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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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| | First Comprehensive Medical Guideline on Management of Pouchitis Released |
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| Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, co-first author, is an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and John Haydek, MD, author, is an advanced inflammatory bowel diseases fellow. | | |
| | | New UNC Project-China Fellowship Program Will Send U.S. Scholars to China for Research Training |
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| The scholarly exchange program will give early-career researchers from the U.S. the opportunity to train in China. UNC-Chapel Hill is one of three institutions selected, in addition to Yale University and the University of Michigan. | | |
| | | Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty |
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| Grants included have been awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates in October and November of 2023 and a total award amount greater than $100,000. | | |
| | | Submit or Update Your Faculty Collaboration Database Profile |
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| The SOM Office of Research is expanding the number of faculty in its Faculty Collaboration Database. Faculty are invited to submit their information, including clinical faculty who may not do research, but who have clinical expertise and access to clinical populations beneficial to collaborators. | | |
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| | In Remembrance of Ada Adimora, MD, MPH |
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Ada Adimora, a dedicated and compassionate physician scientist who served as a Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, passed away on Jan. 1. Her life and legacy will be honored at a service on Jan. 8 in Durham.
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| | | Vavalle Inspires, Guides NC School of Science and Mathematics Students |
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| John Vavalle, MD, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, provides mentorship that extends beyond traditional boundaries, propelling high school seniors at the NC School of Science and Mathematics into the forefront of medical research. | | |
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| | Abumoussa Awarded the KLS Martin Innovations Challenge Award |
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| Andrew Abumoussa, MD, a PGY6 neurosurgery resident, was awarded the KLS Martin Innovations Challenge Award for his work on utilizing consumer grade iOS devices to provide stereotactic neuronavigation for flexible endoscopy. | | |
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| | Temporary Age-Based Visitor Restrictions in Place at UNC Hospitals, UNC Health Chatham |
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| Visitors aged 11 and younger will be prohibited from all inpatient areas and all waiting rooms, and all visitors with respiratory symptoms are prohibited from these same areas. | | |
| | | Focused Ultrasound Treatment Makes the Holiday Season Brighter for Essential Tremor Patients |
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| This surgery has rapidly become the mainstay treatment for patients with movement disorders, including essential tremor, and can be an effective treatment option for patients who either do not respond to medication, or who initially respond to medication that eventually becomes ineffective. | | |
| | | Burned Out? How to Improve Emotional Wellness |
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| We all know that stress is a part of life, but our ability to respond to it is one marker of emotional wellness. If you’ve found yourself feeling unable to deal with challenges, you’re not alone. | | |
| | | TarHeal Wellness Explores Relationships, Careers, Burnout |
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| TarHeal Wellness is a podcast for UNC Hospitals residents from the Offices of Graduate Medical Education. The podcast’s most recent episodes explore building relationships with colleagues, career paths, and burnout in the field. | | |
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