Category: News

Please join us for the 2025 UNC PM&R Research Day with Keynote Address by Dr. Prakash Jayabalan.

Congratulations to Associate Professor John M. Baratta, MD, MBA, on receiving the NCDHHS grant for the project Coordinating Resources to Enhance Stroke Transitions (CREST). This innovative project, a collaboration with the UNC Department of Neurology, aims to enhance comprehensive care during the post-acute period and improve the coordination of clinical,...

Welcome Class of 2029! Congratulations! We are thrilled to welcome the UNC PM&R Class of 2029! We can’t wait to have you join our PM&R family!

Becky Molinini, PT, DPT, PhD, has been awarded a T32 Institutional Research Training Grant through the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Supplement Program to Promote Diversity in Health Research. Based in the UNC School of Medicine’s Program on Integrative Medicine (PIM), the fellowship offers mentorship from leading faculty...

We are thrilled with our department’s strong representation at the AAP Annual Meeting! We look forward to meeting, reconnecting, and learning in Phoenix at #Physiatry25. Be sure to check out our poster presentations in the Great Hall on Thursday and Friday. Thursday, February 27, 2025 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM...

Congratulations to Dr. Susan Gaylord,on receiving the 2025 Massey Distinguished Service Award! Established in 1980 by C. Knox Massey ’25 of Durham, the award honors exceptional contributions by university employees. Winners are selected through campus nominations and receive a $10,000 stipend and an award citation Dr. Susan Gaylord, a research...

Our newest Interventional Spine Physiatrists, Dr. Derek Bui and Dr. Chandni Patel provide pain medicine services at the UNC Spine Center. They assess patients with chronic pain syndromes and provide a multimodal treatment plan that includes therapy, medications, and injection therapy. They perform a variety of spine and peripheral joint...

Victoria Yunez Behm, MS, MTS, CNS, LDN, a PhD student in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been awarded a T32 Institutional Research Training Grant through the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Supplement Program to...

We’re hiring- come join our team! Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others to whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We have openings for a Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Post-Doctoral...

Self-compassion is a promising and practical skill for caregivers, as it involves noticing when we are struggling and being supportive towards ourselves -- treating ourselves as we would a good friend.