January 28, 2025
OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs
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January 28, 2025
Trustees Approve TRB Design
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved the proposed design of the Translational Research Building (TRB). The TRB will expand space for imaging and virology research as well as vaccine development programs, providing state-of-the-art facilities for basic science research, therapeutic and pre-clinical drug development. The project will construct a seven-story, 178,000 square foot building with …
January 23, 2025
Accepting Applications for SOM Physician Scientist Training Program
The School of Medicine is soliciting a new round of applications for the Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) – a training initiative to support career development of Physician Scientist trainees near their transition to faculty positions. This program, supported by the SOM Strategic Plan, supports physician scientists at two stages: resident/fellowship level and early stage …
January 23, 2025
UNC Hospitals to Recruit for CQO as Ivester Pursues New Opportunity
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January 23, 2025
Fall and Spring 2025 Classroom Requests for Academic Programs Now Open
Academic and CME/Grand Rounds requests for SOM classroom space for Summer 2025 and Fall 2025 are now being accepted. Summer requests will be due on February 20, 2025. Fall requests (and full-year CME/Grand Rounds requests) will be due on March 20, 2025. Please visit our web page to access the course request form. Academic programs may use this form to request space for major …
January 23, 2025
The Offices of Medical Student Education Seeks Co-Director for Social and Health Systems Courses
Social and Health Systems – SHS 1-2-3 Courses Co-Director The Offices of Medical Student Education (OMSE) seeks a co-director for the Social and Health Systems (SHS) 1, 2, and 3 courses in the Foundation Phase of the MD curriculum. These courses meet one afternoon weekly during each semester of the Foundation Phase. The afternoon sessions consist of a faculty …
January 23, 2025
Buchbinder Announced as Chair of Social Medicine
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, has been named chair of the department of social medicine. Dr. Buchbinder, who currently serves as the department’s vice chair, will assume the role on Feb. 1, 2025. In addition to her role, Dr. Buchbinder is professor of social medicine and adjunct professor of anthropology at UNC, as well as a core …
January 21, 2025
Surgery Houses Focus on Mentorship
At the beginning of the academic year in the UNC Department of Surgery, faculty members and residents attend a sorting party where they are assigned to a mentorship house. Surgery’s houses have themed names nodding to the houses in Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy: Rhabdoclaw, Gastryndor, Hepatopuff, Spleenerin, and Proctopin. At the …
January 16, 2025
Inaugural Scholarship Awarded In Honor of Dr. Joseph Bell
UNC School of Medicine student Kamryn Locklear Moore is the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Joseph Bell Scholarship. Moore, a third-year medical student from Robeson County, will receive $2,500 toward the cost of attendance to support her medical education in the 2024-25 academic year. This scholarship endowment was recently created in honor of Joseph Bell, …
January 16, 2025
LAMP is Taking Applications for the Next Cohort!
The group meets monthly in person and explores critical topics like finance, negotiation, time management, navigating promotion and tenure processes, and many more. Utilizing talented speakers from across the UNC system and professional coaching to catalyze progress, participants gain invaluable mentorship towards a successful career. One recent graduate, Zev Nakamura from the Department of Psychiatry, …
January 16, 2025
PPMH Offering $3,000 Pilot Awards for GENYSIS Core Facility Services
The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) is offering $3,000 pilot awards for services with the Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core Facility. GENYSIS is a research service that collaborates with the BioSpecimen Processing (BSP) facility, the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSF), and the McLendon Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL), enabling researchers to offer validated reporting …
January 16, 2025
FALD Leader as Coach Spring Cohort
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development is excited to announce our Spring 2025 Leader as Coach session is now accepting applications. The Leader as Coach Program is for faculty and staff in leadership positions who are interested in learning coaching skills they can incorporate into their day-to-day work. Participants will learn skills to …