June 30, 2020
University Responds to Clery Act Review
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has entered a settlement agreement after a review found deficiencies in crime and safety reporting between 2009-2017.
June 30, 2020
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has entered a settlement agreement after a review found deficiencies in crime and safety reporting between 2009-2017.
June 30, 2020
Researchers at UNC and two other institutions launch the COVID Prison Project. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Social Medicine, is a co-founder of the project.
June 30, 2020
Passively browsing social media is not good for you — and other useful findings on resilience and happiness from the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences.
June 30, 2020
As our community continues vital conversations on race, we must also reaffirm our support for all underrepresented, LGBTQ, minoritized, and international student and scholar communities. Over the last few weeks, two Supreme Court decisions provided pivotal protections for DACA recipients as well as individuals who identify as LGBTQ.
June 29, 2020
Olafur Palsson, PsyD, professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, led a study investigating the emotional and mental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The study authors are releasing their findings directly to the public in an effort to provide guidance and understanding to individuals and clinicians as the pandemic evolves.
June 26, 2020
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, a professor in the division of pediatric gastroenterology in the Department of Pediatrics, has been recognized by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation as a recipient of the 2020 Uniting to Care & Cure Award.
June 25, 2020
UNC Medical Center was among the first hospitals to receive a batch of the first proven treatment for COVID-19 via the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to daily stewardship to ensure patients receive antimicrobials only when needed, with the right drug, right dose, and right duration, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program team members are overseeing a painstaking process of making a new treatment available to hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
June 25, 2020
Elisabeth Johnson, PhD, NP, UNC Horizon's Director of Health Services, was selected as this year's recipient of the Carolyn Jewell “Steel Magnolia” Scholarship.
June 25, 2020
In March, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (CASP) Medical Director, Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos knew everyone would have to adapt to new realities. That’s when he and CASP’s Pharmacy Lead, Lindsay Daniels, put their heads together with the CASP team see how they might adapt interventions to the times, with more physicians and pharmacists doing at least some of their work from home, and those in the hospital with infectious diseases expertise being tapped for the hospitals’ COVID-19 response.
June 25, 2020
The utilization of semi-private beds (aka Shared Suites) were suspended on Med/Surg & Psych areas as an Infection Prevention measure on April 4. Rehab continued to utilize their shared suits with additional careful patient selection criteria without complication. It is important to maximize our capacity to patients who need our care and who may have delayed seeking care over the last several months. PPE supplies have improved and New Universal Precautions have been put into place and thus the careful and cautious reintroduction of shared suites has been implemented.
June 25, 2020
The School of Medicine Dean’s Office and Office of Research would like to thank the dedicated groups that have kept our research infrastructure active during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing we have accomplished together would have been possible without them.
June 25, 2020
The UNC Medical Alumni Affairs Office and Medical Alumni Association shared this message with their members on Monday, June 15. There will be a forum for alumni this afternoon, June 25.