Facts & Figures 2007-2008

History

Established 1879

Mission

To be the nation’s leading public school of medicine

Leadership

William L. Roper, MD, MPH
Dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care

Faculty

1,320 Full-time
139 Part-time

Departments

Allied Health Sciences
Anesthesiology
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and Molecular Physiology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Genetics
Medicine
Microbiology and Immunology
Neurology
Nutrition
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatrics
Pharmacology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Psychiatry
Radiation Oncology
Radiology
Social Medicine
Surgery

Centers, Divisions,
& Programs

Biomedical Research Imaging Center
Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center
Carolina Center for Clinical Trials
Carolina Center for Genome Sciences
Carolina Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute
Caviness General Clinical Research Center
Center for AIDS Research
Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology
Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
Center for Infectious Diseases
Center for Maternal and Infant Health
Center for Women’s Health Research at UNC
Clinical Nutrition Research Center
Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research & Treatment Center
Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Gene Therapy Center
Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Center
Neurobiology Curriculum
Neuroscience Center
North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology
Office of Educational Development
Program in Digestive Health
Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
Program on Aging
Program on Integrative Medicine
Program on Prevention in Education and Practice
Sickle Cell Program
Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Toxicology Curriculum
UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders
UNC Kidney Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Students

165 entering MD students, Fall 2007
736 Total enrollment

Living Alumni

6,259

MD Financial Aid, FY 2007 (% of Students Receiving Financial Aid)

89%
(loans, grants, scholarships, work-study)

Average Indebtedness (upon graduation)

$83,475

Tuition and Fees

In-state $10,292
Out-of-state $33,958
Fees  $1,627

Est. Room & Board

$27,052

Nobel Laureate

Dr. Oliver Smithies, Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine—named co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2007)

Endowments

$103,268,769 (Market Value, 2007)

FY 2007 Total Expenditures

$730,727,098