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Personalized Brain Stimulation Significantly Decreases Depression Symptoms
In a small pilot study, UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Flavio Frohlich, PhD, used a new closed-loop system to measure the electrical brain patterns of individual patients and then stimulate those patterns with a weak electrical current, resulting in significantly improved symptoms of major depressive disorder
ATS Team Visits UNC Health Caldwell to celebrate one year anniversary of launching the first virtual inpatient psychiatry unit
This week our acute telepsychiatry service leaders visited UNC Health Caldwell where they celebrated the one-year anniversary of launching the first virtual inpatient psychiatry unit. This terrific partnership and collaboration between UNC Health Caldwell Jonas Hill Hospital (Alicia Stanislaw and David Lowry), the UNC Health Virtual Care team (Jami Mann, Beth Hunt and Amir Barzin), … Read more
We’re hiring! Director of the Carolina Institute for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
We are seeking a physician-researcher with significant experience in successfully leading clinical trials in mood and anxiety disorders. The successful candidate will serve in a leadership role with the UNC Clinical Research Alliance (CRA).
We’re hiring! Clinical Trials Director
We are seeking a physician-researcher with significant experience in successfully leading clinical trials in mood and anxiety disorders. The successful candidate will serve in a leadership role with the UNC Clinical Research Alliance (CRA). This individual must have direct experience conducting sponsored clinical research and experience with federal and/or industry research sponsors and regulatory agencies such as … Read more
UNC Health Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Prestwick Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
UNC Health Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Prestwick Ribbon Cutting Ceremony August 7th celebrated all of the hard work that has gone into opening this central location for all of our child psychiatry programs, located at 194 Finley Golf Course Road, Suite 200, Chapel Hill.
Congratulations! Dr. Tamara Baker elected VP/P of the Gerontological Society of America Congratulations!
She was chosen by GSA’s membership, which consists of more than 5,500 researchers, educators, and practitioners. Dr. Baker’s term as President begins January 1, 2025.
Diagnostic Accuracy of an Integrated AI Tool to Estimate Gestational Age From Blind Ultrasound Sweeps
A deep learning AI model was developed to estimate gestational age (GA) from blind ultrasonography sweeps and incorporated into a low-cost, battery-powered device, aiming to improve pregnancy care in low-resource settings. The study found that novice users, with no prior sonography training, could estimate GA with the AI tool as accurately as credentialed sonographers using … Read more