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Jen Jen Yeh appointed Assistant Dean for Translational Research

March 14, 2025
In this role, Dr. Yeh will bring her extensive experience in clinical and translational research to advance UNC’s mission of bridging scientific discovery with patient care.

Antonio Baines Honored with the 2025 Award for Excellence in Teaching!

March 11, 2025
This Award recognizes Dr. Baines' exceptional dedication to education and his significant contributions to pancreatic cancer research.

‘Avengers’ research team makes xylazine discovery

March 11, 2025
Congratulations to the "Avengers" Research Team, led by Dr. Zoe McElligott, for their important discovery of the effects of xylazine on opioid use disorder!

Leon Coleman Receives 2025 ASPET Early Career Award!

March 11, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Leon Coleman for receiving the prestigious 2025 ASPET Division for Neuropharmacology Early Career Award!

Congratulations to our new PhD, Kaeli Welsh

February 27, 2025
Dr. Welsh successfully defended her PhD Thesis, “Regulating the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C): Intrinsic Mechanisms and Cell Cycle Inhibitors" under the guidance of Dr. Nicholas Brown.

Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Schisler, who has been appointed as the new faculty director of PRISM (Postbaccalaureate Research Initiative in Science and Medicine)!

February 27, 2025
PRISM is one of several initiatives that will be implemented for the next 5 years of the School of Medicine's strategic plan.

Der lab research highlighted by NCI as one of 28 key studies for 2024!

February 27, 2025
Notably, this puts the Der Lab among three studies from UNC in NCI's end-of-year summary of pivotal discoveries!

New PAGERs technology builds on Roth lab’s DREADDs

February 27, 2025
PAGERs, which has an innovative approach to controlling cell activity, was highlighted in Nature, including an interview with Bryan Roth

Fulton Crews Interviewed by Good Morning America

January 27, 2025
Dr. Fulton Crews was interviewed for a story on “Dry January” which aired on CBS Good Morning America.

Roth and Scherrer Labs Create Gene Therapy with Potential to Treat Peripheral Pain Conditions

January 17, 2025
Teams led by Bryan Roth, MD, PhD and Grégory Scherrer, PharmD, PhD, have developed a groundbreaking molecular technology to reduce pain by targeting peripheral nervous system (PNS) nociceptors