News
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Dr. Richard Loeser Receives $500k Grant from the DoD for Project Using a Novel Drug Discovery Approach for Preventing Post-traumatic OA
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded Dr. Richard F. Loeser, Jr., Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center (TARC) and Joseph P. Archie, Jr. Eminent Professor of Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, a $500,000 research grant towards his project, “A novel drug discovery approach for preventing post-traumatic osteoarthritis.”
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Drs. Shehzad and Saira Sheikh Take First Place for Project Fundability at FNIH Biomarkers Consortium Meeting
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Biomarkers Consortium recently held an Inflammation and Immunity Steering Committee Ideation and Design Meeting on March 24th, 2025, in Bethesda, Maryland.
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TARC Researchers Contribute to Largest Genome-Wide Association Study on Osteoarthritis
Researchers from the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at UNC coauthored a recent Nature publication reporting findings from the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date that uncovered drug targets and therapy opportunities for osteoarthritis (OA).
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Dr. Mildred Kwan Helps Launch Updated PADME Tool for Assessing Penicillin Allergy Risk in Adults
The PADME website was recently updated to include a free patient-facing adult survey to assess risk of true allergy to PCN.
Events
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UNC CCCR Workshop: SPIN Funding Database
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