November 8, 2023
During University Research Week, the labs of Dirk Dittmer, PhD, Jack Griffith, PhD, and Joshua Strauss, PhD, won the Art-in-Science Competition held by the UNC School of Medicine Office of Research.
September 25, 2023
The Doris Duke Foundation honored Christina Cruz, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, as a physician scientist award recipient, dedicated to advancing insights for improved human health.
August 16, 2023
A $100,000 grant from the Neurocritical Care Foundation has been awarded to David Y. Hwang MD, FAAN, FCCM, FNCS, division chief of neurocritical care in the Department of Neurology at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues to research an intervention to support family caregivers of patients surviving ICU admission for coma.
August 2, 2023
UNC School of Medicine graduate students Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay's lab and Aleah Bailey from Ilona Jasper's lab, were among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
May 31, 2023
UNC School of Medicine students Avani Desai, Rayad Shams, and Josh Tanner were named among 29 NC Albert Schweitzer Foundation fellows to address health disparities throughout North Carolina.
April 5, 2023
Several UNC School of Medicine faculty members were a part of three interdisciplinary research projects awarded $25,000 pilot grants through the UNC Autism Research Center.
April 4, 2023
Thirty-three students at UNC-Chapel Hill have received prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields. UNC SOM recipients are Glory Dan-Dukor, McKenzie Grundy, Nichole Margaret Hondrogiannis, Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, and Rachel Sharp.
March 13, 2023
The Awards for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring went to Joyce Besheer, PhD, Sharon Campbell, PhD, Charles Perou, PhD, and Will Valdar, PhD. The Nova Awards for Mentoring went to Adriana Beltran, PhD, Jessica Bowser, PhD, and Natalie Stanley, PhD.
March 10, 2023
Gregory Scherrer, PharmD, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, received a Director’s Award for Excellence in Research, and Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, associate professor of anesthesiology, earned an honorable mention for the Director’s Trailblazer award.
January 19, 2023
Karen, Bluth, PhD, in the Department of Psychiatry, authored an award-winning article showcasing research on the power of self-compassion to help protect teens against depression, anxiety, and stress.
January 18, 2023
Keerthi S. Anand, Emily Fennell, and Brittany Rickard represented UNC's School of Medicine with their award-winning research on ischemic strokes, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer.
December 14, 2022
The Danish neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, professor in the department of neurology at the University of Rochester, will receive the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize at a ceremony in March.