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Elections were held April 14 - 21, 2014 and faculty at the University of North Carolina elected Dr. Bruce Cairns, Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center to succeed Jan Boxill as Faculty Chair.

Bruce A. Cairns, MD, Medical Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, and 2013 recipient of the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award, is a candidate for Faculty Chair.

The American Burn Association held its annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, March 25-28, 2014.

Ernest Grant, RN, MSN, FAAN is one of 42 semi-finalists for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows (ENF) Program. Ernie will interview with members of the National Advisory Committee in Chicago, Illinois, in May 2014. Congratulations Ernie!

On Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the quarterly meeting of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center board meeting, Jocelyn Hardee, President, North Carolina Jaycees, presented a check to Dr. Bruce Cairns, Director of the Burn Center, signifying the cumulative effort of the members and alumni of the North Carolina Jaycees...

On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Bruce Cairns, MD and Ernest Grant, RN, traveled to Concord, North Carolina to attend the annual NCAFC luncheon. Dr. Cairns was the guest speaker at the luncheon. Also during the luncheon Dr. Cairns and Ernest presented the annual North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Traveling Fire...

Congratulations to Laurel Kartchner, PhD student in Microbiology and Immunology, mentors Bruce Cairns, MD and Robert Maile, PhD, her poster “Development of fluorescently-labelled pseudomonas aeruginosa for in vivo imaging in mice” was accepted for presentation at the 37th Annual Conference on Shock in Charlotte, North Carolina in June 2014. Congratulations...

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...

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,...