Category: Research

Dr. Soma Sengupta, Division Chief of Neuro-Oncology in the Department of Neurology, and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Neurosurgery, was selected by the Mayfield Foundation as the first Mayfield Scholar, enabling Dr. Sengupta to dedicate a significate portion of her practice to brain tumor research.

UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members Ian Shih and Adam Hantman, along with John Krakauer from Johns Hopkins University, are working on improving outcomes for people with brain damage thanks to a recently awarded $1.3 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.

UNC Neurology is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Clio Rubinos from Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor based on excellence in clinical activity. Dr. Rubinos is a member of the Neurocritical Care & Epilepsy Divisions and Director of the Post-acute Symptomatic (PASS) clinic as well as the...

“The research was personal as it was carried out in honor of my mother-in-law, Rifke Krummel, and my close friend and fellow neuro-oncologist Tara Benkers.” – Dr. Soma Sengupta

In May 2022, Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD, a neurologist at the UNC School of Medicine, met two new patients combatting a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder called Batten disease. With help from UNC, the twin girls were able to get personalized treatment from bench to bedside in record time.

A new commentary article by Santiago Uribe-Cano, PhD candidate, and Andreas H. Kottmann, PhD, Medical Associate Professor at CUNY School of Medicine, describe how recent findings by Dr. Khan and colleagues provide key insights into Parkinson’s Disease (PD) pathogenesis. “The primary cilium of cholinergic  neurons may be a linchpin in...

Paper Alert: Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies Dr. Andrea Bozoki, Neurology Division Chief, contributed to a recent paper accepted for publication in Neurology. The clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is based on the presence...

The UNC Neuromodulation Team comes together for a retreat: celebrating a successful year of providing the very best-in-care options for patients with advanced movement disorders, while planning to pave the way to contribute to local, national, and international advancements in the field.

New research published in the Journal of Neurology address the Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Andrea Bozoki, UNC Neurology Division Chief for Memory and Cognitive Division was a member of the main research team behind this work....

A research team led by Priya Palta, PhD, MHS, an associate professor of neurology at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that certain Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative blood biomarkers in midlife and late life had strong associations with late-life dementia.