Rotation projects are available in cardiovascular disease and cancer to 1) translate lipid inhibitors of platelet aggregation into therapeutics to prevent thrombotic events and 2) use targeted and systems biology approaches to explore CIB1 in cancer cell and endothelial cell biology.
We congratulate Dr. Jill Dowen, Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics and Biology for being named the Well-being Liaison for the department.
Published on SOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion website on July 2. 2021.
As we celebrate our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community during Pride Month, let’s also recognize the ongoing fight to ensure equity and to overcome mistreatment, oppression, and marginalization. Pride Month takes place each year in June to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising, which occurred in June of 1969 and was a key … Read more
Silvia B. Ramos , MD, PhD provided updates on Bias trainings at BCBP, DEI leadership retreat and Racial Equity Workshop-phase 1.
Silvia Ramos interviewed Juanita Limas after she received the Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student. BOKA W. HADZIJA AWARD recognizes the graduate or professional student who has been judged most outstanding in character, scholarship and leadership.
Message released by Silvia Ramos Diversity Liaison.
We invite our BCBP faculty (obligatory), and also extend our invitation to everyone interested, undergraduate and graduate students, staff, post-docs and actual people who work with us in lab, including research staff & research technicians. Joint and Adjunct faculty and Lineberger labs, Biology labs, Genetics labs, Pharmacology labs, associates also encouraged to participate. This training … Read more
Dear BCBP members, It is with tremendous sadness and heavy soul that we, the BCPB faculty members, express our sorrow and sympathy to the families who have lost loved ones in the recent attacks that happened on March 16th in Atlanta. Unfortunately, we are aware that these expression against Asian-Americans, Asian descendants and Native Asians … Read more
The Biochemistry & Biophysics department invites all of its members to a virtual Town Hall meeting to discuss Racial equity and Inclusion efforts and challenges in the Department. Come have your voice heard and meet your Diversity Committee representatives. 12:00 pm: Discussion with students, postdocs and staff only. Then at 12:30 pm: Faculty join for a department-wide discussion.
Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields (50 min.) SSC is proud to partner with Joel Kingsolver to screen the documentary Can We Talk? 2 for the UNC Biology Dept., as showcased at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference this year. In her Can We Talk series, Dr. Kendall Moore (URI) has … Read more
Black History Month is a time to celebrate the immeasurable contributions that Black people have made across our society. While we celebrate the leaders and progress of the past, this year has reminded us of how much work remains to achieve our mission of true equality.
