Category: Faculty News

Congratulations to Dr. Terry Kenakin on being named a Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (FASPET) as part of the 2025 Fellows Class.

Congratulations to Dr. Yinglong Miao for earning major media attention for his team’s groundbreaking study revealing, for the first time, how G-protein complexes detach from activated GPCRs—a key step in cell signaling.

Big congratulations to Dr. Bryan L. Roth and Dr. Xi-Ping Huang for being named among Carolina’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers!

Congratulations to Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, winner of a 2025-26 James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award, which recognizes Dr. Coleman's outstanding accomplishments!

Lee M. Graves's Lab played a pivotal role in the approval of a new medication for pediatric patients that could also be used to treat other types of cancer.

Hats off to Dr. Juan Song on the publication of SOM/UNC Health's Newsroom's article, “Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It,” highlighting her lab's ground-breaking research published in Neuron Sept. 11.

New research led by Dr. Samuel Young, Jr. reveals that α2δ proteins—key players in brain communication—have far more complex roles than previously believed.

Congratulations to Dr. Dalia Martinez-Marin and members of the Kevin Pruitt Lab for their latest publication in Nature Communications exploring the role of Dishevelled-1 to regulate transcription and epigenetic!

The WRAL news segment focused on the growing popularity and public health questions surrounding THC-infused beverages.

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.