Dr. Channing Der and Dr. Jen Jen Yeh’s work on RAS highlighted in the New England Journal of Medicine. “
May 27, 2026
Congratulations on the publication of their recent article, "Advances in RAS Therapeutics for Pancreatic Cancer.”
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Dan Dominguez receives 2026 Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize!
May 27, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Dominguez on being honored with this prestigious award recognizing outstanding faculty excellence at UNC Chapel Hill!
Dr. Der and Dr. Adrienne Cox’s groundbreaking research on KRAS-targeted cancer therapies featured in The New York Times.
May 27, 2026
The title of The New York Times article is, "How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough!"
Jim Fiordalisi honored with UNC Distinguished Teaching Award!
May 27, 2026
The award is one of two 2025–2026 Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction.
Sara Pacini Selected to Represent UNC School of Medicine in the 2026 CLARION Competition!
May 13, 2026
The CLARION Competition brings students from different disciplines together to develop system-level solutions to improve healthcare.
Congratulations to our new PhD, Sagan de Castro!
May 13, 2026
Dr. de Castro successfully defended his Phd thesis, Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Adolescent Alcohol-Induced Neuropathology" under the guidance of Dr. Ryan Vetreno!
Congratulations to our new PhD, Michael Sturdivant!
May 13, 2026
Dr. Sturdivant successfully defended his PhD thesis, "The Distinct Roles of APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B in APOBEC3-Driven Mutagenesis in Urothelial Carcinoma," under the mentorship of the Dr. William Kim.
Congratulations to our new PhD, Sabrina Daglish!
May 13, 2026
Dr. Daglish successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Small Molecule ClpP Activators Impair Mitochondrial Function and Induce Senescence in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer," under the direction of Dr. Lee Graves!
Congratulations to our new PhD, Anthony Hazelton!
May 5, 2026
Dr. Hazelton successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Targeted Oral Protein Delivery in IBD,” under the guidance of Dr. Juliane Nguyen!
Congratulations to Dr. James Fiordalisi for his Recent Publication on Case-Based Learning for Physician Assistants!
May 5, 2026
The article, “The Effect of Case-Based Instruction on Physician Assistant Pharmacology Education," was published in Cureus Journal of Medical Science, a Springer-Nature journal.