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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,...

Komen recognizes Charles Perou with the Brinker Award

14 October 2016

Susan G. Komen announced UNC Lineberger researcher Charles M. Perou, PhD, as the recipient of this year's Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science for his contributions to the understanding of breast cancer...

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...

TraCS Pilot Program RFA deadlines approaching

12 October 2016

The next proposal deadline for many the NC TraCS Pilot Program RFAs is Tuesday, October 18. Just announced, is a new deadline for $5k-50k, 4D, and the Translational Science Methods & Process Awards: Tuesday, March 28,...

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...

Funding Opportunity: Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program

07 October 2016

Organization: Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) RFP: Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program Award Amount: varies Application Deadline: February 15, 2017 by 3:00pm EST. Anticipated Award Notification: September 2017 with a...

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...

NIH Common Fund announces 2016 High-Risk, High-Reward Research awards

07 October 2016

NIH to fund 88 awards on high-impact biomedical research. The High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ’s Common Fund, awarded 88 grants to highly creative and...

Purvis earns NIH New Innovator Award

14 October 2016

With a focus on stem cells, Jeremy Purvis, PhD, wants to tap the power of computer modeling to develop regenerative medicine solutions to medical conditions. Jeremy Purvis, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at the UNC...

Physician Assistant Studies student volunteers with Louisiana flooding survivors

07 October 2016

Physician Assistant Studies student Alyse Moses-Lebron traveled to her home state of Louisiana during the month of August. Just days after returning home, she found herself volunteering at emergency shelters to help survivors...