About the Principal Investigator:  The Stankunas laboratory pursues research on fundamental questions of vertebrate organ development and regeneration. They combine mouse and zebrafish genetics with cell, molecular, and systems biology approaches to determine how cell signals interface with epigenetic information to allow the heart, bone, and other organs/tissues to form and repair. They also develop … Read more

The 45th Merrimon Lecture Heidi J Larson, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Heidi J. Larson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and is the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of … Read more

We are excited to announce that the 10th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Conference: Carolina Update, hosted collaboratively by University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Sickle Cell Disease Program and Duke University School of Nursing, is scheduled for two virtual sessions on Friday, September 16th, 2022 and Saturday, September 17th, 2022 from 10AM to 12:30PM. The … Read more

The Department of Health Sciences Office of Research invites you to its first research forum of the 2022-2023 academic year, "New Frontiers in Health Sciences Research," on September 28 --- 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The event will take place in MacNider 321, with a Zoom option as well (for the Zoom link, scan the … Read more

Andre Sourander, MD, will present, Population based digitalized interventions with telephone coaching for childhood anxiety, preschool disruptive behavior and prenatal depression, September 28 at 3:00 pm. Dr. Sourander’s presentation will describe the background, development of interventions, and results of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) and implementation challenges in a real-world context. Andre Sourander, MD, is professor in child … Read more