| | Happy Holidays from Dr. Burks |
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| “I would like to wish each of you a Happy Holiday Season and a healthy New Year. I hope you can take some time in the days and weeks ahead to enjoy the Holidays with your family, rest, relax, and recharge.” | | |
| | | 2023 School of Medicine Highlights |
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Thank you to our faculty, staff, learners and community for filling this year with so many wonderful moments of achievement, fellowship and service. We have gathered just a few of our favorite highlights from throughout the year to reflect. We hope that you will find time over the holidays to rest and recharge. See you in 2024!
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| Thank you for reading Vital Signs each week, and for sharing your stories and feedback with us. We are taking a break during the winter holiday and the newsletter will return to your inbox on Jan. 4. | | |
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Read news media coverage from the past week featuring interviews with UNC School of Medicine faculty, staff and students.
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| | Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems |
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| Dea Garic, PhD, and Mark Shen, PhD, both in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, have found that enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of babies, caused by an accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid, have a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism later in life. | | |
| | | UNC-Chapel Hill Named National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site |
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| UNC-Chapel Hill was recently named a National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site and awarded a year-long, $68,000 grant to support its efforts in training family medicine and internal medicine residents in caring for people with HIV. UNC’s site Investigators, Rick Moore, MD, and Louise Rambo King, MD, have a storied history of caring for patients with HIV. | | |
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| | 2023 UNC NeuroSpark Research Award Winners Selected |
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| As part of a UNC NeuroSpark event, four research teams at the UNC School of Medicine won $25,000 pilot grants with the goal of increasing collaborations throughout the neurosciences. | | |
| | | Roper Hall Named Top Education Project in TBJ 2024 Space Awards |
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| The Triangle Business Journal announced the winners on Dec. 18. The awards will be presented on Feb. 15, and the winners will be featured in a special section in the TBJ print edition published on Feb. 16. | | |
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| | Whole Community Connection Graduates 18 Rural Community-Academic Leaders |
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| Whole Community Connection supports community and academic leaders to advance health equity in rural North Carolina by increasing local power to focus on priorities at the community level and co-creating a model of relationship centered engagement. The 2024 Cohort will be announced in January. | | |
| | | Staff Development Grant Applications Open |
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| Applications for the latest round of School of Medicine staff development grants are due on Jan. 12. | | |
| | | Postdoctoral Faculty Liaison Applications Open |
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| The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) is accepting applications for a postdoctoral faculty liaison. Applications are due by Jan. 12. | | |
| | | Reminder: Well-being Resources Are Available |
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| A number of resources are available to the UNC School of Medicine community. | | |
| | | Game Day Parking Reminder |
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| Carolina will take on Charleston Southern at the Smith Center at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29. | | |
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| | An Expert Answers 5 Common Questions About Ozempic |
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Whether from news media, social media, or word-of-mouth media, chances are you’ve heard something about Ozempic. In this article from UNC Health Talk, we answer five common questions about this drug that has skyrocketed in popularity for casual weight loss.
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| The UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Calendar of Events is up to date with the latest information. | | |
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