May 3, 2023
2023 Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecturer Nominations Open
Nominations are due by June 9.
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May 1, 2023
Student-Driven Sustainability Report Card Reaches Third Year
This is the third year that UNC School of Medicine has participated in the annual Planetary Health Report Card.
April 26, 2023
Casey, Meyer Selected for the National Foundation of Emergency Medicine Scholar and Mentor Program
Department of Emergency Medicine faculty members Martin Casey, MD, MPH, and Michelle Meyer, PhD, MPH, were awarded one of ten scholar and mentor program grants from the National Foundation of Emergency Medicine. The 2-year program supports outstanding teams of mentors and scholars in emergency medicine.
April 26, 2023
Faculty Collaboration Database Competition Winners Announced
The Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were the basic science and clinical departments with the most participation in new database.
April 25, 2023
Alpha Omega Alpha Announces Spring 2023 Inductees
The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society at UNC-Chapel Hill has announced its spring 2023 inductees. AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to a belief in improving care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others.
April 19, 2023
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
New grants awarded to School of Medicine faculty with project start dates from April 1 - 15 and a total award amount greater than $100,000 are outlined.
April 19, 2023
Represent the UNC School of Medicine Nationally as a CFAS Representative
The Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) represents medical school faculty and academic societies within the governance of the AAMC. The UNC School of Medicine CFAS representative has the opportunity to be heard at the national level on a variety of issues critical to academic medicine, and can bring colleagues’ perspectives back to the AAMC through CFAS.
March 30, 2023
Shoenbill Named Clinical Informatics Fellowship Director
Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, has been named the new director of the UNC Clinical Informatics Fellowship.
March 28, 2023
New Round of NC TraCS Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Funding Available
NC TraCS Institute is seeking proposals that focus on understanding a scientific or operational principle underlying a step of the translational research process, with the goal of developing generalizable principles to accelerate translational research.
March 24, 2023
Five-Year Review of Department of Genetics Chair
An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the Department of Genetics and the leadership of its chair, Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, professor and Olivier Smithies Investigator. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on April 24.
March 22, 2023
2023 – 2024 Clinical Trialist Training Program Applications Open
Applications are now open until April 5 for the 2023 - 2024 Clinical Trialist Training Program, which provides 10% salary support for UNC School of Medicine faculty to obtain training on how to be a site investigator for sponsor-initiated multicenter clinical trials.
March 20, 2023
Metformin Combined with Insulin Does Not Reduce Pregnancy Outcome Risks Compared to Placebo
The study, which was conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill between 2016 and 2022, concluded that metformin use did not reduce risks for adverse neonatal outcomes in pregnancies with type 2 diabetes. The study findings were reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine in February.