September 3, 2020
SOM Updated Face Mask Guidance for Fall 2020
SOM has updated its Face Mask Guidance for the fall and posted on the SOM Intranet.
Category: Vital Signs
September 3, 2020
Orthopaedics welcomes new sports medicine provider Dr. Michael Seifert
Michael Seifert, MD, recently joined UNC Department of Orthopaedics as an Assistant Professor, specializing in non-operative sports medicine.
September 3, 2020
McEntee, Henderson Introduce New COVID-19 Elective for Internal Medicine Residents
By the middle of March, 2020, COVID-19 had upended the traditional training experience in the UNC Internal Medicine Residency Program. Didactic coursework and clinical skills training had to be quickly converted to an online format and clinical rotations were suspended as decisions were quickly made to ensure residents had meaningful and robust curricular activities during the clinical suspensions. It was against this backdrop that a new COVID-19 elective was formalized.
September 3, 2020
Patients with a Liver Transplant Aren’t at Greater Risk of Death from COVID-19
UNC's Erica Brenner, MD, A. Sidney Barritt IV, MD, and Andrew M. Moon, MD, are co-authors of the study with colleagues at Oxford University.
September 3, 2020
O’Brien Featured in Finding Genius Podcast for Research on Kidney Nephron Progenitors
Lori O’Brien, PhD, assistant professor in the department of Cell Biology and Physiology, and member of the UNC Kidney Center, discusses her research on kidney development and nephron function as it relates to kidney disease.
September 3, 2020
Denniston to Step Down from Role as Designated Institutional Official
Clark Denniston, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and ACGME Designated Institutional Official, will step down from this role effective January 1, 2021.
September 3, 2020
Medicine’s Value-Based Action Group Introduces Specialized Inpatient Diabetes Management Services
Hospitalized patients with diabetes are dependent on hospital staff to monitor blood glucose, administer medications and deliver meals in a coordinated manner. Inconsistency in the timing of these tasks can increase the risk for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. The UNC Department of Medicine’s Value Care Action Group (VCAG) has been working with the division of endocrinology and metabolism to improve glycemic control for hospitalized patients. New services recently introduced are ensuring the safety of patient care and decreasing the length of stay at UNC Medical Center.
September 3, 2020
Feedback Requested: Participate in Town Halls to Inform Revisions to the Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure
The Faculty Affairs and Diversity Leadership Committee is soliciting feedback from faculty to inform revisions to the guidelines for appointments, promotion, and tenure.
September 3, 2020
Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium
The inaugural Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, is a series of virtual events that will bring together scholars and researchers from across campus to share their work with Carolina and the broader community.
September 3, 2020
2020 Women in Medicine Conference
Registration is open for the 2020 Women in Medicine Conference. This year’s conference will be held virtually on September 25, 2020.
September 3, 2020
Launching This Week – Annual Faculty Reviews Attestation Process
All full- and part-time School of Medicine faculty must receive an annual review and complete a review attestation by the end of the year. The review attestation process launched this week.
September 3, 2020
Researching the impact of COVID-19 on families with autism
On Monday, March 16th, Clare Harrop, PhD, found out that her daughters' daycare was closing. As the full impact of state and national shutdowns hit her, Harrop began to lose sleep and feel a heightened sense of anxiety. At the same time, she was thinking of the many families she works with in her research studies. She recalls texting a colleague: If I'm feeling like this, how are parents of kids with autism feeling?