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Funding Opportunity: NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program

08 August 2018

The NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program was established to grow the diminishing pool of talented clinical/translational researchers. The program provides 8+ years of funding. Years 1-5: NIH Intramural Research...

NC TraCS services get new names

18 July 2018

As we continue to implement changes from our latest CTSA grant, several of our existing programs have updated their names to better reflect their mission, priorities, and services. BMI (Biomedical...

Study finds huge variability in task completion efficiency and accuracy

08 August 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A novel new study involving clinicians using electronic health records (EHRs) to perform certain common tasks provides compelling evidence that the design, development and implementation of these systems...

Help celebrate the research accomplishments of our summer undergraduate scholars!

18 July 2018

Fourth Annual Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium Help celebrate the research accomplishments of our summer undergraduate scholars! WHEN: Wednesday, July 25th, 9:00am-12:30pm WHERE: George Watts Hill Alumni...

Participate in the Great CTSA Team Science Contest

07 August 2018

Have you heard? The CTSA Consortium is hoping to discover any and all multidisciplinary Team Science activities taking place among all the CTSA Hubs. Toward that end, the Great CTSA Team Science Contest was born! Please...

NC TraCS Award Announcements

17 July 2018

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees of TraCS $2K small grants for clinical and translational research projects. Five applications were received and two (listed below) were chosen for funding from the UNC-Chapel...

AHRQ Grant Announcements Update

06 August 2018

The 3 areas are all ones where UNC has experience: Evaluating state, local, and health system policy efforts to address the opioids crisis: Many state and local governments and large health systems are enacting policies...

KickStart Award Program applications due July 31

12 July 2018

The KickStart Award Program helps early-stage companies meet commercial milestones either on the technical side (prototype development, animal studies) or on the business side (regulatory pathway, freedom to operate). Requests...

UNC Welcomes Dawn Osborne-Adams to the University Ombuds Office

31 July 2018

UNC is pleased to announce that Dawn Osborne-Adams has been selected as the new University ombuds and director of the University Ombuds Office, effective today. We are pleased she is coming to our University to serve...

McLendon Labs Blood Archive offers access to human blood for research

11 July 2018

Dr. Peggy Gulley, recent recipient of the TraCS Translational Science Methods & Process Award, has announced a pilot program to offer access to human blood for research. A pilot program is in place to save leftover...