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Up one levelUNC-Chapel Hill Physician Receives UNC Board of Governors’ Highest Faculty Honor
May 9, 2008 — Dr. Myron S. Cohen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received the O. Max Gardner Award today (Friday, May 9) from the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina. Recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, Cohen was honored for his international leadership in advancing HIV research, treatment, and prevention in countries around the globe.
Charles B. Cairns appointed UNC School of Medicine chair of emergency medicine
May 6, 2008 — Dr. Charles B. Cairns has been appointed professor and chair of the department of emergency medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He replaces Dr. Judith Tintinalli, who is stepping down after 17 years as chair.
Drug appears to offer speedier relief from depression
May 5, 2008 — Who: Dr. Richard Weisler, adjunct professor of psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Jonathan Oberlander on healthcare and the economy
May 2, 2008 — As the presidential election nears, and the democratic primary hits full speed, health care – it’s growing costs and looming problems – weighs on the minds of voters. Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D., associate professor of Social Medicine in UNC’s School of Medicine and associate professor of health policy and administration in the School of Public Health, breaks down the candidates’ health care plans and explains how health care effects our economy.