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Registration open for 2024 Minority Health Conference

23 January 2024

The Minority Health Conference, the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics, and community members to take...

Applications open for the 2024 Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab

16 January 2024

The Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab is a hybrid academic program consisting of online team-building activities and a virtual seminar series that lead-up to an all-expenses-paid, 5-day grant-writing workshop at Bahia...

UNC IRB analysts announce office hours for first half of 2024

22 January 2024

Join the UNC Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for an opportunity to meet with an IRB Analyst to discuss your IRB questions/issues. 15 minute sessions from 9am—11am ET will...

Applications for KickStart's Commercialization Grant-Award Program now open

16 January 2024

Applications for KickStart's Grant Writing Support Program are now open for the Spring 2024 cycle. The KickStart Venture Services Commercialization Grant-Award Program provides up to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding...

NIH Director discusses 2024 priorities in Nature interview

22 January 2024

Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD NIH Bethesda, Maryland Monica Bertagnolli took charge of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research — in November,...

New UNC core facility offers no-cost consultations for clinical genomics research studies

11 January 2024

The new UNC Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) core facility enables researchers to offer validated reporting of clinically relevant results to participants who have genomic sequencing as part of their IRB-approved studies....

New research shows CTSAs offer critical support in health emergencies

16 January 2024

Gaurav Dave, MBBS, DrPH, MPH Gaurav Dave, CTSA colleagues examine CTSA scientific literature, trends, and collaboration Gaurav...

TraCS welcomes new Community and Patient Advisory Board members

05 January 2024

TraCS is excited to announce the addition of five new members to the Equity in Research Community and Patient Advisory Board (CPAB). The NC TraCS CPAB promotes and supports equity in research at UNC-Chapel Hill through...

Sheps offers Data Science Week beginning Jan 17

16 January 2024

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research is hosting Data Science Week, a focused series of discussions tailored for anyone studying access, disparities, quality, or the cost of health care, and is interested in...

HPDP announces 2024 CDC RFA for Special Interest Projects

22 December 2023

Each year, the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) has the opportunity to submit proposals to CDC in response to the RFA for “Special Interest Projects” or SIPs. HPDP is one of 20 Prevention Research...