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Dr. Butch Uejima, Former Chair of the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware, as well as Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, delivered an inspiring lecture about what it takes to be a good leader,...

Director for Continuous Quality Improvement and Accreditation UNC School of Medicine has an immediate opportunity to fill the administrative role of Faculty Director for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Accreditation. Reporting to the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, the Director will be responsible for documenting continuous quality improvement initiatives, developing...

An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the UNC Department of Urology and the leadership of its chair, Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on May 1. The review committee invites your input: If you...

The UNC School of Medicine Office of Research is working to expand the number of faculty in its Faculty Collaboration Database. The database was created to facilitate the identification of faculty collaborators across the School of Medicine with a searchable interface for research interests and affiliations. All faculty are invited...

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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,...

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:...

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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...

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...

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,...

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,...