May 21, 2020
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
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Category: Vital Signs
May 21, 2020
Four SOM Students Named NC Schweitzer Fellows
Lauren Halsey, Stephen Himmelberg, Sumaiya Mubarack, and Micayla Jones are four of 25 class members in the 2020-21 North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (NCASF). Students will spend the next year learning to effectively address the social factors that impact health, and developing lifelong leadership skills, following the example set by famed physician-humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, for whom their Fellowship is named.
May 21, 2020
Meyers authors editorial in prestigious Journal of Clinical Oncology
Michael Meyers, MD, professor in the division of surgical oncology and director of the general surgery residency program, authored an editorial on his research into innovations in Surgical Techniques.
May 21, 2020
UNC School of Medicine Recognized as ‘Apple Distinguished School’
The UNC School of Medicine is being recognized as an Apple Distinguished School.
May 21, 2020
Mission Critical – Part I: Make it Work
FastTraCS is a small group of biomedical engineers who support UNC Health physicians, nurses and staff by identifying problems in clinical settings and creating innovative, technological solutions.
May 20, 2020
SOM Professor and Two Graduates Receive 2019-2020 LGBTIQA+ Advocacy Awards
Brad Figler, MD, associate professor of urology, received the award for his work creating the UNC Transgender Health Program as a way to support coordination and quality of care for transgender patients. Recent SOM graduates Noa Nessim, MD, and Margo Faulk, MD, received their awards for starting the Gender Affirming Care Clinic at UNC’s Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC, the nation’s first student-run free clinic).
May 20, 2020
UNC Doctors, Students Collaborate on COVID Treatment Study
In the first COVID-19 case series of tocilizumab in the United States, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and students from the UNC School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health, report that the drug tocilizumab should be used judiciously until randomized clinical trials determine the drug’s true efficacy for severely ill patients.
May 19, 2020
The Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM) program graduates 12 faculty for the 2019-2020 year
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development would like to congratulate the 2019-2020 cohort of Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM) graduates. The leadership development program is for early- to mid-career faculty in the School of Medicine, with an emphasis on those underrepresented in medicine.
May 5, 2020
Request or Offer Help through the UNC SOM Support Exchange Website
The website, launched by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, connects members of the SOM community with personal and professional services needed during the COVID-19 crisis and response. The resource is available to all members of the SOM community.
April 23, 2020
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
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April 16, 2020
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
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March 19, 2020
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
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