March 24, 2021
A 5-minute Survey on Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination
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Category: Research
March 19, 2021
Barritt, Moon Co-author Nature Reviews Article on COVID-19 and Liver Disease
The article explores the clinical epidemiology and basic/translational issues of COVID-19 in patients with liver disease.
March 18, 2021
Parsing Dopamine’s Different Pain Sensitivity Role in Males, Females
Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine Lab of Thomas Kash, PhD, published new findings in the journal Neuron showing how neurons in two brain regions use dopamine to promote pain responses differently in male and female mice.
March 17, 2021
Why Should Black Women Participate in Research?
Hear the stories from four different women who explain the importance of Black participants helping to reach medical advances.
March 17, 2021
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Please review a list of competitive grants awarded to UNC School of Medicine faculty.
March 11, 2021
New Study Shows Impact of Mask Wearing on Patient Trust and Perception of Surgeons
A study led by Muneera Kapadia, MD, associate professor of surgery in the UNC School of Medicine, is the first to examine the effect of a surgeon’s mask on communication with patients in the clinic setting. Results suggest that not seeing the surgeon’s face may have negative consequences on the surgeon-patient relationship.
March 10, 2021
UNC Children’s Hospital in JAMA as part of National COVID Study
In search of factors that increase vulnerability to the novel coronavirus, UNC Children’s Hospital providers, Tracie Walker, MD, and Stephanie Schwartz, MD, capture real-time data on children and youth hospitalized with COVID-19.
March 8, 2021
Ridgeback, Merck Announce Preliminary Data of Potential COVID-19 Therapeutic
The findings reported on a secondary objective to reduce time to negative test result of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus in individuals with symptomatic COVID-19. UNC School of Medicine’s William Fischer, MD, is the lead investigator on the study of Molnupiravir, the investigational drug also known as EIDD-2801.
March 4, 2021
Scientists Find New Cell Type Implicated in Chronic Pain, Inflammation
The discovery, from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Mark Zylka, PhD, offers pain researchers a new, precise target to treat inflammation associated with neuropathic pain.
March 3, 2021
Depression and anxiety among first-year college students worsen during pandemic
First-year college students are reporting symptoms of depression and anxiety significantly more often than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study co-authored by Krista Perreira, PhD, professor in the UNC Department of Social Medicine.
March 2, 2021
Limited Submissions Internal Call for Proposals: NIH New Chemistries for Un-drugged Targets through (ASPIRE) Collaborative Research Program
The FOA will provide support for extramural investigators to take advantage of the unique research opportunities available at the NCATS ASPIRE Laboratory within the NCATS Division of Pre-clinical Innovation (DPI), and develop innovative ASPIRE modules that will facilitate identification of novel chemical entities targeted towards currently un-drugged biological space.
March 2, 2021
SOM Accepting Applications for Bridge / Boost Funding Programs
The UNC School of Medicine is accepting applications for the last round of Bridge / Boost Funding for Fiscal Year 2021. The deadline for applications is April 26, 202.