Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of December 6 – December 12
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, December 6, 2024.
UNC Health Hospitals Recognized for Best Maternity Care
U.S. News’ annual list highlights hospitals that provide exceptional maternity care
Scientists Create Model to Make MRI More Accurate, Reliable
The new model, developed by Li Wang, PhD, associate professor of radiology in the UNC School of Medicine, can produce more accurate and reliable analysis of brain structures, which is…
UNC Study Highlights Need for Standardized, Evidence-based Warning Labels for Cannabis Products
Researchers from the UNC Department of Family Medicine, along with lead author Caroline Meek, MPH, published a pivotal study in a special issue of the American Journal of Public Health titled…
UNC Researchers to Accelerate Mapping of Cells Crucial to Child Respiratory Health and Disease
A research project co-led by James Hagood, MD, professor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues will be supported in creating an atlas of the cells and…
News, Otolaryngology And Ear, Nose Throat, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
UNC Health Taps AgileMD to Address IV Fluid Shortage
Clinical tool enhances patient care and ensures physicians can adapt quickly
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 22 – December 5
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PCORI Awards UNC Researcher $14.4 Million to Study Emerging Medications for PIBD Patients
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced funding totaling $14.4 million for a Duke-UNC research collaboration to study new treatment options for pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (PIBD). Michael D. Kappelman,…
UNC Scientists Discover New Details of Gene Regulation
A research team led by Daniel McKay, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Biology and Genetics, has identified a key focal point in the biological processes that control cell…
READY TO RESPOND: An Inside Look Into UNC’s SPARC Program
The UNC Special Pathogens Response Center (SPARC) at UNC Hospitals is a regional and national resource for safely caring for patients with a special pathogen. Get an inside look on…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Emergency Medicine, Infection Prevention, Infectious Diseases, News, North Carolina, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Scientists Implicate a Novel Cellular Protein in Hepatitis A Infection
A collaboration between Stanley M. Lemon, MD, and fellow infectious diseases colleagues at the UNC School of Medicine has unveiled a crucial role for a protein called PDAP1 in hepatitis…
Cancer, Immunology And Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, News, Research, Virology
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 15 – November 21
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Kappelman Leads Landmark Study Revealing That 100,000 American Youth Are Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A comprehensive analysis published in the journal Gastroenterology and led by Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals that U.S. pediatric IBD rates have increased,…
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 8 – November 14
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Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates in October of 2024 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than…
Five Questions with Spencer Sullivan
Helping people with musculoskeletal problems reduce their pain and live a better life full of mobility is a professional goal that UNC School of Medicine 4th-year student Spencer Sullivan is…
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 1 – November 7
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Kim Receives $1-Million Grant for Novel Multi-nut Allergy Treatment Study
Edwin Kim, MD MS, director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative at the UNC School of Medicine, will lead the first study of sublingual immunotherapy to address the feasibility and…
Announcements, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Four UNC Health hospitals named to “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2025” list
Only 16 hospitals in the state of North Carolina are included in this year’s “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals” list.
