grant to Study Perimenopausal-onset Anhedonia and Psychosis with Simultaneous PET-MR
Gabriel Dichter (UNC Psychiatry), Crystal Schiller (UNC Psychiatry), and David Lalush (Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering) have been awarded a 5-year $3.9-million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to use simultaneous positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MR) to examine the effects of estradiol on reward circuitry functioning in a transdiagnostic sample of women with perimenopausal-onset anhedonia and psychosis.
January 5, 2022
Underrepresented Faculty Needed to Facilitate Peer Group Mentoring Research on Racially Underrepresented Early Career Researchers
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.
January 5, 2022
UNC Health, UNC School Medicine Faculty Publish Articles in NC Medical Journal on Social, Economic Factors of Health
Several UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health faculty and staff are authors of publications in a special edition of the North Carolina Medical Journal's first issue for the new year. These authors include Crystal W. Cené, MD, MPH, Randi J. Towns, Megan Canady, MSW, MSPH, Molly Berkoff, MD, MPH, and Andrea Bozoki, MD.