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...

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...

UNC Office of Research offers a call for pilot project proposals that will use surplus CC mice The Collaborative Cross (CC) is a unique UNC resource consisting of a mouse multiparent population derived from eight inbred...

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...

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust (KBR) is accepting proposals in four areas of the Health Care Division’s Issue Areas: Access to Primary Care; Community Centered Prevention; Diabetes; and, Behavioral Health. Proposals...

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...

Are you a health care professional working with kids, adults or families? Motivated to improve the health of those most vulnerable in your community? Desire to further develop your leadership skills? Consider applying...

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...

The Dec. 18 issue of the New York Times Magazine featured an article on efforts to engineer a less allergenic peanut. The work of Wesley Burks, MD, Executive Dean, UNC School of Medicine and Executive Director, UNC Food Allergy...