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Aakanksha Gundu provided an update after working in the Strahl lab as an undergraduate researcher for 2 ½ years. She offers advice for students who want to get involved in research.
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It's Spring semester, get started in the right direction. We encourage you to enroll in the DEI certificate program offered by the School of Medicine.
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Chrystal Starbird in July was recognized by the Yale Black Postdoctoral Association, which she co-founded, and the Yale SOM Office of DEI for her leadership, mentorship, and DEI service. She received the YBPA Distinguished Service Award in DEI at a ceremony near campus. In February, she’ll be starting her own lab at UNC.
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In a three-part series, Stephani Page (alum 2015) was featured on Forbes' Twitter. Jared Council interviewed her about...
3 weeks ago
Apps due Jan 16. Dialogue for Change (DfC) is a weekend intensive professional development program that takes participants through a concise Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) experience and provides them with concrete skills to create meaningful change in their communities. Participants will learn more about the tenets of IGD, engage in self-reflection, and develop their identity as a change-agent through interactive exercises. The UODI will offer 2 retreat opportunities, one for Carolina faculty & staff and the other for graduate & professional students.
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Join us at events in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Join an established interdisciplinary postdoctoral T32 fellowship program in basic and translational aspects of genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, pathophysiology and treatment of liver and gastrointestinal tract disorders. Program goals are to attract Ph.D., M.D. and DVM postdoctoral trainees to these fields and to provide training in state-of-the-art research techniques. Fellowships are for two years, and are funded by an NIH (NIDDK) Institutional T32 Training Grant.
2 months ago
A.J. Hinton PhD of STEM Tea chats with Drs. Chrystal Starbird and Aileen Fernandez about how institutions can make meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) improvements. They talk about the needs of DEI and how this should be incorporated into the classroom from schools to undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond.
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Our DEI committee held Arabic culture night on the evening of November 17. Students shared their food and culture with other department members. After conversations and sharing a meal, we had festive music and dancing. Thank you to everyone who participated. There were plenty of smiles and laughter. We hope these events can help us …
2 months ago
Phoebe Pak is a 4th-year undergraduate research assistant in Maness lab majoring in Neuroscience and Health Policy & Management. She won a presentation award at ABRCMS 2022 for her research "The L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule Constrains Dendritic Spine Density through Ankyrin Binding in Pyramidal Neurons of the Mouse Cerebral Cortex"
