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Trustees learn about the power of discovery

28 November 2016

Board of Trustees' Committee on Commercialization and Economic Development toured BeAM in Murray Hall the day before the November meeting at Carolina Inn. Over the past two days, UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees members...

Ward, Tate honored by The Obesity Society

11 November 2016

Dianne Stanton Ward, EdD, professor of nutrition, and Deborah Tate, PhD, professor of nutrition and of health behavior, both at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, received awards for their contributions to obesity...

Our co-PI and director John Buse is daring you to dance

21 November 2016

Sara Bordeaux has led many choreographed dance moves in her career as captain of the University of North Carolina Dance Team. This time, she was leading not only the dance team, but a team of our own UNC physicians, nurses,...

Eugene Orringer, Director of UNC School of Medicine’s MD-PhD program, has died

10 November 2016

Eugene Orringer, MD, professor of medicine and director of the UNC School of Medicine's MD-PhD program, died November 10. Over the course of his career, Orringer distinguished himself both as a hematology researcher...

Changing Course, Finding a Home

21 November 2016

From his position as a transfusion medicine physician, Jay Raval, MD, collaborates with providers from across UNC Medical Center to coordinate the best treatments for patients, while also giving him the chance to study...

NC TraCS Awards First "Carolinas Collaborative" Grants to EHR Projects

09 November 2016

The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute recently awarded their first round of awards from the Carolinas Collaborative pilot program to two multi-institutional teams of researchers whose...

Looking for participants for clinical trials?

17 November 2016

Are you a researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill looking for participants for your clinical trials? Have you used Join the Conquest for help with participant recruitment? Join the Conquest is a program run by NC TraCS centered...

Did you know?

07 November 2016

Do you use NC TraCS' services? Did you know that all publications, press releases, or other documents that result from the utilization of any NC TraCS Institute resources are required to credit the CTSA grant and comply...

Thorpe Receives CoHSTAR Grant for Continued Cerebral Palsy Research

16 November 2016

Deborah Thorpe, PT, PhD, has received a $25,000 grant for continued research of cerebral palsy in adults. Deborah Thorpe, PT, PhD, recently received a $25,000 grant funded by the Center on Health Services Training and...

‘It began with an observation’

04 November 2016

Ronald Falk, MD Photo by Rochelle Moser Ronald Falk, MD, earns National Institutes of Health honor for seminal work as a physician-scientist. In June 1985, a 15-year-old girl was rushed to UNC Hospitals. She was coughing...