Congratulations to Rebekah Sanchez-Hodge, Lab Manager/Research Associate in the Schisler Lab, for recently receiving a UNC SOM staff professional development grant for Spring 2023. This pilot program grant provides funds to support the professional development of SOM staff members. Becky will also attend the Laboratory Animal Management Association’s (LAMA) 39th Annual Meeting in Clearwater, Florida.

Congratulations to Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, for the receipt of CAREER award from the NSF. The grant, titled, “Mechanotransduction, transcription, and alternative splicing in cell biology”, is a 5-year grant, starting April 1, 2023. CAREER is a foundation-wide activity that offers the NSF’s most … Continued

  Congratulations to Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, for recently receiving tenure and promotion, starting March 1, 2023, to Associate Professor in UNC’s Department Of Cell Biology and Physiology.  

  Congratulations to Michael Bressan, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, for recently receiving tenure and promotion, starting March 1, 2023, to Associate Professor in UNC’s Department Of Cell Biology and Physiology.  

Congratulations to Janet Rubin, M.D., Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Joint Professor, Pediatrics and Pharmacology; Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering, and Maya Styner, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, for being recognized as exceptional women scientists in Volume … Continued

Congratulations to Edward Moreira Bahnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology, for recently being appointed to the Editorial Board Of Atherosclerosis, the official journal of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), affiliated with the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS). Dr. Bahnson will serve as an Editorial Board member through 2025. Atherosclerosis covers basic … Continued

Congratulations to the Lab of William Polacheck, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum, UNC Medicine; Member, Comparative Medicine Institute, NCSU, for publishing vascular malformation-on-chip model for drug screening in Science Advances.         For this manuscript, titled “Microphysiological model of PIK3CA-driven vascular malformations … Continued

  Congratulations to Margeaux Wetendorf-Marbrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Lab of Kathleen M. Caron, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, for accepting an offer from Duke University for a faculty position. Dr. Wetendorf-Marbrey is heading off to do great things and will be missed!

Congratulations to the Lab of Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in collaboration with Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, and Jessica M. Ellis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, both with Eastern Carolina University (ECU), for the first renewal of R01 grant, entitled “Metabolic mechanisms of cardioprotection through … Continued

Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, for having his research on kinase inhibitor cardiotoxicity featured in UNC Health | UNC School of Medicine’s Newsroom. Dr. Jensen is a cardiologist and physician-scientist in the UNC Department of Medicine and is working in both the lab and the clinic to reduce … Continued