The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development is pleased to announce a new professional development opportunity for junior faculty to learn more about the promotion and tenure process.

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for pregnant people and their developing baby. Hear expert advice from Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, about staying protected.

Bradley Gaynes, MD, MPH, professor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, has been selected as recipient of the American Psychiatric Association's 2022 Health Services Research Award.

Faculty members of the 17 UNC constituent institutions, including UNC-Chapel Hill, are eligible to be nominated for the 2022 Oliver Max Gardner Award. Submissions are due by Feb. 3, 2022.

AdvanTx would like to distribute two external corporate collaboration opportunities for faculty - The Johnson and Johnson Quickfire Challenge for immune-mediated diseases and a Beta-Propellor Proteins Discovery Opportunity.

Victor Garcia, PhD, was named the 2022 recipient of the International Society for Antiviral Research Diversity Speaker Award. UNC School of Medicine’s Craig Cameron, PhD, received the society’s inaugural award for 2021.

Mark Zylka, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Center, wrote an article for the New England Journal of Medicine on this year’s two winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Krista Perreira, PhD, and Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, co-authored an article analyzing changes in coverage and barriers to health care access for Hispanic children and the use of health services.

The School of Medicine’s Well-Being Committee invites the UNC SOM and UNC Health community to save the date for this year’s Wellness Week. There's still time to participate as events will be held until the afternoon of November 19, 2021.

Melissa B. Miller, PhD, Director, Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory

Melissa B. Miller, PhD, director of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at UNC Medical Center receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in the category of public service.

Social and Health Systems 4 (SHS4) is a course for Application Phase medical students which meets monthly and provides a setting in which students can discuss aspects of the practice of medicine that they will encounter in their clinical experiences but that may not otherwise be a part of the formal curriculum in the clinical clerkships. The course is seeking new faculty members for Population Health and RICE seminars for the coming academic year (March 2022 to February 2023).

UNC Horizons, led by Hendree Jones, PhD, is featured in this NC Health feature story titled, "Supporting mothers through addiction as two public health crises converge."

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Promotion and Tenure Committee Observership Launches

Mieses Malchuk Shares the Importance of Getting Vaccinated While Pregnant

Gaynes Named Health Services Research Award Recipient

UNC System Accepting Nominations for the O. Max Gardner Award

AdvanTx- Two Drug Discovery Related External Funding Opportunities for Faculty

Garcia Named Diversity Speaker Award Recipient

Zylka Touts ‘Sensational,’ Nobel Prize-Winning Basic Research

Social Medicine Faculty Publish Article on Hispanic Children’s Health Insurance & Health Services Use

Participate in Wellness Week

Miller Receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service

Social and Health Systems 4 (SHS4) course recruiting new faculty

Horizons Featured at NC Health News