Rob Maile, PhD and June Brickey PhD of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and Departments of Surgery, and Microbiology and Immunology have received a $75,000 grant from the NIH-administered Radiation Countermeasures Center of Research Excellence (RadCCORE) to study “Immunomodulation of immature monocytes after combined burn-radiation injury”. This is a one year Pilot project that … Read more

Bruce A. Cairns, MD and Randy D. Kearns, DHA of the UNC Division of Surgery, have received a $100,000 grant from the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (through the US DHHS/ASPR Hospital Preparedness Programs) for their work regarding Burn Surge Preparedness for North Carolina and the Southeast US. This one year project will … Read more

Ernest Grant, RN, MSN, Director of Burn Prevention and Community Outreach at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, traveled to South Africa in August 2009 to conduct a Train-the-Trainer workshop on the South African version of the Learn-Not-To Burn Preschool program. Conducted in concert with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), this is the culmination … Read more