May 20, 2021
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Review a list of competitive grants recently awarded to UNC School of Medicine faculty.
Category: Research
May 20, 2021
Stress from 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Associated with Significant Increase in Cardiac Events
A first of its kind study led by UNC School of Medicine’s Lindsey Rosman, PhD, showed a 77% increase in the risk of cardiac arrhythmias leading up to and during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, demonstrating that stressful political events can take a toll on heart health.
May 19, 2021
Women’s Health Research Poster Presentation Award Recipients
The UNC Center for Women’s Health Research is delighted to share the award recipients from our Women’s Health Research Poster Presentation and Awards Program.
May 19, 2021
Cancer Drug Shows Potential Against Pseudo SARS-CoV-2 in Lab Tests
The UNC School of Medicine labs of Pengda Liu, PhD, and Guochun Jiang, PhD, led work to show how the drug lenalidomide can disrupt the pseudo-coronavirus’s ability to infect human cells.
May 17, 2021
Community Rallies to Raise $2.5 Million for Gene Therapy Trial at UNC
Project Alive, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for Hunter syndrome, has surpassed its goal of raising $2.5 million dollars for a gene therapy clinical trial to be led by UNC School of Medicine researcher Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD.
May 13, 2021
UNC-Chapel Hill COVID-19 Research Output & Collaboration Analysis
Research contributing to discoveries associated with COVID-19 has been growing on the UNC campus over the past year. To help increase visibility of this integral research and illustrate the extensive organizational collaborations that help move UNC research forward, a team from University Libraries – Health Sciences Library analyzed the COVID-19 research output of UNC Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) researchers between January 2020 and April 2021.
May 12, 2021
PROMISE study seeking racially/ethnically underrepresented MD, PhD, MD/PhD or DO Postdoctoral Fellows 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.
May 11, 2021
Microbiology & Immunology launches HBCU-Bridge Summer Research Opportunity Program
This new summer research bridge program, founded by doctoral candidate LaKeya Hardy, will support departmental diversity and strengthen connections with historically black colleges and universities.
May 6, 2021
With $8-million Grant, Researchers Aim to Better Understand Disease Mechanisms of Schizophrenia
Researchers from the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, UNC's Department of Genetics, and Yale University have teamed up to narrow down areas of the genome previously marked relevant to schizophrenia risk.
May 5, 2021
Mobile gaming app enhances HIV care
UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke researchers promote better health through gamification. The study was co-led by Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Kate Meussig, Phd, at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
May 4, 2021
Women’s Health Research Poster Presentation and Awards Program
The UNC Center for Women’s Health Research will be holding its second annual Women’s Health Research Poster Presentation and Awards Program during National Women's Health Week (May 10-14).
May 4, 2021
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Here is a listing of recent competitive grant awards to UNC School of Medicine faculty.