November 24, 2021
Improvement Scholars – Call for Letters of Intent
The UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) invites letters of intent from clinicians interested in IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program. Letters are due Dec 6, 2021.
November 24, 2021
The UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) invites letters of intent from clinicians interested in IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program. Letters are due Dec 6, 2021.
November 23, 2021
The NC TraCS Pilot program has announced 3 new deadlines for $2K Pilot Awards submissions.
November 23, 2021
Giselle Corbie, CHER Director, has co-authored an opinion piece for STAT with Warren Kibbe of the Duke Cancer Institute, calling for engaging communities “around how and why data affect them.”
November 23, 2021
The UNC School of Medicine Caregivers at Carolina program is accepting applications until 11:59pm EST on January 17, 2022. Physician scientists whose research productivity is being impacted by increased family caregiving responsibilities resulting from COVID-19 may be eligible.
November 23, 2021
Emily Pfaff, PhD, is Co-director of Informatics and Data Science at NC TraCS. She has a PhD in Health Informatics and a master's in Information Science, both from UNC. Her primary expertise and research interests are in "computable phenotyping" and clinical data modeling in support of translational research. We recently spoke with Pfaff about improving/refining health data collection and analysis, COVID research, and the role of informatics in solving today's pressing health problems.
November 19, 2021
School of Medicine information security experts offer tips on how to stay safe while shopping online.
November 18, 2021
Patients sometimes receive treatment that is longer than needed for common infections. Evidence-based best practices can help reduce unnecessary antimicrobial exposure and reduce potential patient risk.
November 18, 2021
Brandon Woodmancy was named Assistant Director of Scholarship and Awards for the UNC School of Medicine, and began in this role on November 8.
November 18, 2021
A quality improvement effort led by CASP’s Bill Wilson, PharmD, was recognized by UNC Medical Center Improvement Council’s Quality and Safety Awards with an honorable mention for their work to prevent surgical site infections in the Children’s Hospital Operating Room.
November 18, 2021
Family Medicine assistant professor Venus Standard's Alliance for Black Doulas for Black Mamas (ABDBM) was recently awarded a $525,000 grant from The Duke Endowment for Black doula training to decrease maternal mortality rates in North Carolina.
November 17, 2021
A home football game against Wofford is scheduled this Saturday, Nov. 20, at noon.
November 17, 2021
Jack Curran is joining the UNC School of Medicine from Children’s Mercy Kansas City.