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UNC SOM Associate Professor wins the 2019 Harvey Award for innovative augmented reality game for hospitalized children
Dr. Richard Hobbs, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at UNC School of Medicine is the recipient of the 2019 Harvey Awards. Dr. Hobbs received the award for his innovative work creating the augmented reality game, Adventure Squad. The game encourages children to get out of bed, move in the hallways, interact with staff, participate … Continued
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UNC Medical Students placed first at LabCorp Healthcare Case Competition
UNC first year medical students placed first at the inaugural LabCorp Healthcare Competition. The competition involved developing a strategic plan to help patients learn about savings they could capitalize on by having their labs done at a LabCorp facility, outside of a hospital or clinic in-house lab.
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UNC’s Jon Collins named as Chief Scientific Officer of Pinnacle Hill, LLC
Pinnacle Hill, LLC, an innovative partnership between UNC Chapel Hill and Deerfield Management that strives to help UNC scientists discover new medicine, has appointed Jon Collin, PhD as Chief Scientific Officer. At Pinnacle Hill, Dr. Collins will lead the company’s innovative drug discovery and development initiatives.
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Michelle Itano, PhD, receives the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant for imaging scientists
Dr. Michelle Itano, Director of the UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core facility, earns the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant to continue the innovative imaging work in order to help increase the interactions between biologists and technology experts and improve imaging tools for the scientific community at UNC-Chapel Hill.