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Three Teams Selected for 2024–25 Translational Team Science Awards

Three interdisciplinary teams of UNC researchers have been selected for the 2024–25 Translational Team Science Awards. Each team will receive $50,000 in phase one funding to launch innovative pilot projects that bring together basic science and clinical expertise. The Translational Team Science Awards (TTSA) program provides funding to new interdisciplinary teams of basic scientists and … Read more

UNC School of Medicine Names 2024-25 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award. The UNC School of Medicine has named three outstanding researchers as recipients of the eighth annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award!

Burks and Keet Publish Editorial on Oral Immunotherapy for High Threshold Peanut Allergy

Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, write editorial in New England Journal of Medicine Evidence titled, “To Eat or Not … Read more

PCORI Awards UNC Researcher $14.4 Million to Study Emerging Medications for PIBD Patients

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced funding totaling $14.4 million for a Duke-UNC research collaboration to study new treatment options for pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (PIBD). Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UNC School of Medicine, will serve as principal investigator. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced … Read more