March 3, 2026
Every year on the third Friday of March students at University of North Carolina School of Medicine pack into a room to hopefully receive an envelope that contains their residency program “match”. Two current seniors, Katherine Poulos and Avani Desai, are part of a small group of students who will already know what is inside …
March 2, 2026
UNC School of Medicine’s Yara Abdou, MD, is among the third cohort of physician researchers to receive the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Leadership Award.
February 24, 2026
Many of the basic science departments rank in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding for federal fiscal year 2025 and 10 clinical departments rank in the top 30.
February 18, 2026
Jonathan Oberlander, Professor of Social Medicine, is co-editor of a new special issue on Public Health Under Siege.
February 4, 2026
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Feb. 4, 2026 – A multi-institutional study led by researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and UC San Diego has uncovered new genetic rules that determine how powerful immune cells—known as CD8 killer T cells—choose between becoming long-lasting, protective defenders or slipping into exhausted, …
January 8, 2026
Madison Snyder, 2nd-year UNC School of Medicine med student and 2025-26 NC Schweitzer Fellow, pens op-ed about how skin cancer can affect a variety of skin tones.
January 5, 2026
In fiscal year 2025, UNC School of Medicine researchers led the drive toward important discoveries aimed at improving human health and the lives of people in North Carolina. Our researchers remain dedicated to UNC’s broader research missions by preventing and curing disease, optimizing brain health and well-being, and applying artificial intelligence to benefit and save lives.
January 5, 2026
Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD, leads research on groundbreaking therapy that offers hope for ultra-rare disease patients across the world living with a devastating genetic disorder.
December 12, 2025
The Carolina MEdIC program at UNC Health offers North Carolina-based military medics, nurses, and physicians on-the-job training in the emergency department, as well as the burn and surgical units at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
November 21, 2025
UNC researchers discovered how a key step in cell signaling works by showing exactly how G proteins detach from receptors that many common medicines target.
September 24, 2025
In celebration of University Research Week (October 20–24), the UNC School of Medicine is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 “Art in Science” competition. This year’s theme, “UNC Research is North Carolina,” inspired stunning visual representations of biomedical research that reflect both scientific innovation and artistic beauty. We would like to extend congratulations to the laboratories of Sarah Cohen, Paul Manis, and Hyejung Won for submitting the winning images!
September 19, 2025
Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars.