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A message from NIH

31 October 2016

Over the past few months, throughout our community engagement events and one-on-one outreach activities, we've consistently heard your feedback about the need for a platform where communities, organizations, and members of...

UNC Research: 'We've seen powerful results'

21 October 2016

Chancellor Carol L. Folt calls them "zingers" — imaginative ideas that, when coupled with years of fundamental research, produce enormous breakthroughs in science. And in just the past three years, Folt says in the accompanying...

Researchers find two distinct genetic subtypes in Crohn’s disease patients

26 October 2016

The UNC School of Medicine discovery could lead to more effective, personalized treatments for the debilitating gastrointestinal condition. CHAPEL HILL, NC – Crohn’s disease, a common inflammatory disorder of the intestinal...

TraCS announces next CTSA Conversations

19 October 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016Time: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (EDT)Location: Brinkhous-Bullitt, Room 219 Please mark your calendars and join us on November 16 to discuss: Research Registries for Human Subjects: Best Practices,...

RTI International designs metabolomics module at NC Museum of Natural Sciences Exhibit

26 October 2016

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — "The Secret World Inside You" now open at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences uses larger-than-life models, computer interactives, videos and art installations to explore the rapidly...

UNC researcher awarded FDA grant

18 October 2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has awarded 21 new clinical trial research grants totaling more than $23 million over the next four years to boost the development of products for patients with...

Elder abuse under-identified in U.S. emergency departments

24 October 2016

Timothy Platts-Mills, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine and co-director of the division of geriatric emergency medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and senior author of the study. National Institute of Justice...

NC State's Data Science Initiative hosts RED talk

18 October 2016

NC State's Data Science Initiative is having its next RED talk at Duke Energy Hall at Hunt Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Dr. Laura Haas, IBM Fellow, Director of IBM's Accelerated Discovery Lab, ACM Distinguished...

LGBT health research, once seen as ‘disposable,’ gets a boost at NIH

24 October 2016

It wasn't too long ago that including "LGBT" in a health research funding proposal could get it thrown out, said LGBT health researcher Kellan Baker. "LGBT health has traditionally been treated as disposable," said Baker,...

UNC, NC State to use data to tackle rare diseases

14 October 2016

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded $11 million to big data projects and planning activities associated with its Big Data Hubs initiative, including an effort at North Carolina State University...