Grace Schmits, RN, received second place for her non-physician paper competition at the Southern Region Burn Conference held in Tampa, Florida, November 15-17, 2013, entitled: “OZ: Experience with a Burn Nursing Retreat”. Congratulations Grace!
On Thursday, October 24, 2013 at the 4th Quarter North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Advisory Board Meeting, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives and CoBank represented by Nelle Hotchkiss, Dale Lambert, and Lindsey Listrom, presented a check for $10,000 to Dr. Bruce Cairns, director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Anita Fields, RN, Director of After … Read more
Rayna Gorisek, RN and Minh Nguyen, RN received first place in a fierce competition across the region of 40 for their poster, “Utilization of Videos for Burn Wound Care Education” at the Southern Region Burn Conference held November 15 – 17, 2013 in Tampa, Florida. It was so well received there have been requests to … Read more
The first annual Fireman’s Challenge for the Gamma Phi chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was an unprecedented success. The week long philanthropy event created a strong competition between eight sororities on the campus of Wake Forest University, ending in Kappa Kappa Gamma taking home the first place trophy. Thanks in part to the sororities, Pike … Read more
Bruce A. Cairns, MD and Anita M. Navarro, M.Ed were guest authors for AM Rounds (Journal of the AAMC) November 11, 2013 blog. Click here for full blog.
Congratulations to the employees of the BICU for being selected “Unit of the Week” in the “Clean In, Clean Out Campaign” at UNC Hospitals. Click here for additional information.
The Family Camp Service Project of 2013 was a huge success. This year our group decided to collect 500 food items for TABLE. Once again, the Burn Team and our survivor families were outstanding. Not only did we reach our goal of 500 food items but we far surpassed the goal collecting more than 1200 … Read more
On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Dr. Bruce Cairns will receive the Edward Kidder Graham Award at University Day. The recipient is recommended by the Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards upon nomination of any member of the General Faculty. The committee’s recommendation is approved by the Faculty Council. The Edward Kidder Graham Award was … Read more
Laurel Kartchner, a graduate student in Dr. Bruce Cairns’ lab, will receive the Graduate Student Mentoring Award (GSMA) for her excellent work with her undergraduate mentee. The GSMA was established to recognize and encourage mentoring of undergraduates by graduate students. The Office for Undergraduate Research values the support, motivation and perspective that graduate students bring … Read more
While in Malawi Dr. Charles had the chance to talk with former President Clinton and Chelsea about the work being done in Malawi in terms of Burn Care. The Clintons were very interested in this UNC effort and congratulated Dr. Charles and his team on their hard work on behalf of the Malawian people.
