February 10, 2021
The TARC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) Announces RFA for Pilot & Feasibility Studies
The program provides seed money of up to $25K for 1 year to initiate new and innovative projects.
Category: Research
February 9, 2021
Women’s Health Research Poster Presentation and Awards Program
The UNC Center for Women's Health Research is holding its second annual Women’s Health Research Poster Presentation and Awards Program. Submission is open to faculty, staff, graduate/undergraduate students, residents, and fellows.
February 9, 2021
Antiviral Proves Effective at Preventing, Treating COVID-19 In Lab
Using a novel in vivo research model containing human lung tissue, UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Victor Garcia, PhD, and Angela Wahl, PhD, demonstrated that the broad spectrum, experimental drug EIDD-2801 proved dramatically effective at preventing and treating SARS-CoV-2 infection in human tissue in the lab.
February 8, 2021
Specific genes in placenta may predict size of baby’s brain and risk for schizophrenia
This study, co-led by John Gilmore, MD, provides further confirmation of placenta's role in early life development of schizophrenia, and lays groundwork for preventing the brain disorder.
January 28, 2021
Scientists Find Key Function of Molecule in Cells Crucial for Regulating Immunity
UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger scientists co-led by Jenny Ting, PhD, and Yisong Wan, PhD, uncovered a new molecular pathway important for the regulation of the adaptive immune system and the mitigation of autoimmune disease.
January 28, 2021
Durham Pastor explains why he’s participating in Novavax COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
Pastor Wil Nichols of Victorious Praise Fellowship Church in Durham, NC, explains why he's participating in the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.
January 28, 2021
Limited Submissions Internal Call for Proposals: Pew Biomedical Scholars 2022
The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level.
January 28, 2021
T32 in UNC-iTOP: Accepting Applications
The UNC Integrated Translational Oncology Program (iTOP) training program focuses on training clinicians, basic scientists, and MD-PhD candidates in clinical/translational disease-based research.
January 28, 2021
UNC Radiology Image Analysis Group Evidences Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in MRI Artefact Removal
Pew-Thian Yap, PhD, associate professor of Radiology and director of the UNC Image Analysis Group, is the senior author of a study published in Nature Machine Intelligence demonstrating effective use of an Retrospective Artefact Correction (RAC) neural network learned with unpaired data to disentangle and remove unwanted image artifacts.
January 20, 2021
Healthcare workers participate in COVID-19 vaccine research to help understand long-term impact
Anyone 18 or older who works in a healthcare setting is eligible to join the HERO Registry. Those who receive a vaccine for COVID-19 can self-enroll through the HERO Registry participant portal within 60 days of receiving a vaccine.
January 20, 2021
Limited Submissions Internal Call for Proposals: Emerging Issues in Maternal and Child Health (HRSA 21-080)
The purpose of this program is to strengthen the capacities of state and/or local-level organizations to respond to emerging public health issues affecting maternal and child health (MCH) populations. This funding opportunity is a mechanism to support capacity and strengthening activities to improve state and/or local-level organizations’ abilities to address emerging issues threatening the health and well-being of MCH populations in an effective, timely manner.
January 20, 2021
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Here's the current listing of recent competitive grant awards to UNC School of Medicine faculty.