May 31, 2023
Three SOM Students Named Schweitzer Fellows
UNC School of Medicine students Avani Desai, Rayad Shams, and Josh Tanner were named among 29 NC Albert Schweitzer Foundation fellows to address health disparities throughout North Carolina.
Tag: School of Medicine
April 26, 2023
UNC Child Neurology Researchers Led UNC Trial Site for Rett Syndrome Treatment
Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD, co-investigators Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, and Jane Fan, MD, and study coordinator Yulissa Gonzalez led the UNC School of Medicine site for a clinical trial of a FDA-approved Rett syndrome treatment from Acadia Pharmaceuticals.
April 3, 2023
Researchers Announce Findings from Landmark Clinical Trial for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, was the lead PI on the clinical trial, which followed nearly 300 children with Crohn’s to evaluate how their conditions changed in response to anti-TNF biologic treatments alone or in combination with a second immune suppressive medication.
April 3, 2023
New Research Shows That Bacteria Get “Hangry,” Too
Adam Rosenthal, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, shows that genetically identical cells within a bacterial community have different functions, with some members behaving more docile and others producing the very toxins that make us feel ill.
March 28, 2023
A Tale of Probiotics and How to Help Your Own Gut Microbiome
Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, discusses her research into the bacterial communities that live inside our guts and offers tips on how you can maintain a healthy microbiome.
March 24, 2023
Smith Earns NSF Grant to Study “Dark Matter” of the Genome
Keriayn Smith, PhD, receives $665,786 over the course of four years to research non-coding RNA in yeast, mammalian cells, and more.
March 13, 2023
SOM Office of Graduate Education Recognizes Seven Faculty Members with Mentorship Awards
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.
March 6, 2023
El-Behaedi Receives Two National Fellowships to Support Research in Melanoma
UNC School of Medicine’s fourth-year medical student Salma El-Behaedi received two national fellowships to support her research in skin cancer melanoma.
March 1, 2023
Researchers Examine Career Confidence in Underrepresented Biomedical Scientist Trainees
A new study, led by Rebekah Layton, PhD, and a team of collaborations from the NIH Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training consortium, shows that underrepresented graduate and postdoctoral students are struggling with confidence in their career paths.
February 27, 2023
Novel Peanut Allergy Treatment Shown to be Safe, Effective, and Lasting
A four-year clinical trial led by Edwin Kim, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that an increased dosage of a unique type of peanut allergy immunotherapy continues to show promise for children.
February 24, 2023
How a New Blood-Vessel-on-a-Chip Can Help Researchers Further Understand Vascular Malformations
A research team led by William Polacheck, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has engineered a microfluidic model that mimics a rare genetic disorder affecting the structure of veins, arteries, capillaries, and lymphatic vessels.
February 22, 2023
New Focused Ultrasound Effective for treating Parkinson’s, Movement Disorders
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine led the pivotal multicenter, double-blinded, randomized clinical trial to show that unilateral focused ultrasound ablation reduced dyskinesia and motor impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Vibhor Krishna, MD, co-led the study.