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December 21, 2021
Q&A: Dittmer Explains How CORVASEQ Surveillance Program Detects Variants like Omicron
Dirk Dittmer, PhD, explains how UNC-led CORVASEQ program helps to track the spread and development of variants like Omicron in North Carolina.
December 21, 2021
Dirk Dittmer, PhD, explains how UNC-led CORVASEQ program helps to track the spread and development of variants like Omicron in North Carolina.
December 21, 2021
Medical Illustrator Mark Schornak will join UNC Neurosurgery next month. He is well known in the field of medical illustration, having spent the past 30 years illustrating for the Barrow Neurological Institute.
December 16, 2021
Beat Steiner, MD, MPH, is looking forward to staying active in medical education and student advocacy, ensuring that UNC SOM stays a leader in training students to serve communities and to narrow health inequities.
December 15, 2021
Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD, a vaccine scientist formerly at the National Institutes of Health and UNC School of Medicine Alumna, was named one of Time magazine’s Heroes of the Year for her work on developing a COVID-19 vaccine. She is now an assistant professor at Harvard University.
December 15, 2021
The NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines are considered a gold standard for their accuracy and have received more than 27 million page views since launching.
December 15, 2021
The NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference will return for its 11th annual event on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.
December 15, 2021
The Research Advisory Council is accepting applications for two research pilot awards - one for health equity research, and another for clinical research. Submissions are due Feb. 11, 2022.
December 15, 2021
The UNC School of Medicine is accepting applications for the second round of Bridge Funding for Fiscal Year 2022. The deadline for applications is January 17, 2022.
December 15, 2021
The American Academy of Neurology recently awarded neurologist Monica M. Diaz, MD, MS, a Clinical Research Training Scholarship in support of her research on the detection of neurodegeneration in older, cognitively-impaired people with HIV.
December 15, 2021
Meredith Braza was awarded a Jerry Northern Scholarship in Pediatric Audiology and Amanda Davis received an Improving the Conversation Scholarship.
December 15, 2021
Anne Peery, MD, MSCR, associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the corresponding author of a new article, "Burden and Cost of Gastrointestinal, Liver and Pancreatic Diseases in the United States: Update 2021," published October 19 in Gastroenterology.
December 15, 2021
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development is seeking nominations for faculty to serve on upcoming five-year reviews of department chairs and center directors within the School of Medicine.