January 27, 2022
Coming Soon: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Climate Survey, Feb. 8 – 26
Check your inbox on Feb. 8 for an email from Press Ganey for your unique link to the 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Climate Survey.
Category: School of Medicine
January 26, 2022
University Libraries to Cover Open Access Fees for Carolina Authors in PLOS journals
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers publishing in journals from PLOS will no longer need to pay article processing charges. The waiver is thanks to the University Libraries’ participation in several PLOS publishing partnerships. The agreements pilot various ways for institutions to reduce the fee burden for open access publishing and to increase the amount of high-quality peer-reviewed research in open circulation.
January 26, 2022
Educational Mentoring Program: Postdoctoral Fellows as Teachers
The School of Medicine’s MD program is seeking to diversify the educators who teach our medical students. We seek a postdoctoral fellow from an underrepresented group or with experience teaching individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine to teach in the medical school curriculum.
January 26, 2022
Coach Brown Delivers Words of Encouragement
"Keep your head up, keep fighting, and just know that you're appreciated and you're making a huge difference in everything that happens in our world," Coach Mack Brown said.
January 26, 2022
Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing COVID-19 Mini-Symposium
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing COVID-19, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1:00-3:00pm on Wednesday February 23, 2022. Presenters will explore how data has informed our response to the COVID-19 pandemic: the collection, analysis, and interpretation of COVID-related data.
January 25, 2022
N95 Masks To Be Made Available for All Teammates
Starting this week, UNC Health’s owned entities* and the UNC School of Medicine will begin making N95 masks available for teammates as an additional mask option due to the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant in our communities.
January 25, 2022
Willis Authors BMJ Editorial on Decrease in Hospital Admissions for Child Infections during Pandemic
The UNC School of Medicine’s Zachary Willis, MD, MPH, co-authored an editorial published in the British Medical Journal in conjunction with new research that shows dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England during the pandemic.
January 20, 2022
How to Order COVID-19 Rapid Tests
Tests can be ordered from the U.S. Postal Service and the North Carolina State Health Plan.
January 20, 2022
UNC Medical Center Receives NAPRC Accreditation
The UNC Medical Center is the only organization in North Carolina accredited by the Commission on Cancer’s National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.
January 19, 2022
New Alzheimer’s Disease Research Forum to Launch in January
All trainees (fellows, postdocs, junior faculty, residents, research associates, etc.) interested in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the ADRD IDEAS Forum to be held monthly by the Duke-UNC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. The forum will be directed towards early-career investigators from Duke, UNC-CH, ECU, NCCU, and UNC-Pembroke.
January 19, 2022
PROMISE study seeking racially/ethnically underrepresented MD, PhD, MD/PHD, or DO Assistant Professors 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.
January 19, 2022
Register for TEAM ADVANCE Spring 2022 Faculty Mentor Training
Registration is open for TEAM ADVANCE’s Spring 2022 Faculty Mentor Training. TEAM ADVANCE invites all faculty who are interested in improving their mentoring skills to register.