US agency creates point system to address imbalance in distribution of research funds. For the first time, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will restrict the amount of funding that an individual scientist can hold...

"We are not our disease": UNC Horizons celebrates 23 years of healing women and children with new facility UNC and surrounding communities gathered together on Wednesday to celebrate the grand opening of the new facility...

Best Practices for the Preparation, Submission, and Maintenance of Sponsor-Investigator INDs and IDEs Presented by the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Quality, Duke University School of Medicine Location: Trent Semans...

The study found there was an average of 1.8 percent increase each year of youth with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes and an average of 4.8 percent per year increase of newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes cases among the same population. A...

As health spending continues to rise to unprecedented levels — it now consumes one-quarter of the $3.7 trillion federal budget — everyone seems to have an opinion of what works and what doesn't in health care. But...

Feelin' DNA aims to inspire the visually impaired community by providing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) teachers with 3-D models so they can incorporate them into their classrooms. The founder of the...

Shawn Hingtgen, Ph.D., sits in front of a fluorescent microscope that is used to examine stem cells in his laboratory. Hingtgen, a former CTSA Program KL2 scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is developing...

In the last two years, Susan Girdler, PhD, and medical student Mary Shen have each been honored for their commitment to mentoring others. In conversation, the two discuss the importance of mentorship, supporting women in leadership,...

On Thursday May 18th at 4PM in Bondurant 2020, Marc Drezner, MD will be presenting a lecture entitled The PerPHEXing Cure of X-Linked Hypophosphatemia. Dr. Drezner’s pioneering work in the bone and mineral field led...

This opportunity is for an externship in clinical and translational sciences at Eli Lilly and Company for scholars, trainees, and investigators who are supported by the NCATS, Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)...