March 30, 2021
The tool kit was developed by Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, and Renae Boerneke, PharmD, to educate patients and train healthcare providers to proactively assess penicillin allergies. Delabeling patients who are not truly allergic to penicillins is an important stewardship tool that decreases unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
March 30, 2021
Now accepting applications for the 2021 Marci Kramish Campbell Dissertation Award to recognize excellence in dissertation research focused on cancer and the population sciences.
March 30, 2021
Nailah Adams, MD, has been named the new Director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, which is based in the UNC Department of Family Medicine, following the departure of Harry Stafford, MD.
March 30, 2021
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.
March 30, 2021
AdvanTX is a new initiative offering centralized resource support for development of therapeutic related research projects.
March 30, 2021
On July 1, the System-wide Integrated Well-Being program’s current co-leaders will pass the torch to a new duo. Nadia Charguia, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Taking Care of Our Own program and Medical Director of UNC Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics, will co-lead the Well-Being Program with Holly Bunn, M.Ed., UNC Health System Executive Director of Learning and Organizational Development.
March 30, 2021
UNC School of Medicine is moving from its on-premise Panopto system to UNC's new Panopto cloud lecture capture system at the end of the spring semester.
March 29, 2021
Research from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Jenny Ting, PhD, shows that the widely used drug metformin reduces metabolism of infected T cells to suppress HIV replication.
March 26, 2021
On Tuesday, April 6, the WebXchange paging and on-call scheduling system will be decommissioned and replaced by a new system, “myUNC Health Directory.”
March 26, 2021
The 2021-22 Doximity Survey, which helps determine US News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings, closes today.
March 25, 2021
After 35 years of service as the Vice Chair for Administration in the Department of Family Medicine, Ron Lingley, MSPH, will retire in July 2021.
March 25, 2021
The Foundation Phase of the School of Medicine's curriculum seeks a clinical co-director for the “Reproductive Block” of the Medical Science 3 Course for fall 2021. Self-nominations as well as nominations by chairs, chiefs, or colleagues are welcome.