February 9, 2021
Reminder: Touchpoint 20 to Focus on Employee Perks and EAP Services
Tune into Friday's UNC School of Medicine Touchpoint 20 Zoom-to-You Tube experience.
Category: Vital Signs
February 4, 2021
Panel of experts answers your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine
ABC 11 hosted an online town hall featuring Triangle medical experts, including David Wohl, MD, professor in the division of infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine
February 3, 2021
February Touchpoint 20 to Share UNC Employee Perks, EAP Information
The Touchpoint 20 Zoom series is a 20-minute series of work and wellness topics to provide timely information to SOM staff in a condensed format.
February 3, 2021
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of January 28 – February 3
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Thursday January 28, 2021.
February 3, 2021
Global Health Advisory Board announces selection of the 2021 cohort of Global Health Pathway residents
The Global Health Advisory Board is excited to announce the selection of the 2021 cohort of Global Health Pathway residents.
January 28, 2021
N95s can be used when the patient cannot mask
All UNC Health HCP now have the option to wear an N95 using the extended reuse N95 guidance up to 5 shifts* when providing close, direct patient care to any patient who is unable to wear a mask.
January 28, 2021
10,000 Doses Delivered at UNC Hospitals’ Friday Center Vaccine Clinic
The vaccine clinic at the Friday Center surpassed a remarkable milestone on Wednesday: more than 10,000 patients have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
January 28, 2021
Durham Pastor explains why he’s participating in Novavax COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
Pastor Wil Nichols of Victorious Praise Fellowship Church in Durham, NC, explains why he's participating in the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.
January 28, 2021
T32 in UNC-iTOP: Accepting Applications
The UNC Integrated Translational Oncology Program (iTOP) training program focuses on training clinicians, basic scientists, and MD-PhD candidates in clinical/translational disease-based research.
January 28, 2021
UNC Radiology Image Analysis Group Evidences Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in MRI Artefact Removal
Pew-Thian Yap, PhD, associate professor of Radiology and director of the UNC Image Analysis Group, is the senior author of a study published in Nature Machine Intelligence demonstrating effective use of an Retrospective Artefact Correction (RAC) neural network learned with unpaired data to disentangle and remove unwanted image artifacts.
January 28, 2021
Short Receives the 2020-2021 Sleep Innovative Research Grant
The Departments of Allied Health Sciences and Neurology award its 2020-2021 Sleep Innovative Research Grant to Nicole Short, PhD.
January 28, 2021
Linda Kelly Finds Hope and Care During COVID-19
Linda Kelly, a 66-year-old mother of four daughters, was diagnosed with breast cancer 20 years ago and received treatment that included a mastectomy and radiation. The medical intervention saved her life but led to some later complications that forced her to seek additional care. COVID-19 almost brought a complete stop to Linda's medical care but after meeting with doctors at UNC, they immediately admitted her and started her on the road to recovery.