August 26, 2025
For those scheduled to work on football game days, please mark your calendar now with reminders of upcoming Carolina Football games. Home games routinely impact traffic and even bus routes on and around the Chapel Hill campus. Please Note: Additional on campus activities prior to all home games will increase traffic several hours ahead of kick off time. …
August 21, 2025
The Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program at UNC-Chapel Hill has been renewed for a five-year term. This National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative’s primary goal is to provide Ob-Gyn junior faculty with state-of-the-art training in women’s reproductive health research in an academic setting and to increase the research capacity of clinically trained …
August 20, 2025
The Department of Genetics has established a non-endowed program fund in the UNC Health Foundation – the Chair’s Mid-Career Genetics Faculty Research Fund. Funds were provided by a donor based on their belief that cutting-edge fundamental research relies on the creativity and ingenuity of scientists and their willingness to challenge long-held assumptions. The fund is …
August 20, 2025
The UNC Academy of Educators (AOE) is now accepting applications for membership from School of Medicine faculty, staff, educators, residents, fellows, and trainees. The AOE is dedicated to fostering excellence in medical and biomedical education through teaching, mentoring, curriculum design, leadership, and scholarship. Membership offers opportunities for professional growth, collaboration, and recognition within our community …
August 20, 2025
Passing the Torch is a faculty development program uniquely suited to Clinician Educator faculty to further develop patient care and teaching skills with a person-centered model. Participants will be expected to attend 16 sessions from October 2025 through June 2026. Depending on the size of the group, these meetings will be virtual and/or in person. Timing will …
August 14, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Leslie Burnside has been named Vice President, System Affiliations for UNC Health. In this role, Leslie will provide leadership for our statewide affiliation efforts, working closely with system and affiliate leaders to expand access to high-quality care close to home across North Carolina. Leslie is well known to many at UNC …
August 14, 2025
Academic and CME/Grand Rounds requests for SOM classroom space for Spring 2026 are now being accepted. Spring requests will be due on September 22, 2025. Please visit our web page to access the course request form. Academic programs may use this form to request space for major program events or activities occurring in the semester of the request …
August 14, 2025
Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH, has been announced as Faculty Director of Admissions for the Office of Medical Student Education, effective August 1. In this new role, Dr. Campbell will provide strategic leadership in the recruitment, selection, and matriculation of incoming medical students. She will collaborate closely with the Associate Dean for Admissions and the Senior …
August 14, 2025
David Fleischman, MD, will serve as the interim chair of the Department of Ophthalmology beginning Nov. 1. Dr. Fleischman is the Sterling A. Barrett Distinguished Associate Professor and vice chair in the Department of Ophthalmology, and he serves as the director for the glaucoma fellowships and ocular trauma. He also is the perioperative medical director …
August 13, 2025
Asia Mieczkowska has been selected to serve as program manager in the Center for Molecular Medicine. Her first day in the position was Aug. 11. Asia most recently served as director of strategic operations at UNC Renaissance Computing Institute, where she led the strategic operations division. Prior to that role, she served as a research …
August 11, 2025
This July, the Children’s Hospital on our UNC Hospitals’ Chapel Hill campus expanded its heelprint. Nestled on the 4th floor of the existing Newborn Critical Care Center (NCCC), the new Tiny Tar Heel Unit groups the hospital’s smallest and most fragile infants into a singular unit, focused on developmental intensive care and support. “The dedicated …
August 7, 2025
In celebration of 2025 University Research Week (October 20–24) and this year’s theme, “UNC Research is North Carolina,” the School of Medicine is soliciting nominations for innovative scientific images that showcase the outstanding biomedical research in the School of Medicine and the beauty that is reflected in the science. Each lab in the SOM is eligible to submit one …