September 24, 2025
2025 Dean’s Performance Award Winners Announced
The annual Dean’s Performance Awards honor employees whose work helps the UNC School of Medicine achieve its vision of becoming the nation’s leading public school of medicine.
Category: Strategic Plan
April 3, 2025
PRISM: UNC School of Medicine and BioSTAR Launch Postbac Research Program
PRISM, a UNC School of Medicine and BioSTAR initiative, offers "Bright Futures in Science and Medicine" for postbac students. Apply by May 1 (Summer) or July 1 (Fall) 2025!
May 15, 2024
Four Scholars Named to Physician Scientist Training Program
Brooke Matson, Jeremy Meier, Brittany Raffa, and Shivani Sud will receive support from the UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientists Training Program to cultivate their careers as translational clinical scientists.
April 4, 2024
The Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program Engages with Medical Students at the Annual Medical Education Conference in New Orleans
One of the main priorities of the Mental Health Equity and Inclusion Program is to enlarge the number of qualified students interested in pursuing careers in psychiatry. As an intentional effort to accomplish this goal, the program engaged with medical students at a national conference interested in learning more about residency training at UNC, future career options in psychiatry, the Triangle as a place to live, and how they may become more engaged in the pursuit of mental health equity.
June 28, 2023
Applications Open for Whole Community Connection Community-Academic Partnerships
Whole Community Connection invites applications from existing community-academic partnerships advancing health and well-being in Edgecombe or Robeson County. Selected teams participate in leadership development and receive funding to implement community-led solutions. The call for applications closes Sept. 15.
May 31, 2023
Five Scholars Named to Physician Scientist Training Program
Lauren Frazer, Dominique Higgins, Kara Klein, Jose Martinez and Justin Sperlazza will receive support from the UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientists Training Program to cultivate their careers as translational clinical scientists.
February 2, 2023
Whole Community Connection Awards Rural Community-Academic Partnerships
WCC supports cohorts of leaders to advance health equity in rural North Carolina by increasing local power to focus on priorities by and at the community level and co-creating a model of relationship centered engagement.
December 13, 2022
2022 UNC NeuroSpark Research Award Winners Selected
As part of a UNC NeuroSpark event, four research teams at the UNC School of Medicine won $25,000 pilot grants with the goal of increasing collaborations throughout the neurosciences.
August 31, 2022
Whole Community Connection Applications Open for Community-Academic Partnerships
Whole Community Connection invites applications from existing community-academic partnerships advancing health and well-being in Edgecombe or Robeson County. Selected teams participate in leadership development and receive funding to implement community-led solutions. The call for applications closes Oct. 18.
August 10, 2022
SOM Forward Together Strategic Plan Awards Support Clinical Research
Nine Clinical Departments Received Support to Incentivize Clinical Research by K Awardees.
July 19, 2022
UNC Clinical Leadership Program Accepting Applications
UNC Physicians and the Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development Office are accepting applications for the UNC Clinical Leadership Program.
July 19, 2022
School of Medicine Coaching Academy Launches
The Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development Office has partnered with the Pyramid Resource Group’s Healthcare Coaching Institute to create the UNC School of Medicine Coaching Academy.