The prestigious honor recognizes biochemist Jean Cook, PhD, and her work on cancer development and the human cell cycle, a biological process crucial for development, healing, and continued maintenance of the body.

Li Wang, PhD, and Soumya Rahima Benhabbour, MSc, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the ninth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.

UNC School of Medicine’s Yara Abdou, MD, is among the third cohort of physician researchers to receive the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Leadership Award.

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) has named Dr. Matthew Vogt, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the recipient of its prestigious 2025 Young Investigator Award.

Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars.

Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UNC School of Medicine, received a $100,000 Sherman Prize for his groundbreaking work to optimize care and treatment for children with IBD and define the burden of these diseases.

UNC School of Medicine third-year PhD student Celeste Robles and PhD advisor Helen Lazear named in 2025 cohort of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellows Program.

Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.

Drug work one of “7 Medical Breakthroughs that Changed Medicine in 2024.”

Harvard Neuroscientist David D. Ginty, PhD, will receive the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize for his pivotal discoveries on the sensation of touch and how our body communicates with the brain.

Led by Kathleen Caron, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers earned a Sprint for Women’s Health Award to develop a new therapeutic approach to treating debilitating migraines that affect women.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper for their groundbreaking work in computational protein design and protein structure prediction. UNC’s Brian Kuhlman made significant contributions to this work while a postdoctoral researcher in the Baker lab.

Tag: Awards and Recognition

Cook Elected to 2025 AAAS Class of Honorary Fellows

UNC School of Medicine Names 2025-26 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

UNC School of Medicine Oncologist Named Recipient of Winn Clinical Investigator Leadership Award

Vogt Honored with 2025 Young Investigator Award by Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

UNC Research Announces 2025 PARE Award Recipients

UNC Pediatrician Honored with Prestigious Prize for Work to Improve Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children

Robles, Lazear Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship

UNC School of Medicine Names 2024-25 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

UNC ‘Breakthrough’ Research on Food Allergy Drug Featured in National Geographic

Ginty Named 23rd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize Recipient

UNC School of Medicine to Receive $3-Million Award from ARPA-H’s Sprint for Women’s Health

UNC Scientist’s Work Contributes to Nobel Prize in Chemistry