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UNC Lineberger hosts National Cancer Moonshot regional summit

01 July 2016

Members from North Carolina’s three National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, together with care providers, researchers, advocates and patients from the state, met in Chapel Hill to be part of...

TraCS announces 18th round of $2K Pilot Awards

16 June 2016

NC TraCS is pleased to announce awardees of TraCS $2K small grants for clinical and translational research projects. 12 applications were received and 4 (listed below) were chosen for funding from the UNC-CH School of Medicine...

Participate in Collaborative Research Groups through PCORnet

28 June 2016

The National Patient Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) invites the research community to submit Notices of Interest to form Collaborative Research Groups (CRGs). A CRG is a community organized to facilitate research...

TraCS' director Dr. John Buse makes advancements in diabetes treatment

13 June 2016

For the first time, a large clinical trial showed across-the-board cardiovascular benefit of a diabetes drug – liraglutide – a much-needed outcome for people with type 2 diabetes. CHAPEL HILL, NC – Researchers have...

KickStart Venture Services awards Innovation Fellowships

23 June 2016

CHAPEL HILL – KickStart Venture Services has awarded three graduate students with Innovation Fellowships that will enable them to work for a UNC spin-out company in need of technical and scientific expertise. The fellowships...

Diabetes drug lowers risk of cardiovascular complications, kidney disease

13 June 2016

Nandita Mani to direct UNC Health Sciences Library

22 June 2016

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries have announced the appointment of Nandita S. Mani, PhD, as director of the Health Sciences Library and Associate University Librarian for the Health Sciences, effective...

Berry, Brown, and Schmidt win KickStart Venture Services Innovation Fellowships

13 June 2016

Single IRB policy to streamline reviews of multi-site research

22 June 2016

Accelerating clinical research studies benefits researchers, research participants, and all who stand to gain from research results. Today, the time it takes to go from a sound research idea to the launch of a new, multi-site...

Duke/UNC Team Testing New Strategies to Prevent Clotting in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

01 June 2016

Nigel Mackman, PhD and Rebekah White, MD CTSA collaborative funding award supports mouse-model research People with cancer are at increased risk for developing blood clots as DNA, micro-particles and other cellular debris...

Duke/UNC Collaboration