July 6, 2022
Braunstein Named ASM Distinguished Lecturer
The American Society for Microbiology selected Miriam Braunstein, PhD, in the UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology, as a distinguished lecturer for a two-year term.
Tag: Faculty
July 5, 2022
UNC School of Medicine Names 2021-22 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
Mauro Calabrese, PhD, Nilu Goonetilleke, PhD, and Adam Hantman, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the sixth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.
June 21, 2022
Feelings of Detachment Predict Worse Mental Outcomes After Trauma
Following trauma, feeling detached from one’s surroundings may suggest a higher risk of later developing psychiatric symptoms, according to research led by Harvard and McLean Hospital investigators, who are part of the NIH-funded AURORA Study led nationally by UNC’s Sam McLean, MD.
June 21, 2022
Phase 3 Study Shows Fezolinetant Reduces Frequency, Severity of Menopausal Hot Flashes
Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, presented findings of this industry-sponsored study at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Atlanta.
June 10, 2022
McNeal-Trice Selected by AAMC for COD Fellowship Program
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Education in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, was recently selected to join the 2022-2023 AAMC Council of Deans Fellowship Program.
June 2, 2022
UNC Selected for Joint ID/CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellowship Program
Led by Michelle Floris-Moore, MD, and Joe Eron, MD, this effort at UNC is one 11 infectious diseases divisions across the country selected for this pilot program launched by the Infectious Diseases Society of America with the CDC.
June 2, 2022
Bulik Receives Lifetime Achievement Honor for Pioneering Contributions in the Field of Eating Disorders
Cynthia Bulik, PhD, founding director of the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, received the award from the Academy for Eating Disorders.
June 1, 2022
Baker Named Co-director of new NCIOM Task Force on Healthy Aging
Tamara Baker, PhD, professor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, has been named co-director of a new North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on Healthy Aging funded through the Duke Endowment, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and AARP North Carolina.
May 10, 2022
UCB Presents Efficacy, Safety Results for Zilucoplan, Rozanolixizumab for Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
James F. Howard, MD, Distinguished Professor of Neuromuscular Disease, Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Allied Health in the UNC School of Medicine, was lead investigator in the Phase 3 clinical trial of zilucoplan.
May 4, 2022
NIH Features Pardo-Manuel de Villena Lab
The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs featured the lab of Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, chair of the UNC Department of Genetics, for its crucial scientific contributions to improving research conducted with mouse models of human diseases.
May 3, 2022
Ting Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Jenny Ting, PhD, in the UNC Department of Genetics, was among the 120 scientists elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
May 3, 2022
UNC Blood Clot Expert Working with NASA to Study Blood Flow, Clot Formation in Zero Gravity
In the ultimate use of telemedicine, UNC School of Medicine’s Stephan Moll, MD, worked with NASA to treat a U.S. astronaut’s blood clot during a mission on the International Space Station. That led to a study on how blood flows in zero gravity, and if astronauts are at greater risk of developing blood clots in space.