The 2023 awards were given to Michael Cunningham, MD, Alexander Fenn, MD, Calvin Gross, MD, Wesley Roten, MD, and Krishan Sivaraj, MD.

Jill Fisher, PhD, will write a scholarly book on the medicalization and pharmaceuticalization of food allergies. The book will explore how American families navigate food allergies as a part of everyday life as well as a condition that increasingly justifies risky and/or burdensome therapeutic interventions.

This newly-created position will develop and oversee the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Research Administration Services, which is being created to better serve the research functions of our departments and centers, reduce risk and improve efficiencies through process improvement. This position will advise school leadership on research policy and provide guidance and direction application strategies and on compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements.

The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an accomplished and energetic leader to serve as chair and associate dean for the Department of Health Sciences. The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty, trainees and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the department, including clinical practice, education, research and fiscal management consistent with the strategic planning of the UNC School of Medicine, UNC Hospitals and UNC Health.

The Head and Neck Surgery team represented UNC-Chapel Hill at the 11th Annual International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer with oral and poster presentations, and a second place winning poster by Jason Tasoulas.

The project will focus on workflows to increase the timeliness and comprehensiveness of postpartum care, a virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service including e-consult and telehealth capability for women with high-risk conditions served at rural community health centers, and support for community doula training and the development of a community doula collaborative in rural Chatham County.

Springer recently released "Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice," edited by UNC Family Medicine's Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and other national and international experts wrote the textbook.

Whole Community Connection invites applications from existing community-academic partnerships advancing health and well-being in Edgecombe or Robeson County. Selected teams participate in leadership development and receive funding to implement community-led solutions. The call for applications closes Sept. 15.

Graduate Research Assistant Darla McDonald won the audiology poster award at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance meeting for her presentation of a case study of a cochlear implant recipient with reported catastrophic tinnitus in the implanted ear who participated in clinical research aimed at improving individual patient outcomes.

The Academy of Educators, housed within the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, has recognized 27 faculty and trainee members with teaching awards.

Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, traveled to the White House on June 1 for the Cancer Moonshot Smoking Cessation Forum. The meeting highlighted the Biden Administration’s commitment to tackling the single biggest driver of cancer deaths in this country—smoking—and efforts underway across sectors to equitably expand access to effective smoking cessation support.

The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty, trainees, and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the Department, including clinical practice, education, research, and fiscal management consistent with the strategic planning of the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals/UNC Health.

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Five Residents Selected to Receive 2023 Cefalo House Officer Awards

Fisher Receives Funding to Begin Book on Food Allergies

UNC School of Medicine Seeks Senior Director for Research Administration

UNC School of Medicine Seeks Chair and Associate Dean for the Department of Health Sciences

UNC School of Medicine Represents at AHNS 11th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer

Partnership with Piedmont Health Services Aims to Address Maternal Mortality Crisis

UNC Department of Family Medicine Authors Second Edition of Chronic Illness Care Textbook

Applications Open for Whole Community Connection Community-Academic Partnerships

McDonald Wins American Cochlear Implant Alliance Meeting Poster Award

Academy of Educators Names 2022-23 Teaching Award Recipients

Goldstein Represents UNC at White House Smoking Cessation Forum

UNC School of Medicine Seeks Chair for the Department of Radiation Oncology