Meredith Stiehl received a partial-liver transplant from her daughter Kenan, the first-ever living donor procedure at UNC Hospitals to be conducted in twenty years. Chirag Desai, MD, FACS, led the…
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday May 5, 2023.
The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the Department, including clinical practice, education, research, and fiscal management consistent…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty, School of Medicine, UNC Health, Vital Signs
It’s a big step forward in using extracellular vesicles (EVs) as a diagnostic tool. Lead study author, J. Nathaniel Diehl, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, led research showing…
The Leapfrog Group assigns hospital grades to inform patients and improve safety
Applications are due by May 11.
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday April 28, 2023.
Nominations are due by June 9.
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Events, Faculty, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
The new executive role marks a return for William Bryant, who previously held various financial leadership roles at UNC Health.
This is the third year that UNC School of Medicine has participated in the annual Planetary Health Report Card.
Medical student Joshua Romero competed in an Ironman triathlon in Houston, Texas, on April 22 and raised more than $3,000 to support the UNC School of Medicine’s Student Health Action…
UNC School of Medicine’s Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, and a team of scientists in the Psychiatric Genetic Consortium have created a new manual researchers can use to learn more about…
Genetics And Aging, News, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Research
Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD, co-investigators Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, and Jane Fan, MD, and study coordinator Yulissa Gonzalez led the UNC School of Medicine site for a clinical trial of a…
Department of Emergency Medicine faculty members Martin Casey, MD, MPH, and Michelle Meyer, PhD, MPH, were awarded one of ten scholar and mentor program grants from the National Foundation of…
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Clinical Research, Emergency Medicine, Faculty, Research, School of Medicine
The Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were the basic science and clinical departments with the most participation in new database.
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday April 21, 2023.
The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them. Lead study author Brittany Raffa, MD, clinical instructor in…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society at UNC-Chapel Hill has announced its spring 2023 inductees. AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to a belief in improving care…
The story below was published at Medscape.com on April 19, 2023, and is republished here with permission from Medscape.
New grants awarded to School of Medicine faculty with project start dates from April 1 – 15 and a total award amount greater than $100,000 are outlined.
