Brandon Linz, a PhD student in Immunology, mentored by Dr. Bruce Cairns and Robert Maile, PhD, was informed by the American Association of Immunologists that his abstract was selected for poster-only presentation at Immunology 2014 and was found to be exceptional by the AAI Abstract Programming Chairs. Brandon will receive a 2104 AAI Trainee Poster … Read more
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014, Dr. Samuel W. Jones was notified by Scott Somers, PhD at the NIH that his application for a K08 grant had been funded to study burn inhalation injuries. The duration of the grant is four years. Congratulations Dr. Jones!
The Lee County Chapter of the Fire Fighters’ Burned Children’s Fund and friends made their annual holiday visit to the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in December 2013. They provided lunch for the patients, families and staff. The group brought gifts for all the patients on the burn service. Additionally, they delivered toys from their … Read more
Matthew Ryan, Emilio Figueroa, and Emeraghi David from the Carolina Covenant attended the February 20, 2014, meeting of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Advisory Board to give an update on their fundraiser to benefit the Burn Center. The Carolina Covenant is sponsoring a 5K Road Race on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 9 AM … Read more
North Carolina’s electric cooperatives partner with several suppliers, associates, and vendors each year to host a fundraising golf tournament benefiting the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals.
C. Scott Hultman, MD, principal investigator, and Bruce A. Cairns, MD, co-principal investigator, received the Center for Innovation’s 2014 Innovation Pilot Award for his “SMART Assessment of Novel Laser Therapies for the Management of Hypertrophic Burn Scars”.
Samuel Jones, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery with the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center featured in this week’s Vital Signs as a part of the ACCLAIM Program.
Brandon Linz, a PhD student in Microbiology and Immunology working with mentor Bruce Cairns, MD and Robert Maile, PhD has been appointed as a predoctoral trainee to the Basic Immune Mechanisms Training Grant. Immunology faculty appoint graduate students to this very distinguished and competitive grant which provides a stipend and tuition support for its recipients. … Read more
Adela Mann, a sophomore in high school and burn center volunteer wrote an article in support of Burn Awareness Week, February 2 – 8, 2014. It was published in the Chapel Hill News. Visit the link below to read the article. Comments welcome. Adela’s story
February 2-8 is Burn Awareness Week 2014. This year’s theme is scalds. For more information contact Ernest Grant, RN, MSN, FAAN, the Center’s outreach coordinator, at 919-966-2381 or egrant@unch.unc.edu. Other experts are also available for interviews by contacting Lynn West, lmwest@med.unc.edu, 919-966-8159. 10 Tips to Avoid Scalds Scalds, common in the kitchen or bath of … Read more
