Family Medicine assistant professor Catherine Coe, MD, was recently selected to the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium Executive Committee.

Results of the study will ultimately identify opportunities for clinicians to improve communication with HPV vaccine-hesitant adolescents and caregivers, and ultimately increase HPV vaccine uptake.

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, has been appointed as a UNC WRHR Scholar. Her primary research is focused on increasing access to cervical cancer prevention in low-income countries.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, WRAL-TV features Michelle Hernandez, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and director of the N.C. Child Health Research Network.

Hyejung Won, PhD, is principal investigator of five-year project, part of the NIH’s $185-million Impact of Genomic Variation on Function consortium. UNC’s Karen Mohlke, PhD, and Michael Love, PhD, are co-investigators.

The Eshelman Institute seeks to fund translational research related to therapeutics and digital health technologies focused on oncology, infectious disease, and neuroscience (including rare diseases) that have commercial potential. However, the Institute welcomes ideas for devices and diagnostics, and other therapeutic areas and services.

The National Institute on Aging has awarded Shakira Grant, MBBS, and the UNC Center for Aging and Health a 2-year, $200,000 grant to study the illness and treatment experiences and functional trajectories of older adults with multiple myeloma and their care partners.

The newly released Action Briefs now make it easier for employers, insurers, healthcare systems, policy makers, and leaders in other organizations to take specific, practical actions to support their constituents with osteoarthritis.

Jonathan Stem, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an assistant professor in the division of gastrointestinal surgery. He sat down to discuss what inspired him to become a doctor, forming bonds with his patients, and the advice he gives to all of his trainees.

Principal investigators James Hagood, MD, and Richard Boucher, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine will lead a multinational, $3.5-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map crucial cellular roles in human health and disease.

Greg Wang, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics, has received the 2022 ASBMB Young Investigator Award.

The Osteoarthritis Action Alliance, directed by Leigh Callahan, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, will expand and improve equity in access and delivery of evidence-based interventions to prevent and manage symptoms of OA, and strengthen partnerships focused on minimizing impact of the disease.

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Coe selected to AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium Executive Committee

Vielot Awarded Merck Grant for Study to Help Increase Rate of HPV Vaccinations

Mungo Appointed as Women’s Reproductive Health Research Scholar

WRAL Features Dr. Michelle Hernandez in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month

UNC Researchers Awarded $9.25 Million to Study DNA Variance Related to Disease

Eshelman Institute for Innovation Announces 2022 Award Cycle

Grant receives $200,000 to study Impact of Multiple Myeloma on Older Adult Patients, Care Partners

The OA Action Alliance, Arthritis Foundation, and CDC Release ‘Action Briefs’ focused on Osteoarthritis

Stem Joins Division of GI Surgery with Specialty in Colorectal Procedures

Carolina Researchers Lead CZI Collaborative on Childhood Diseases

Wang Receives ASBMB Young Investigator Award

The Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Receives 5 Years of CDC Funding to Advance National Osteoarthritis Public Health Initiatives