Category: Department News

Congratulations Will Pryor, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatrics. Dr. Pryor won the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2024 Award-Winning Scientific Session Oral Presentation – Certificate of Merit. He and his co-authors won for this year’s ARRS Scientific Session Program oral presentation of abstract ID 2134, entitled, “Accuracy...

Congratulations to ASNR 2023-2024 Twitter Case of the Year Winner: Case #172: X-Linked Charcot Marie Tooth Type 1. The submitting case authors were Cardiothoracic Fellow Dr. Selima Siala and Neuroradiology Associate Professor, Dr. Alex Hung. Dr. Siala wins a FREE registration to #ASNR25.

Congratulations Katrina McGinty, MD, Associate Professor of Abdominal Imaging and Director of Global Radiology. Dr. McGinty was awarded a $20,000 Educational Grant from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Title: Virtual MRI Education in Low Resource Setting Project Dates: 07/01/2024-06/30/2025 Budget: $20,000 Brief Project Summary: The World Health Organization...

Kassie McCullagh has been accepted as a member of the Academy of Educators. Her induction will be recognized at the annual Alan W. Cross Evening of Scholarship on Thursday, May 16th. Join us in congratulating Kassie on this incredible honor. The Academy of Educators (AOE), at the University of North...

Could you share a bit about your background? I am originally from Fukushima, Japan, and came to the United States in 2003 to pursue a Ph.D. in Biology at Utah State University. After completing my doctoral studies, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Entomology Department at the University of...

Congratulations to all our new residents. We wish you luck with your intern year and look forward to seeing you in June 2025! Diagnostic Radiology Greggory Adams University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Charlotte Goins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine William Johnson USF...

We are thrilled to announce the much-anticipated opening of the UNC Health Endovascular Center, a testament to our commitment to delivering world class healthcare focusing on patient well-being. Meticulously designed with our patients in mind, this state-of-the-art facility provides a comprehensive range of services offered by our UNC Health providers....

Matthew A. Mauro, MD, President of UNC Faculty Physicians, and James H. Scatliff, MD, Distinguished Professor of Radiology, was awarded Honorary Membership of the European Society of Radiology (ESR). The ESR Honorary Membership is bestowed on individuals with an extensive scientific record in radiology and beyond. Dr. Mauro was presented...

Congratulations Zibo Li, PhD, Professor Radiology and Director of Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Research program at the BRIC. Professor Li was awarded an estimated $2.5 Million grant award from the National Cancer Institute for his research titled, “Development of an Efficient 18F labeling technology based on tetrazine trans-cyclooctene ligation.” We are...

Congratulations to Li Wang, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology in the UNC Image Analysis Group (BRIC). He was awarded a $2.6 Million grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health for his research titled “Computational Neuroimaging MRI for Studying Early Brain Development with Autism.” We are so proud of Wang...

Congratulations to Pew-Thian Yap, Professor of Radiology on his latest Grant Award! Professor Yap received an estimated $1.8 million award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) for his research titled, AI-Powered MRI Quality Control and Artifact Correction for Multi-Site Studies. We are so proud of Professor Yap...

The University of North Carolina was the top TMIST site for the U.S. LAPS site! UNC Radiology came in #1 for Chapel Hill and #2 for the Hillsborough campus. UNC has accrued over 3,000 subjects for this ongoing clinical screening mammography trial.  Congrats to PI Cherie Kuzmiak and the entire team,...