Erin Carey, MD, MSCR (director of the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Division at UNC) is taking on a new role as co-executive director of FastTraCS, in large part out of a desire to help other medical professionals find, interrogate, and resolve similar gaps in everyday medicine.

The ADA has announced the recipients of the 2024 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards, recognizing individuals who have significantly advanced diabetes care, education, and research. Among the awardees is John Buse, MD, PhD, the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of NC TraCS.

Early Check screens newborns for hundreds of childhood-onset genetic conditions, many of which are not identified through state newborn screening, and assesses a newborn’s genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes in their lifetime. The NC TraCS RCMU is responsible for all UNC site logistics for the study.

Catalina Berenblum Tobi, member of the NC TraCS Equity in Research Community & Advisory Board publishes qualitative research outlining how metaphors used when explaining inflammatory bowel disease affect young patients’ perceptions of illness and healing.