A Research Navigator can help you find your way Having a great idea for a research project is one thing – convincing a study section yours is one worth funding is quite another. That’s where a free consult with a Research...

You might say that Eric Juengst’s affinity for bioethics and genetics demonstrates the interplay of both nature and nurture. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he majored in biology at the University of the South, Sewanee,...

A whole slew of obstacles can keep a new discovery from making its way into the medicine cabinet: the science is difficult, the funding is scarce and the regulatory paperwork involved can take critical time away from the research...

UNC-Chapel Hill is a well-established site of clinical research, with a large number of trials across many disciplines. Yet the process by which these clinical trials are conducted is inefficient and costly. In February of...

New UNC Center for Diabetes seeks to reduce health disparities The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $3 million, 5-year grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases...

You would be hard-pressed to find a label that perfectly fits Barbara Entwisle, Ph.D. She is a numbers-person and a people-person, a renowned researcher and a high-ranking administrator. As a social demographer, Entwisle has...

The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute, home of UNC’s NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), has received two important grant supplements. These Cooperative Agreement administrative...

UNC researchers have discovered genetic differences between Hispanics and Caucasians that influence how they respond to popular medications. The results, which were gathered in individuals of Central American, Puerto Rican...

Efforts to keep recently discharged patients from returning for another hospital stay could mean better health for patients and save hospitals millions of dollars. Hospital readmission is a nationwide problem, as 1 out of every...

April Durr knows Alamance County like the back of her hand, even though she was raised on Long Island. That familiarity comes from volunteering as a community service worker since her days as an undergraduate at Elon University...