October 19, 2021
UNC School of Medicine and Princeton researchers, co-led by Frank Conlon, PhD, and Wei Shi, PhD, conducted a first-of-its-kind analysis to discover differences in how particular proteins in heart cells are expressed in genetically diverse male and female mice during the earliest embryonic stage, well before sex hormones influence cells.
October 19, 2021
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.
October 19, 2021
A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine led by UNC School of Medicine’s Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, shows that participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by older adults dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid is associated with fewer hospital visits and lower healthcare costs. But millions of Americans do not take advantage of the program.
October 18, 2021
This new method, created by the UNC School of Medicine labs of Klaus Hahn and Tim Elston, has the potential to super-charge the study of human proteins as they interact and change their conformations in fundamentally important ways in human health and disease.
October 13, 2021
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation named Justin Wolter, PhD, postdoc in the Neuroscience Research Center, as a recipient of the Young Investigator Award.
October 11, 2021
A $1.97 million grant from the SECU Foundation will allow the UNC School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry to lead a pilot program that will address the behavioral health crisis in children and adolescents by expanding access to care through telemedicine services in schools, especially in rural areas.
October 7, 2021
The grants will fund the study of a genetic variant associated with high risk of OA, and how cartilage changes during aging.
October 6, 2021
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty.
October 6, 2021
Leah Ranney, PhD, Director for Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) and team received a three-year NIH award in the amount of $1.2 million for the research study Strengthening Cigar Warnings to Prevent Adolescent Use.
October 1, 2021
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill research set the stage to seek emergency authorization of the first oral antiviral drug to treat COVID-19, a pill developed by the pharmaceutical companies Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. William Fischer, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine led pivotal clinical trials on the drug molnupiravir.
September 29, 2021
UNC School of Medicine’s 54th annual Student Research Day will take place on Friday, November 12th, 2021. Historically, this has been a symposium-style event highlighting the research achievements of UNC medical students, giving them the opportunity to present their work. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, the event will be held virtually, with live video sessions. If you are interested in serving as a judge, please submit here: https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5VvRT1BAt5ZouG.
September 29, 2021
The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care will host an interactive mini-symposium exploring mechanisms for predicting how a patient's genome will influence their response to medications, implementing pharmacogenomics in the clinic, and development of EHR support.