June 11, 2020
Making it Personal: Cannefax Featured as Massey Award Winner
Massey Award winner Julie Cannefax takes care of business and nurtures students for the curriculum in toxicology and environmental medicine.
Tag: School of Medicine
June 11, 2020
NC TraCS launches new website and releases overview video
We at the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute recently made a couple big moves. We have redesigned our online home, organizing it to easily find the services you need.
June 4, 2020
Teaching COVID-19’s Real-Time Lessons
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, many faculty in the School of Medicine (SOM) were tasked with restructuring courses and content for medical students to ensure they could effectively finish their semesters. A true testament to how the SOM community is better when working together is the creation and implementation of the Medical Management of COVID-19 elective for medical students, created by Drs. Stephen P. Bogdewic and Sarah Smithson, and Johanna Foster.
June 4, 2020
New OGHE Global Health Scholars
The Office of Global Health Education is excited to announce the 4th cohort of Global Health Scholars.
April 30, 2020
Wilkins Aims to Fill Void in Rural Health Care; Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic
Emily Wilkins is a second-year Physician Assistant Studies student from Rutherfordton, North Carolina who returned to work in neighboring Hendersonville as a paramedic during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve our state.
March 25, 2020
Annual Dean’s Performance Award Nomination Deadline Extended to June 30, 2020
The Dean’s Performance Awards were created to honor exceptional School of Medicine staff not eligible for UNC Health Care Cash Awards. The nomination deadline has been extended to June 30, 2020.
March 11, 2020
Jennette Receives Lifetime Achieve Award
J. Charles Jennette, MD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and professor of medicine, has received the Robert H. Heptinstall Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renal Pathology Society (RPS). The honor was presented February 29 at the RPS Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
December 11, 2019
New UNC School of Medicine Website Launched
UNC School of Medicine websites have migrated to the WordPress content management system over the past two years, culminating this week in the migration and redesign of the School of Medicine homepage and affiliated sites.
November 7, 2019
Nicholson and Ramos appointed to APWIMS Leadership
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development has appointed Drs. Wanda Nicholson and Silvia Ramos to lead the Association of Professional Women in Medical Sciences (APWIMS). Click to learn more about their vision for the organization and upcoming year.
November 7, 2019
First-Generation Clinical Laboratory Science Student Lexie Edwards Set to Graduate with Second Degree in 2020
Lexie Edwards, who will graduate with her second bachelor’s degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2020, discovered a match with clinical laboratory science in the Department of Allied Health Sciences after earning a degree in biology in 2018.
October 29, 2019
Adimora Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, in the department of medicine, was selected for this honor for her integral work in the field of HIV prevention.
October 2, 2019
UNC Project-China: Medical Student Training Opportunity 2020-2021
The Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship will support a medical student interested in working with the UNC Project-China research team. This is a 10 – 12 month opportunity. Applications are due December 15.