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.

David Wohl, MD, and Billy Fischer, MD, published an op-ed in the News & Observer, The Charlotte Observer, and McClatchy subsidiaries on their work trying to gain a better understanding of COVID-19 through a largely observation study of thousands of volunteers in North Carolina.

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.

Brian C. Jensen, associate professor of medicine and pharmacology in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Cardiology, speaks about his research on kinase inhibitor cardiotoxicity.

Sriram Machineni, MD, director of the UNC Medical Weight Program, was one of several experts featured in a New England Journal of Medicine video series on the various aspects of obesity, weight gain and loss, and supporting patients through individualized care.

Giselle Corbie, MD, Director of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research and Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been named the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill.

A new glioblastoma treatment from Northwest Biotherapeutics improved outcomes for many patients in a phase 3 clinical study, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. Matt Ewend, MD, in the UNC Department of Neurosurgery and at UNC Lineberger, led the trial site at the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital.

Keriayn Smith, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, was selected as one of six inaugural recipients of grants from the Hypothesis Fund to advance early-stage innovative research.

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.

UNC School of Medicine researchers Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, along with Stanford’s Serena Young, PhD, were selected for second-phase funding for the CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network.

Joe Piven, MD, the Thomas E. Castelloe Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, co-presented an overview of autism research in older populations before the US DHHS Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.

Samuel McLean, MD, MPH, professor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, is set to launch a new initiative for the purpose of creating interventions to prevent posttraumatic stress, depression, chronic pain, and other severe consequences of trauma.

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SOM Office of Graduate Education Recognizes Seven Faculty Members with Mentorship Awards

NC COVID Experts: We Still Have Blind Spots Understanding the Virus. You Can Help.

How Self-Compassion Can Improve Teen Mental Health

Getting to the Heart of Chemotherapeutic Cardiotoxicity

Machineni Featured in NEJM Video Series on Obesity, Weight Management

Corbie Named Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Ewend Leads UNC Hospitals Site for Successful National Glioblastoma Clinical Trial

Smith Selected as Hypothesis Fund Seed Grant Recipient

Samulski Receives Inaugural Award for Pioneering Gene Therapy

Cohen, Deshmukh Selected for Second Round of CZI Funding

Piven Presents on Autism in Older Age to Special U.S. DHHS Interagency Committee

McLean Launches PREVAIL to Tackle Traumatic Stress