January 3, 2024
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty.
Category: Vital Signs
December 15, 2023
UNC-Chapel Hill Named National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site
UNC-Chapel Hill was recently named a National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site and awarded a year-long, $68,000 grant to support its efforts in training family medicine and internal medicine residents in caring for people with HIV. UNC’s site Investigators, Rick Moore, MD, and Louise Rambo King, MD, have a storied history of caring for patients with HIV.
December 8, 2023
Doctors Discover Many Patients at UNC’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic Screen Positive for Malnutrition
Research led by first and second authors Aaron C. Viser, Adelaide R. Cooke, and corresponding author Anne F. Peery, MD, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals how a screening tool can measure the prevalence of malnutrition among patients at the UNC Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic.
November 30, 2023
Adams Served USA Track & Field as Head Team Physician at Pan American Games
Nailah Adams, MD, recently served as the head team physician for USA Track & Field for their 2023 Pan American Games contingent in Santiago, Chile. Adams previously was the official team physician for Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and is the director of the UNC Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship.
November 2, 2023
Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Collaborate to Overcome Language and Disability Barriers
A UNC Family Medicine collaboration with Piedmont Health Services and partners has resulted in a $3 million HRSA grant to improve training in overcoming language and disability barriers. The 5-year project, “Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Language and Disability Access to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” is focused on building and developing curriculum and program experiences to enhance the training for medical students and residents.
October 11, 2023
Martini Receives Medical Staff Physician Excellence Clinician of the Year Award
UNC Hospitals leadership has awarded the Department of Family Medicine’s Jen Martini, MD, the Medical Staff Physician Excellence Clinician of the Year Award.
October 11, 2023
Carolina-led National Center to Grow Underserved Workforce Receives $2.7 Million, Bringing Total Federal Funding to $15.7 Million
In addition to its growing funding and support of more than 160 new medical and dental residences developing in rural and underserved areas, the center also recently hosted its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., which included presentations from federal agencies as well as dental and medical accrediting bodies.
October 10, 2023
For Toddlers Allergic to Peanuts, a Tiny Bit of Protein Therapy Under the Tongue Could Be The Best Approach
A clinical study led by Edwin Kim, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, showed how Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy (Peanut SLIT) is safe and effective in children ranging from 1-to-4 years of age. Remission of peanut allergy was also possible after three months of stopping the treatment.
October 3, 2023
2023 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. The 2023 award winners are Scott Young, Mary Hauser, John Harrison, Gloria Lima, Keri Waldrop and Dallas Carter.
August 4, 2023
Kowitt, Team Develop Effective Cigar Warning Signage
A new study published by UNC Family Medicine’s Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and colleagues looked at the impact of different types of warning signs for large and premium cigars sold individually at the point of sale. The team’s newly developed graphic and text warnings were more effective than the FDA’s proposed text-only warnings and could potentially increase the effectiveness of warning signs for large and premium cigars.
July 17, 2023
UNC School of Medicine Seeks Senior Director for Research Administration
This newly-created position will develop and oversee the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Research Administration Services, which is being created to better serve the research functions of our departments and centers, reduce risk and improve efficiencies through process improvement. This position will advise school leadership on research policy and provide guidance and direction application strategies and on compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements.
July 17, 2023
UNC School of Medicine Seeks Chair and Associate Dean for the Department of Health Sciences
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an accomplished and energetic leader to serve as chair and associate dean for the Department of Health Sciences. The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty, trainees and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the department, including clinical practice, education, research and fiscal management consistent with the strategic planning of the UNC School of Medicine, UNC Hospitals and UNC Health.