August 6, 2020
Morgan Resnick-Kahle, Assistant Director of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, has been appointed to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) Communications Committee for the 2020-21 year.
August 6, 2020
M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine in the UNC Department of Medicine, has received a four-year, $1.5 million NIH R01 grant to study “Comorbidity and Functional Status in a Population Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening” with Louise Henderson, PhD, in the UNC Department of Radiology.
August 6, 2020
Sandra Soto, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of nursing and member of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center, received $600,000 from the NIH's National Institute on Minority and Health Disparities.
August 6, 2020
In this podcast titled "Lab-Grown Antibodies Might Protect Essential Workers," Myron Cohen, MD, discusses monoclonal antibodies as a potential treatment of COVID-19.
August 6, 2020
The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators (AOE), housed in the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, is now accepting nominations for the year-long faculty development program Passing the Torch: Fostering Medical Humanism through Faculty Role Models. Read on to learn about the program and how to apply before August 24, 2020.
August 6, 2020
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
August 6, 2020
Michelle Campbell (’18 MS MDS), Sophia Chandrasekar ’16 and Letycia Nuñez-Argote ’07, each received recognition for their contributions to the profession.
August 3, 2020
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected 45 doctoral students and their advisers to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences. From the UNC School of Medicine, graduate student Hernán Méndez and his advisor Kathleen Caron, PhD, and graduate student Sofia Neira and her advisor Thomas Kash, PhD, were named Gilliam Fellows.
July 30, 2020
Read the announcement of Dr. Jonathan Oberlander's Five-Year Review, and learn how to provide your perspective in this important process.
July 30, 2020
Our Carolina Care Highlight this week recognizes Dr. Ashley Glyn Henderson from the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. Here's what one of Dr. Henderson's patients had to say: “Dr Henderson is the best! She is caring, professional, compassionate, concerned about all of my concerns and questions, considers all my input and questions before formulating a plan, made eye contact while typing (how does she do that?!) and cares about me as a patient and a person..."
July 23, 2020
The MSEC consists of the officers of the Medical Staff, the Department Chairs, the Chief Nursing Officer, the Deans of the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the President of the House Staff Council, the President of UNC Faculty Physicians, and the President of UNC Hospitals. The MSEC acts on behalf of the Medical Staff on issues related to all aspects of medical practice. It receives reports on hospital operations, GME, and Nursing.
July 23, 2020
Students can fulfill this requirement by logging in to ConnectCarolina.unc.edu and proceeding through the COVID-19 Notice and Student Acknowledgement. This requirement must be fulfilled by students by July 27, prior to attending classes this fall.