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Showcase Presents 14 UNC Startups to Investors

25 April 2012

Fourteen startup companies – eight scientific and six technology firms -- based on innovations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill each gave 8-minute presentations to more than 200 potential investors and managers...

Study Teams with Carolina Data Warehouse to Help Patients with COPD

04 April 2012

UNC has partnered with five other clinical centers to create a national data hub for investigating what tests and treatments are most effective for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD. The national...

CDTR Fosters Collaboration in Diabetes Research

18 April 2012

The newly established UNC Center for Diabetes Translation Research to Reduce Health Disparities (CDTR) recently brought together institutional partners and diabetes researchers to foster collaboration during its first annual...

Network Looks at Genetics of Esophageal Cancer

14 December 2011

Recognizing the need to stimulate translational research in Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer, the National Cancer Institute is funding a $5.4 million, 5-year grant to support projects through a consortia of institutions....

TraC$ 2K Pilot Award Program 38th Round Awardees

18 April 2012

The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute is pleased to announce awardees of the thirty-eighth cycle of TraCS $2K grants for clinical and translational research projects. 11 applications were...

NC TraCS Members Co-author IOM Report

14 December 2011

Leigh Callahan, Ph.D., and Russell Harris, M.D., M.P.H., UNC faculty members, who are also members of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute, have co-authored an Institute of Medicine (IOM)...

Grant Combats Sickle Cell Disease

04 April 2012

Congratulations to Kenneth Ataga, M.D., and Nigel Mackman, Ph.D., who have received a 50K Planning Grant from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute. They will use the funds to pursue a...

PCORI Seeks Input on National Research Agenda

14 December 2011

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) released for public comment a first draft of its National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda, January 23. According to a PCORI news release, these research priorities...

Call to Action: Participate in a Clinical Trial

04 April 2012

Have you noticed while riding a Chapel Hill Transit bus lately that Rosie the Riveter is staring back at you from a poster exclaiming “We Can Do It!”? She’s rolled up her sleeves this time to go to work for improved health....

Leadership Changes for CTRC

26 December 2010

After many years devoted to building and leading institution-wide clinical and translational research programs, Michael Fried, M.D. has decided to reduce his administrative responsibilities in one of his many roles, as director...