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TraCS co-directors among selected Creativity Hubs finalists for 2023-2024

27 March 2024

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) is pleased to announce five finalists for this year's Creativity Hubs seed-funding competition. These interdisciplinary teams—representing the UNC College of Arts and...

Drug in OUtMATCH clinical trial FDA-approved for the reduction of allergic reactions from accidental food exposures

05 March 2024

The NC TraCS Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) provided space and skilled nursing staff for the clinical trial described below. The TraCS IDSci service also supported the trial by using the CDW-H for identifying...

Grand book launch of Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State

26 March 2024

Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH Join the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research for the grand book launch of Equal Care: Health...

HPDP releases planning grant RFA

04 March 2024

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is accepting applications for a twelve-month planning grant of up to $5,000 to help UNC faculty and other researchers conduct pilot projects in health...

UNC research consultancy Abacus evaluates public health, clinical, educational, and human service initiatives

19 March 2024

In partnership with the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Abacus Evaluation is a Research Service Center in the UNC School of Medicine that offers program evaluation services within and beyond the UNC community. The...

ARPA-H hits the ground running with Sprint for Women's Health

26 February 2024

As part of the first-ever White House Initiative on Women's Health Research, First Lady Jill Biden and ARPA-H Director Renee Wegrzyn announced the ARPA-H Sprint for Women's Health, a new funding opportunity to address unmet...

Dr. Buse honored with 2024 Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes Award

19 March 2024

John Buse, MD, PhD John Buse, MD, PhD is the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the North...

Merrimon Lecture scheduled for March 22: Ethical Aspects of AI in Biomedical Research

23 February 2024

Vardit Ravitsky, PhD Join Vardit Ravitsky, PhD—Harvard Medical School senior lecturer—for Research Ethics Grand...

A newborn genetic screening study reaches new milestone

12 March 2024

The NC TraCS Research Coordination & Management Unit (RCMU) is responsible for all UNC site logistics for the Early Check study, including screening for any potential participants, in person recruitment in the N.C. Women’s...

TraCS program provides salary support for training to develop new site investigators

20 February 2024

The Clinical Trialist Training Program (CTTP) is an NC TraCS initiative that provides 10% salary support for one year of training to develop new site investigators for multicenter clinical trials. The goal of this program...