The Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute is sharing its new Ethical Dilemmas in Scientific Research and Professional Integrity website, video, and podcast with each CTSA and beyond. This web page presents...

CHAPEL HILL – Ian B. Buchanan, MD, MPH, has been named the Chief Research Officer for the UNC Health Care System. The appointment is effective August 1. Buchanan is an experienced healthcare executive with a track...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC— Don Bailey, Ph.D., distinguished fellow at RTI International, has been selected to serve as a member of the Societal and Ethical Issues in Research Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review. The...

With support from the NC TraCS Institute, a UNC surgeon has created a research program to address the most common birth defect. Jennifer S. Nelson, MD, MS During both of her pregnancies, Jennifer Solms Nelson studied the...

Bruising. Unexpected bleeding. Joint pain and swelling. Daily needle injections. Social isolation. All of these struggles are part of the daily routine for someone living with hemophilia — a rare disorder that prevents...

Francis Collins shakes his head in bewilderment as he flicks through the pages of his thesis. “At this point it looks very much like another language,” he says, looking with puzzlement at page 71, which contains far more...

Anti-HIV medications suppress the viral load of people living with HIV and provide durable protection against heterosexual transmission according to the groundbreaking study led by Myron Cohen, MD. Chapel Hill, N.C. – Anti-HIV...

Blossom Damania, PhD, has built her research career tackling difficult questions in cancer and global health research. As she begins her new role as Vice Dean for Research, she’s considering one more: What’s next? Blossom...

After incredible success as a vascular surgeon, researcher, and educator at Northwestern University, Melina Kibbe, MD, takes over as chair of the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. It’s Melina Kibbe’s first...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that removing a glioblastoma tumor from the brain causes any cancer left behind to grow 75 percent faster than the original tumor did, which helps to...