April 20, 2021
Remembering Dr. William Droegemueller
William Droegemueller, MD, a giant in the field of obstetrics and gynecology and former chair of UNC OBGYN, passed away April 15.
Tag: School of Medicine
April 20, 2021
UNC Joins National Effort to Study Allergic Reactions to COVID mRNA Vaccines
UNC School of Medicine’s David Peden, MD, is the UNC site principal investigator of the NIH-sponsored study, and Scott Commins, MD, PhD, is co-PI. Participants can now enroll at UNC-Chapel Hill, the only site in North Carolina.
April 14, 2021
The Status of the COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa
April 16 at 9 am, Wessam Mankoula, MD, Lead of the Africa CDC Emergency Operations Centre, will give a 30-minute presentation followed by brief reports and a panel discussion moderated by Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, science director for UNC Project-Malawi.
April 12, 2021
Monoclonal Antibody Injection Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Progression
Data from a phase 3 clinical trial for REGEN-COV, a combination monoclonal antibody therapy (casirivimab with imdevimab), is part of the NIH-sponsored COVID Prevention Network, co-led by Myron Cohen at UNC-Chapel Hill.
April 5, 2021
UNC School of Medicine Announces 2020-21 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
Yueh Lee, MD, PhD, Jiandong Liu, PhD, and Angela Smith, MD were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the fifth installment of this annual award.
April 1, 2021
JBG Medical Student Research Day coming April 16: Announcement, Call for judges
The John B. Graham Medical Student Research Society would like to invite everyone to participate in the 53rd annual Student Research Day on April 16, 2021! Our keynote speaker, Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccine Program at Boston Children's Hospital, will deliver his talk over Zoom at 12:00-1:00pm. We are additionally seeking faculty, fellow, and physician judges to evaluate student research and help make the day a success.
March 31, 2021
CDC, NIH Bring Free COVID-19 Self-testing to Residents in Pitt County
Participating households in Greenville, Pitt County, NC will receive free month-long supplies of rapid tests aimed at reducing community transmission of COVID-19. UNC School of Medicine’s Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, and Duke colleagues will conduct research to test effectiveness of the program.
March 30, 2021
UNC School of Medicine Ranks High in Best Grad School Report
UNC School of Medicine primary care education and family medicine both rank 3rd in the nation, according to the latest rankings published by US News & World Report.
March 24, 2021
Walter, Zhu Earn Community Engagement Fellowships
UNC School of Medicine students Chichi Zhu and Jessie Walter received Community Engagement Fellowships through the Carolina Center for Public Service for The Hormone Access Project
March 24, 2021
UNC PM&R Quarterly Newsletter Available Now
UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation publishes a newsletter every quarter so that colleagues and friends of the department can remain up-to-date with our latest news.
March 24, 2021
A 5-minute Survey on Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination
Participate in 5-minute Survey on Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination for a Chance to Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card.
March 17, 2021
Sadeghi co-authors BMJ Opinion Piece on Incentivizing COVID-19 Vaccination
Nakisa B. Sadeghi, a fourth-year medical student at the UNC School of Medicine, co-authored an article for the British Medical Journal titled, "As states reopen, incentivizing Americans to vaccinate against covid-19 is an urgent priority.