April 3, 2025
Crystal Schiller, PhD has been selected to serve as Director of the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. She was previously serving as Associate Director under Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody’s leadership.
April 3, 2025
PRISM, a UNC School of Medicine and BioSTAR initiative, offers "Bright Futures in Science and Medicine" for postbac students. Apply by May 1 (Summer) or July 1 (Fall) 2025!
March 26, 2025
Focusing on a Southeast 5-county region: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties, the three student members completed site visits, engaging local practitioners, and completed school visits to recruit providers and broaden access to occupational therapy services.
March 20, 2025
UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences Dr. Stephanie Sjoblad was recently awarded the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Academy of Audiology. The award is given by asking colleagues, friends, and mentees in their professional circles to nominate colleagues who deserve recognition for outstanding service to audiology and the hearing sciences.
March 20, 2025
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
February 20, 2025
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
February 8, 2025
Dr. Joe Grisham passed away on January 29th, 2025. Dr. Grisham was the Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1973-1999. He oversaw the creation of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory medicine, along with Bill McLendon, conducted impactful NIH research in liver pathology, and was a recipient of the American Society of Investigative Pathology’s highest honor, the Gold-Headed Cane Award.
January 16, 2025
Lead author Chineme Enyioha, MD, MPH, and colleagues were published in BMC Public Health, aiming to design effective communication strategies to support health warning labels (HWLs) on little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs), a tobacco product increasingly popular among young adults. The study established four types of messages for the graphic HWLs: explanatory, testimonial, inquisitive, and recommendation, each illustrating the health risks tied to LCC usage.
January 8, 2025
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
December 12, 2024
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
December 4, 2024
Researchers from the UNC Department of Family Medicine, along with lead author Caroline Meek, MPH, published a pivotal study in a special issue of the American Journal of Public Health titled “Regulatory Landscape of Cannabis Warning Labels in US States with Legal Retail Nonmedical Cannabis.” The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of cannabis warning label regulations across the United States.
November 13, 2024
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates in October of 2024 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):