September 3, 2026
Kitware and UNC Aim to Bring Robotic Stroke Care Closer to Patients
UNC School of Medicine supports robotic stroke innovation to help advance care for patients experiencing brain blood vessel disorders.
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August 26, 2026
UNC Lineberger and OHSU Receive $4 Million to Address Barriers to Cancer Screening Across North Carolina, Oregon
Researchers will develop and implement new strategies to address common barriers to care and reach patients due for cancer screenings for breast, colorectal, lung, and/or cervical cancers.
August 25, 2026
PCORI Awards $13M to UNC to Study Innovative Symptom Management Interventions for Rare Cholestatic Liver Diseases
UNC School of Medicine’s Donna Evon, PhD, will lead a multi-center study evaluating a mind-body digital health program with and without clinician-guided psychotherapy to improve mental health, fatigue and other symptoms for adults with rare cholestatic liver diseases.
August 20, 2026
UNC Study Finds Mediterranean-Style Eating Supports Weight Loss and Improves Diet Quality
Participants who followed a Mediterranean-style plan tailored for the Southeast not only kept weight off, but also ate better in ways that may help prevent chronic disease.
June 17, 2026
New Liver Targeted Insulin Shows Promise for Safer Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
UNC School of Medicine researchers announce how a novel insulin approach shows promise for safer, more stable blood sugar management in type 1 diabetes in the OPTI-2 clinical trial.
May 19, 2026
UNC, UCSF researchers collaborate on new trial to prevent PTSD funded by John Mayer’s Heart and Armor Foundation
A collaboration between UNC School of Medicine and University of California-San Francisco will examine how improving sleep might reduce PTSD side-effects.
May 11, 2026
US/UK Food Allergy Researchers Predict Oral Food Challenge Tests as an Obstacle to Future Food Allergy Trials
A new international perspective led by UNC School of Medicine researchers highlights that oral food challenges, historically considered essential to food allergy clinical trials, are now limiting who can participate and threatening to slow progress in food allergy research.
May 5, 2026
UNC Researcher Continues Quest to Understand the Origins of the Genetic Code
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has extended funding for biochemist Charles Carter, PhD, who seeks to prove how critical molecules began to read the genetic code, evolved together, and led to life on Earth billions of years ago.
April 29, 2026
Berlow Receives Prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
UNC School of Medicine faculty member will receive more than $2 million in NIH funding to continue exploration of a kind of protein that can contribute to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
April 27, 2026
UNC Bioengineers Create New Material for Heart Monitoring Devices
Researchers have created heart monitoring sensors that conform to the skin, are comfortable, and can be worn while people are moving.
February 16, 2026
“Data for Everyone”: A New Cancer Dashboard Launches at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
The tool is a one-stop resource for downloadable, shareable, and aggregated health data, which will help researchers, policymakers and healthcare providers better respond to concerning cancer trends and health needs throughout the state.
February 9, 2026
Zamora Contributes to 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Daisy Zamora, PhD, contributes to the scientific evidence review informing the newly released 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).