August 28, 2024
From learning about STEM in high school to majoring in biology and exercise & sport science, UNC School of Medicine 4th-year student Meera Parikh gained in-depth knowledge on human anatomy, physics, and physiology during undergrad. With this experience, Meera knew pursuing a career in medicine was her next step. From Monroe, NC, she explains what she loves most about attending medical school at Carolina.
August 21, 2024
UNC School of Medicine 4th-year student Uty Utin, originally from Nigeria, has lived in North Carolina since he was 5-years-old. As a youth with a penchant more for music than medicine, it wasn’t until a trip to Central America that his interest in medicine was sparked.
August 16, 2024
The UNC MD/PhD Program received five more years of T32 funding from the NIH/NIGMS as a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), securing NIH funding through June 2029 and increasing the number of MD/PhD training slots from 16 to 21.
August 15, 2024
Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the UNC Lineberger lab of Jack Griffith, PhD, describes her long, difficult, and rewarding journey of becoming a telomere scientist as a first-time mother at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
August 14, 2024
In this Vital Signs series, we feature UNC School of Medicine recent graduate Madeline Thornton, MD, MPH. From Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Thornton recognized the importance of global health practice and the pivotal role doctors play during undergrad. She shares more about beginning her residency in her home state and the privilege of working in reproductive health.
August 6, 2024
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Katherine Eltz in the Papadopoulou lab. Combining her passions in marine biology and biomedical engineering, Eltz studies the physiology of decompression sickness in scuba divers, astronauts, and sea turtles using ultrasound imaging techniques.
August 2, 2024
Third-year UNC School of Medicine student Joshua Hale led a study on how medical educators use generative AI. The goal of the study is to better understand how educators can most effectively implement AI tools in curriculum.
July 30, 2024
In this Vital Signs series, we feature UNC School of Medicine recent graduate Jacob Pascual, MD. Born in the Philippines and moving to Durham, NC, when he was six years old, Dr. Pascual began to develop multiple interests he wanted to pursue, including medicine. He shares more about his residency in family medicine and why he loved learning from some of the best pioneers at UNC.
July 18, 2024
In this Vital Signs series, we feature UNC School of Medicine recent graduate Heather Swain, from Timberlake, NC. Dr. Swain's journey into medicine began at an early age. She explains how rural residents, like her family, experience barriers in healthcare and why she is striving to help improve access to North Carolinians.
July 16, 2024
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Skylar Grimsley in the Starbird lab. Grimsley is investigating genetic variations of ABCA7, a protein that has been shown to increase one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
July 10, 2024
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Gilliam Fellowships to 50 graduate students in science – and their advisers – following the largest competition in the program’s history. John Patrick Flores and his adviser Douglas Phanstiel, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology, were selected in the 19th year of the program.
July 3, 2024
This year’s match results show that only 91.8% of pediatric residency slots were successfully filled by programs compared to a higher percentage in years past. This ongoing outcome has many physicians in the field worried about the declining interest in pediatric subspecialties. Katherine Jordan, MD, and Priyanka Rao, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine wrote a JAMA perspective piece asking, “Where are all the pediatricians?”