Rapid Response Recognition Report
The Rapid Response Recognition Report is a quarterly recognition of providers who are “remarkable examples of excellence” during rapid response events at UNCMC.
UNCMC Rapid Response Nurse Feature: Jenny MacDonald
The UNC Medical Center’s Adult Rapid Response System recognizes the nurses that ensure rapid response events are successful.
SOM Forward Together Strategic Plan Awards Support Clinical Research
Nine Clinical Departments Received Support to Incentivize Clinical Research by K Awardees.
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Aug 8 – Aug 11
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Monday August 8, 2022.
Eskridge Named Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Clinical Director
The Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery has named Hannah Eskridge clinical director. She will begin her work in the role on Sept. 1.
Otolaryngology And Ear, Nose Throat, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Park Named First Division Chief of Children’s Cochlear Implant Center
Lisa Park, AuD, has been named the first division chief of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center within the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.
Otolaryngology And Ear, Nose Throat, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
SOM DEI Mini Grant Awardees Announced
The SOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has announced the first round of DEI Mini Grant Awardees in the award program’s 2022 pilot year.
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Knittel, Thompson Receive Clinical Scientist Development Awards
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded more than $7.9 million in grants to 16 early-career physician scientists, including two from the UNC School of Medicine – Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Clinical Research, Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
Deterioration Index Score Champion Feature: Julie Andrade
The QI project team led by Jay Lamba, MD, PhD, and Hillary Spangler, MD, is highlighting clinical champions who are frequently using the Deterioration Index Score in EPIC to critically…
Scientists Develop New Method for Improved Fiber Optic Measurement of Brain Activity Changes
UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Ian Shih, PhD, associate professor of Neurology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, developed an improved fiber-based optical method to measure activity changes in…
Biology, Neurology, News, Physiology, Research, School of Medicine, Technology and Innovation
Scientists Create Long-acting Injectable Drug Delivery System for Tuberculosis
Led by Martina Kovarova, PhD, Miriam Braunstein, PhD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers showed in vivo efficacy of a long-acting injectable formulation of the anti-TB…
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty with project start dates from July 15 – 31, 2022.
2022 Art in Science Competition – Accepting Applications
The School of Medicine is solicitating innovative scientific images that showcase the biomedical research in the School. Submissions are due September 19.
Accepting Applications for Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Pilot Awards
The UNC School of Medicine’s Office of Research is accepting applications for the fall 2022 round of Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Award through October 3. This year’s theme is…
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of July 29 – Aug 4
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday July 29, 2022.
COVID-19 Drove Up Drinking, and Americans Are Dying Faster as a Result
Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, clinical fellow in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology penned an op-ed for Newsweek on the rise of alcohol-associated liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lukasik, Ortiz-Juza Selected as HHMI Gilliam Fellows
UNC School of Medicine Graduate students Kimberly Lukasik and Maria Ortiz-Juza were among 51 students from around the country named as Gilliam Fellows by the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Physiology, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Research
UNCMC Rapid Response Nurse Feature: Cassandra Prenatt
The UNC Medical Center’s Adult Rapid Response System recognizes the nurses that ensure rapid response events are successful.
Campbell and Rankin Named Vice Presidents for Operations at UNC Hospitals
Udobi Campbell, PharmD, MBA, and Tracey Rankin MSN, RN, NEA-BC, have been announced as vice presidents of operations at UNC Hospitals. Rankin will transition into this role on August 7…
UNC Research Reveals Role of Genetic Variants on Psychedelics’ Therapeutic Effects
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, found variants in one tiny serotonin receptor in neurons, and these variants could be why some patients fare much…
