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December 9, 2020
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute grants $2.3 million to study fundamentals of immune cell activation
The large collaborative group receiving the grant includes UNC SOM's Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD.
December 9, 2020
The large collaborative group receiving the grant includes UNC SOM's Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD.
December 9, 2020
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.
December 9, 2020
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications for Diabetes Research Center grants to support research in diabetes mellitus and its complications, and in related areas of endocrinology and metabolism.
December 9, 2020
The ANE-SANE program funds advanced nursing education to train and certify Registered Nurses (RNs), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), and Forensic Nurses (FNs) to practice as sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs). The program aims to increase the supply and distribution of qualified working SANEs and expand access to sexual assault forensic examinations.
December 9, 2020
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation awarded $2.76 million for 11 studies to advance our understanding of the underlying factors that impact COVID-19 outcomes in people with CF. UNC Marsico Lung Institute researchers Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD, and Raymond Pickles, PhD, received funding for two studies.
December 8, 2020
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, published his 400th scientific paper this fall in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
December 8, 2020
William Wood, MD, professor of Medicine, and Nigel Key, MD, Harold R. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Medicine, authored abstracts that were highlighted at American Society of Hematology press events, and Alisa Wolberg, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, served as Scientific Co-Chair of the meeting.
December 3, 2020
Annie Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA, professor of social medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, and associate director of the UNC Center for Bioethics, published an article in Scientific American on the medical ethics of including pregnant women in drug trials.
December 2, 2020
The Mary Kay Foundation is a non-profit public foundation, which focuses on funding research for innovative grants for translational research in ovarian, uterine, breast or cervical cancer.
December 2, 2020
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.
December 2, 2020
Katarzyna Kedziora, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the UNC Department of Genetics, received a $740,000 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to support increased collaboration and innovations in imaging technology research.
December 1, 2020
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, FACOG, has been appointed as a Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Scholar. Her work will focus on the health of women involved with the criminal justice system.