May 4, 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.
May 4, 2021
Weiss Urban Livability Fellow Shannon Mulloy and Merit Assistantship awardee Jenna Brunner describe their scholarship activities for the 2020/21 academic year.
April 28, 2021
We recognize that this situation is changing rapidly, and a team of experts from across UNC Health and the School of Medicine are meeting to examine our current policies and practices that were implemented at the start of the pandemic. This group will make recommendations to support our hospitals and practices if/when these policies and practices should be adjusted. As these recommendations are finalized in the coming weeks, we will share this information widely.
April 28, 2021
The Department of Allied Health Science (DAHS) is pleased to announce Dr. Jenny Womack as its inaugural associate chair for faculty affairs, effective July 1.
April 28, 2021
Vaccinating children against COVID-19 is critical to ending this pandemic, and you can help. UNC’s trial site will begin enrolling children 12-17 years of age on May 6.
April 28, 2021
The newly formed UNC SOM Medical Student Professionalism Committee is accepting applications for committee members.
April 28, 2021
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Thursday April 22, 2021.
April 28, 2021
Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, director of global surgery at the UNC Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases and professor in the UNC Department of Surgery at the UNC School of Medicine, is working to improve surgical quality in Malawi.
April 27, 2021
Melissa Miller, PhD, professor in the UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, was featured in this podcast about the critical need for laboratory professionals.
April 27, 2021
N95s are to be worn up to 5 times when not used on a COVID+ patient, PUI or patient on isolation. This is a change from previous guidance which allowed for 5 days of use and is based on updated CDC Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators. N95s used on COVID+, PUI or …
April 27, 2021
Effective Sunday, May 2, 2021, the Occupational Health COVID Hotline (984-215-5668) is changing its hours. New hours will be 8 am to 4:30 pm daily (7 days a week). Calls received during non-operational hours will go to voicemail and will be returned the next day.
April 27, 2021
The myUNC Health Directory will replace WebXchange at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 8, to become the new paging and on-call scheduling system at UNC Medical Center, Chatham Hospital, WakeBrook and Hillsborough Hospital.