May 31, 2023
Three SOM Students Named Schweitzer Fellows
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.
Tag: Awards and Recognition
April 5, 2023
Autism Research Center Awards $25K Pilot Grants to Three Interdisciplinary Research Projects
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
Five UNC School of Medicine Students Among Recipients of Prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
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
SOM Office of Graduate Education Recognizes Seven Faculty Members with Mentorship Awards
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
Scherrer, Linnstaedt Earn NIH HEAL Initiative Honors
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
How Self-Compassion Can Improve Teen Mental Health
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
Three SOM Graduate Students are recipients of the 2023 Impact Award
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
Nedergaard Named 21st Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize Recipient
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.
December 1, 2022
Carolina Researchers Awarded $1 Million by CZI to Combat Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Principal investigators Misty Good, MD, MS, and Scott Magness, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, NEC Society will lead a $1-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map cellular roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
November 9, 2022
Samulski Receives Inaugural Award for Pioneering Gene Therapy
The European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy honored the UNC School of Medicine’s Jude Samulski, PhD, co-founder and chief science officer of AskBio, with its inaugural Founder’s Award.
November 1, 2022
UNC Medical Center Chronic Pancreatitis & Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program Earns NPF Center of Excellence Designation
Led by Chirag Desai, MD, professor of surgery, the Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program has been nationally recognized as an approved NPF Center by the National Pancreas Foundation.
October 31, 2022
Damania Honored as AAAS Inductee
Vice Dean for Research Blossom Damania, PhD, was among the 2020 inductees to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honored this fall in person after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.