Dr. Hongtu Zhu, a BRIC faculty member and his team recently published a paper in Science (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn6598).  They used advanced techniques to study the brain and its connection with the rest of the body. Traditional brain imaging methods often overlook the interaction between the brain and other organs. In a recent study, Zhu and colleagues … Continued

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, have developed a new method that combines palmitoleic acid, gentamicin, and non-invasive ultrasound to help improve drug delivery in chronic wounds that have been infected with S. aureus. Using their new strategy, researchers including BRIC faculty member Dr. Paul Dayton, and Dr. Sarah … Continued

Join us Wednesday March 8th at 4:00pm EST for a presentation by Babak Behnam Azad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and Technical Director at the Center for Translational Molecular Imaging (CTMI) within the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine! Targeted Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Improved Disease Management Wednesday, March 8th 4:00 PM via … Continued

The UNC School of Medicine ranked 19th in the country in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for federal fiscal year 2022 and 6th among peer public universities, according to a new report published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The total dollar amount is $358,658,406, about $11 million more than FY 2021. This amount … Continued

Researchers from the UNC School of Medicine, led by Ian Shih, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology and Associate Director of the Biomedical Research Imaging Center, revealed the role of the insular cortex in controlling the Default Mode Brain Network. When we daydream or revisit memories, a large group of regions within our brain … Continued

Human brain atlases can be used by medical professionals to track normative trends over time and pinpoint crucial aspects of early brain development. With these atlases, they are able to see what typical structural and functional development looks like, making it easier for them to spot the symptoms of abnormal development, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder … Continued

Earlier this year, researchers from Dr. Eva Telzer’s lab published their work in JAMA Pediatrics. Their exciting findings, which were covered not only locally by WRAL, but nationally by both CNN and The New York Times are summarized below. Congratulations to Dr. Telzer and her team! Social media platforms allow adolescents to have unprecedented opportunities … Continued

Alerted connectivity in brain networks may turn them more sensitive to environmental insults and disease. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) PhD student William Stanford, and BRIC member Eran Dayan investigated if brain resilience accounts for differences in cognitive function in healthy aging. This was achieved … Continued

UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Gang Li, PhD, have mapped the surface of the cortex of the young human brain with unprecedented resolution, revealing the development of key functional regions from two months before birth to two years after. The new cortical development mapping, reported online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of … Continued

Dr. Stephanie Engel has accepted the position as the Associate Director of Imaging-based Population Sciences at the Biomedical Research Imaging Center Dr. Engel is a Professor in the UNC Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also the Director, UNC Center for Early Life Exposures and Neurotoxicity (UNC CLEAN), Deputy Director, … Continued