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NC TraCS $2K Pilot Program Thirty-Ninth Round Awardees

29 May 2012

The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute is pleased to announce awardees of the thirty-ninth cycle of TraCS $2K grants for clinical and translational research projects. 9 applications were...

PCORI to Fund $120M in Comparative Effectiveness Research in 2012

22 May 2012

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has released its first primary research funding announcements to support comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) that will give patients and those who care...

HIV Hides Soon After Infection, UNC Research Shows

29 May 2012

While current therapies are effective at controlling HIV, some virus remains hidden in certain CD4+ T cells, specialized immune system cells that the virus uses to replicate. This latent infection remains a significant challenge...

Eric Juengst Featured on UNC's Real Doctors, Real People

10 May 2012

Eric Juengst, PhD, directs the UNC Center for Bioethics. He also makes armor. Yep, the kind knights would wear while protecting their king's domain. This month's video is different, and I think you'll really like it. First,...

BCBSNC Names Lisa Carey to Board of Trustees

24 May 2012

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has named Lisa Carey, M.D., to its board of trustees. Carey is medical director of the UNC Breast Center, associate director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center...

Funding Could Result in New Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

10 May 2012

UNC researchers Teresa Tarrant, M.D., and David Siderovksi, Ph.D., have been awarded a 2-year, $400,000 grant by the American College of Rheumatology to explore how a newly discovered protein – called GPSM3 – may serve as a...

Carolina Data Warehouse for Health Assists Dementia Research

23 May 2012

Carolina KickStart’s Rose to Speak Nationally on Tech Transfer

10 May 2012

Don Rose, Ph.D., executive director of Carolina KickStart, will serve on a panel discussion about the future of technology transfer and university-based commercialization at MedCity CONVERGE, a national conference on health...

Carolina Data Warehouse for Health Improves Recruitment for Diabetes Clinical Trials

22 May 2012

Recruitment for clinical trials at the UNC Diabetes Care Center (DCC) is now easier and more effective, thanks to the Diabetes Care Center Data Mart, a database developed by a team involving the Carolina Data Warehouse for...

Primary Care Conference Considers Emerging Issues in Chronic Disease

07 May 2012

The North Carolina Network Consortium (NCNC) recently held a day-long conference in Greensboro bringing together primary care physicians, clinic staff, health care researchers and public health workers. Titled “Emerging Issues...