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2021 Innovation Pilot Awards RFP – Applications Currently Under Review

September 23, 2020

The Center for Health Innovation of UNC Health Care and the UNC School of Medicine is pleased to announce the Innovation Pilot Awards for 2021. All UNC SOM and HCS employees from any owned affiliate are eligible to apply. Applications are due Tuesday, January 19, 2021.

UNC School of Medicine scientists are researching gene therapy for Angelman Syndrome

June 29, 2020

UNC School of Medicine researchers Drs. Mark Zylka and Ben Philpot are partnering with AskBio to develop a gene therapy treatment for Angelman syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder with no cure. Preclinical evidence has shown that gene therapy may improve motor outcomes and reduce seizures, potentially transforming the lives of people living with condition.

Winners of the 2020 UNC School of Medicine Well-Being Pilot Awards

April 9, 2020

The Center for Health Innovation and the UNC School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development is pleased to announced the winners of the 2020 UNC School of Medicine Well-Being Pilot Awards. Thank you to all who submitted an application!

Researchers at UNC use ‘biological flashlight’ to control living cells

March 20, 2020

Antonio Amelio, PhD, researcher at UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, is part of a team that has created a new self-illuminating protein complex which removes the need for an external light source in optogenetics. This new discovery has the potential to give researchers better insight into cancer cell behaviors and future treatments.