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James Ho receives Junior Faculty Development Award

November 30, 2021
James Pham Ho, MD, receives $10,000 Junior Faculty Development Award

Duke-UNC ADRC announces three research funding opportunities

November 10, 2021
The Duke/UNC ADRC is pleased to announce the release of three funding opportunities for researchers at Duke and UNC studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. One of the awards, the REC Scholar, is also open to candidates from UNC Pembroke, North Carolina Central University, and East Carolina University.

Neurology News – November 2021

November 1, 2021
What’s new in the Department of Neurology

Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Collaborative awarded major new funding as an NIH Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

September 9, 2021
Areas of focus will include identifying age-related changes that impact the development, progression and experience of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and how factors that arise in early- and mid-life contribute to racial, ethnic and geographic disparities in dementia.

UNC Neurology Receives New Center of Excellence Designation

September 1, 2021
The Division of Neuromuscular Disorders has been designated as a GBS|CIDP Foundation International Center of Excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, and other inflammatory peripheral neuropathies.

Neurology News – September 2021

August 31, 2021
What’s new in the Department of Neurology

PGY-2 Resident Receives 2021 Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award

August 4, 2021
Second-year Adult Neurology resident Dr. Laura de Lima Xavier received the award during the 2021 UNC School of Medicine’s Whitehead Lecture and Awards ceremony on August 4.

Aducanumab Update

July 15, 2021
Learn about aducanumab and UNC Neurology’s position on the new drug approved by the FDA for Alzheimer’s disease.

Neurology News – July 2021

June 29, 2021
What’s new in the Department of Neurology

Almodóvar-Suárez Named Director of ALS Clinic

June 25, 2021
Jorge L. Almodóvar-Suárez, MD, associate professor of general neurology and neuromuscular disorders, is the new director of the UNC Department of Neurology’s Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinic. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Dr. Almodóvar-Suárez is graduate of the state-funded University of Puerto Rico System, and a faithful believer of...