Statts Named Department of Neurology Interim Associate Chair for Administration
March 11, 2022
Robert Statts will begin his work in the interim role on March 17.
Category: News
Neurology News – March 2022
March 10, 2022
What’s new in the Department of Neurology
Traub and Li awarded $5K-50K NC TraCS grant
March 1, 2022
NC TraCS awarded funding for a $5K-$50K grant application submitted by Rebecca Traub, MD and Xiaoyan Li, MD, PhD.
Smith appointed as Vice Dean of UNC’s Gillings School of Public Health
February 15, 2022
Dr. Robert Smith, Associate Chair for Administration, has been appointed as the Vice Dean of Gillings School of Public Health.
Phase 3 study results show positive data in treatment of myasthenia gravis with zilucoplan
February 14, 2022
James F. Howard Jr., MD, professor in the UNC Department of Neurology, was lead investigator in UCB's RAISE trial to evaluate zilucoplan as a treatment for generalized myasthenia gravis in adults.
Nanoparticle-formulated drug combination is effective in medulloblastoma, a pediatric brain tumor
January 27, 2022
Dr. Timothy Gershon is co-corresponding author of new research that appeared in Sciences Advances, January 26, 2022.
Neurology News – January 2022
January 11, 2022
What’s new in the Department of Neurology
FDA approves new drug to treat generalized myasthenia gravis
January 3, 2022
James F. Howard Jr., MD, professor in the UNC Department of Neurology, was principal investigator of the phase 3 trial for the experimental drug efgartigimod, developed by Belgian pharmaceutical company Argenx.
Diaz Receives AAN Clinical Research Training Scholarship
December 13, 2021
The American Academy of Neurology awarded Monica M. Diaz, MD, MS, a Clinical Research Training Scholarship in support of her research on the detection of neurodegeneration in older, cognitively impaired people with HIV.
James Ho receives Junior Faculty Development Award
November 30, 2021
James Pham Ho, MD, receives $10,000 Junior Faculty Development Award