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UNC Health is launching an OBGYN fellowship dedicated to rural women’s health. And it’s the first of its kind in the nation, according to a news release issued by the health system and Kavita Arora, director of the UNC Rural Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship. “The goal of our fellowship is...

The Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program at UNC-Chapel Hill has been renewed for a five-year term. This National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative’s primary goal is to provide Ob-Gyn junior faculty with state-of-the-art training in women’s reproductive health research in an academic setting and to increase the...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Dr. Katelyn Rittenhouse, Global Women’s Health Fellow, has been awarded a K23 Career Development Award from the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Her project, titled AI-Assisted Ultrasound for Early Pregnancy Localization, aims to improve the diagnosis of ectopic...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Congratulations to Erin Carey, MD, MSCR on her recent publication in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Dr. Erin Carey’s publication, “Clinical Expert Series: Comprehensive Review of Endometriosis Care,” provides an in-depth overview of endometriosis management. It covers pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment options, surgical techniques,...

Chapel Hill, N.C. — The University of North Carolina’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program has once again been recognized among the nation’s best, earning the #4 spot in Doximity’s 2025 national residency rankings. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the program has placed in the top four, a testament...

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Katelyn Rittenhouse’s proposal, “Fetal Age and Machine Learning Initiative: Improving Pregnancy Evaluation in Low-Resource Settings (FAMLI),” has been selected for the EQT Foundation’s Breakthrough Science: Women’s Health Grant. This award recognizes bold, transformative ideas with the potential to drive meaningful change in women’s...

Dr. Abby Shultz, Dr. Abhishek Sripad, and Dr. Liz Stanley have been selected to join the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP), a key initiative offered through the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development at the UNC School of Medicine. ​They are among 20 outstanding junior faculty chosen by...

The UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has announced the launch of the UNC Rural Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship, a two-year training program designed to prepare OB/GYN physicians to serve in rural and critical access hospital settings. The fellowship aims to equip participants with the clinical skills, knowledge, and support...

Noor Dasouki Abu-Alnadi, MD, MS and Alexandria Kraus, MD, MMSc have been awarded one of the SOM education pillar grants to pilot myTIP for medical students. The innovative project, “Tap, Rate, Reflect: EPA in Action,” aims to transform how medical students receive feedback during their clinical training by piloting myTIPreport,...

  Catalin Mateas (M4), alongside Dr. Reilly Bealer (PGY-2), Dr. Shilpa Darivemula (GOGM Fellow), and Dr. Alexandria Kraus (MFM), has been awarded the Academy of Educators’ Kathleen Rao Scholarship Grant for their innovative project proposal, Designing and Evaluating a Hands-On Evidence-Based Workshop on Menstrual Health and Menstrual Advocacy for Medical Students....

Olivia Lara, MD, MS, from the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has been awarded a K12 Career Development Award through the NC Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute. She is one of nine investigators selected as 2025 TraCS...

Chapel Hill, NC — Dr. Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, a leading researcher from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded a prestigious research and development grant from NCInnovation as part of a $13.6 million investment in university-led innovation across North Carolina. His project, one of only...