Harvard University’s CTSA is offering an opportunity for non-Harvard faculty and staff to participate in an online course, Fundamentals of Clinical and Translational Research (FaCToR). Applications are due by January 25,...

Somers appointed to newly created vice chancellor for public affairs post The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Clayton Somers, a longtime North Carolina attorney, executive leader and state government...

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Personalized Medicine utilizes the genetics of an individual (or in cancer the genetics of a patient’s tumor) to predict if the patient is likely to have an adverse drug response or whether the drug may actually be useful to...

EMERGING CHALLENGES IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (ECBR)REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Winter 2017 Challenge: Research relevant to Alzheimer’s disease The School of Medicine’s Office of Research is partnering with NC TraCS to solicit...

We are pleased to announce the 3rd year of the AHEC Campus Innovation Grants for our UNC-Chapel Hill academic partners. As with previous awards, the purpose of these grants is to promote innovation in education within AHEC’s...

When a newborn baby opens her eyes, she does not see well at all. It can take months for her world to come into focus. Now scientists have found more clues about what happens in the brains of baby mammals as they try to make...

Less than a year after she earned her degree from Carolina, Misty Cox is already putting her skills to work — and helping make North Carolinians healthier in the process. Cox, a 2016 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, is one of 13 fellows...

Oliver Smithies, PhD, the Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, has died at age 91. He is survived by his wife, Nobuyo Madea, PhD, Robert H. Wagner...

DHHS and the NIH have released a new regulation and policy that affect registration and results reporting for clinical trials. The DHHS regulation, known as the Final Rule, describes requirements for registering and submitting...