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Mentorship Training: The importance of being able to hit ‘pause’ on cringe-worthy conversations

16 February 2017

"Did you plan this pregnancy?" the academic mentor demanded of his post-doctoral researcher. "What about our project timeline?" His mentee blinked in surprise. She'd just announced exciting news, but the reaction she received...

Duke/UNC Collaboration

TraCS KL2 Scholar reaches a critical milestone for treating brain cancer

02 February 2017

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers led by UNC Lineberger member Shawn Hingtgen, PhD, reach a critical milestone for treating brain cancer. In a rapid-fire series of breakthroughs in just under a year, researchers at the University...

NCDS seeks faculty members for Data Fellows program

16 February 2017

The National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS), a public-private partnership to advance data science and capitalize on the opportunities of a data-rich society, seeks participants for its 2017-2018 Data Fellows program. The...

Dr. Tim Carey featured in PCORnet video

02 February 2017

NIH metabolomics resource core moves to UNC

16 February 2017

The Eastern Regional Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Core (ERCMRC) has relocated to UNC-Chapel Hill. The ERCMRC is requesting submissions of pilot and feasibility (P&F) project applications to be conducted during...

National diabetes conference coming to Raleigh

02 February 2017

TCOYD Conference Sat, 6 May 2017 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Take control of your diabetes and join us for a day that will ignite motivation for change, offer hope, provide invaluable education, and change the life of anyone who...

Congratulations to our Health Care Heroes

10 February 2017

Ten named Health Care Heroes by Triangle Business Journal The Triangle Business Journal recently announced the winners of its annual Health Care Heroes awards. UNC Health Care was well represented on the list, with ten winners...

TraCS helps fund UNC researcher to deliver cancer immunotherapy

27 January 2017

Zhen Gu, PhD. Photo courtesy of UNC-NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. UNC, NCSU biomedical engineering research team’s findings show that engineered platelets can deliver antibodies to kill cancer cells before...

Can Gene-Editing Tools Cure Chronic Hepatitis B?

06 February 2017

Researchers from Duke and UNC team up to find an answer, with funding from the two institutions' NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA). For hundreds of millions of people around the world with chronic hepatitis...

Duke/UNC Collaboration

NC CTSAs Collaboration offers genetic testing for North Carolina newborns

25 January 2017

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – A new program offering free elective genetic testing for newborns, developed at RTI International, will become available to North Carolina parents starting in 2018, thanks to a grant from the National...