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Congrats to
@UNC
professors Melina Kibbe and
@NobelPrize
winner Aziz Sancar for election to
@theNAMedicine
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Fact check: No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t lead to more variants. “The virus is evolving because we keep transmitting it to each other,” said Dr. David Wohl tells
@JoedyMcCreary
@WNCN
. Read full story below.
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Hillsborough, NC, declared Jan. 12, 2021 "Dr. Kizzmekia 'Kizzy' Corbett Day" for the hometown scientist's pivotal contribution to creating the Moderna vaccine. Read the proclamation:
@WCHLChapelboro
@UNC
@WRAL
@ABC11_WTVD
@wunc
@WNCN
@newsobserver
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Musician, urologist, surgeon, researcher leveraging technology to achieve better patient outcomes. Meet Dr. Angela Smith, a winner of the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship:
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Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD,
@uncCHER
director,
@UNC
lead for $80-million
@NIH
project w/
@DukeU
& partners to overcome barriers, increase uptake of COVID-19 testing among underserved & vulnerable populations across U.S.
@UNCHealthFdn
@UNC_Health_Care
@wunc
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Congrats to
@UCSFMedicine
researchers Lily & Yuh-Nung Jan, this year's Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize Winners! |
@UNC
@uncneuro
@UNCMedCenter
@UCSF
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156 students
31 states and the District of Columbia
24 specialties
Congratulations to the UNC School of Medicine students who found out today where they will be doing their residency training!
#MatchDay2019
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Hyejung Won
@UNC
Genetics will lead $9.25 million, 5-year
@NIH
study to identify specific DNA variants that alter gene expression to influence risk of disease.
@UNCMedCenter
@uncneuro
@UNCResearch
@OoR_UNC
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Researchers Misty Good, Scott Magness
@UNC
Awarded $1 Million by
@cziscience
to Combat Necrotizing Enterocolitis:
@NECsociety
@UNC_Health_Care
@uncchildrens
@UNCHealthFdn
@UNCResearch
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New research led by Zoe McElligott, PhD, associate professor at
@PsychiatryUnc
and
@UNC_PHCO
, shows why
#Naloxone
triggers a more severe withdrawal response when given to individuals on fentanyl/xylazine.
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Congratulations to
@UNC
School of Medicine vice dean for research Blossom Damania elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Read about her and her work:
@UNCResearch
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC_Lineberger
@UNC_Health_Care
@OoR_UNC
@americanacad
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UNC School of Medicine is now ranked first for primary care by
@usnews
in annual
#BestGradSchools
list | 14th for
@UNCOBGYN
| tied for 23rd for
@UNCResearch
| |
@newsobserver
@WRAL
@wunc
@WNCN
@SpecNewsRDU
@ABC11_WTVD
@UNC
@dailytarheel
@WCHLChapelboro
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UNC Children’s Named to
@usnews
“Best Children’s Hospitals” for 10th Straight Year: |
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNC
@uncchildrens
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Dr. David Wohl is preparing to receive the first dose of his
#COVID19
#vaccine
at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus. A momentous day for everyone who has worked to get us this far, including Dr. Wohl.
#thisisyourshot
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
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Donor gives
@UNC
@UNC_Lineberger
$4 million for new cellular immunotherapy research program!
@UNC_Health_Care
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Three of the founders of White Coats Black Doctors will graduate from UNC SOM next month. Members of the group reflect on their accomplishments over the last four years and look forward to the group's future. Read more:
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To all the women in science, including the great female scientists at UNC working to end the
#COVID
-19 pandemic, we recognize you and thank you on this International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
@UN
@UNC_Health_Care
@WomenScienceDay
#womeninscience
#girlsinscience
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Led by
@zenbrainest
, scientists
@UNC
@UCSF
@Yale
@DukeU
@Stanford
create 'non-psychedelic' compound to test against severe depression, anxiety | paper
@Nature
|
@UNCResearch
@UNC_Health_Care
@LiveScience
@WIRED
@wunc
@NPR
@sciam
@ScienceMagazine
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Dr. Cynthia Bulik led this large-scale genome-wide association study that identifies anorexia nervosa genetic variants and redefines the disorder as metabolic and psychiatric. The study was published today in
@NatureGenet
.
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Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar,
@UNC
scientists discover anticancer properties of common lab molecule:
Cells recognize molecule EdU as DNA damage, triggering repeat, deadly DNA repair
@PNASNews
@AzizGwenSancar
@UNCResearch
@ScienceMagazine
@UNC_Lineberger
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What an amazing
#MatchDay2019
at
@UNC_SOM
! So many smiles & tears & so much joy!! 🏛️ Congratulations to the
#Classof2019
!
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNC
#newadventures
#hardwork
#UNC
#MatchDay
What was your favorite moment??
#residency
#MatchDayUNC
#goals
#chapelhill
#NorthCarolina
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The entire UNC School of Medicine community is mourning the loss of Dr. Robert Bashford, a beloved teacher and mentor to so many. Here is a message from Drs. Wesley Burks and Cristy Page.
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All 6
@UNC
School of Medicine basic science depts ranked in top 10 in NIH funding, 12 clinical depts in top 30;
@UNCResearch
funding at SOM jumped $23 million in FY19, ranked 17th (6th among public schools)
|
@unchealth
@UNCMedicine
@UNCMedCenter
@wunc
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The 2007
@NobelPrize
winner, Dr. Oliver Smithies congratulates the 2015
#NobelPrize
winner Dr. Aziz Sancar.
http://t.co/ewnIFobYQi
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#UNCSOM
presents “Carolina Blue (Med School Anthem),” an all-original production from the Class of 2026. We hope to inspire future physicians as they embark on a lifelong journey of learning & service.
#medschoolrap
#carolinablue
#GDTBATH
#UNC
#UNCHealth
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For 2nd year in a row,
@UNC
School of Medicine ranked 1st in primary care in
@usnews
Best Grad School rankings. 4th in
@uncfammed
, 11th in
@UNCOBGYN
, 20th in psychiatry, 26th in internal med, 23rd in research
@UNCDeptMedicine
@UNCMedCenter
@newsobserver
@wunc
@WCHLChapelboro
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Check out how Dr. Stephan Moll helped NASA treat an astronaut's blood clot while they were in space and he was on Earth.
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Let's give a warm welcome to
@WesleyBurksMD
on his first day as Dean of the UNC School of Medicine and CEO of
@UNC_Health_Care
! Let's see how many new followers we can give him today!
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In honor of Black History Month, we would like to recognize Oscar Diggs (pictured on the left), the first African American to attend
@UNC_SOM
in 1951. James N. Slade (pictured on the right) was the second African American to attend and graduate.
@UNC_Health_Care
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Just like many things these days, a student's search for the right residency looks a little different. Since they can't come to visit UNC, we're bringing a little bit of UNC to them. Take a look!
#medicalresidency
#graduatemedicaleducation
#students
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This
@TriangleBIZJrnl
story details a new app designed in part by Dr. Samuel McLean to support the mental health of first responders and health care workers during
#Covid
-19.
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Here's Dr. Leslie Parise, Chair of Biochemistry/Biophysics w/ Dr. Aziz Sancar after the
#NobelPrize
meeting.
http://t.co/Ruo5oj90O2
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Researchers
@UNC
uncover circuitry key to reward-seeking behavior; map the neurons of motivation
#Addiction
@nature
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School of Medicine alum Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD, leads COVID-19 vaccine work
@NIH
. Raised in Hillsborough, NC, she's been researching vaccines since prior to attending
@UNC
|
@WRAL
@ABC11_WTVD
@wunc
@UNCResearch
@UNC_Health_Care
@newsobserver
@DailyTar
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Very sad news for our
@UNC
,
@UNC_Lineberger
,
@UNCMedCenter
and
@UNC_Health_Care
family: Dr. Paul Godley passed away suddenly on Sunday: Our hearts and most sincere sympathies go out to his family. He will be so deeply missed.
@UNCpublichealth
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School of Med research
@UNC
ranked 5th among public universities in NIH funding, top 6 in all basic science depts.
#1
in biochem/biophysics, genetics, OBGYN:
Ranked 17th overall. 12 clinical depts ranked in top 30
@UNCMedCenter
@wunc
@UNCResearch
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The group that makes UNC's Respiratory Diagnostic Center possible is remarkable. From keeping each other safe to adapting to changing circumstances together, they've formed a team they are proud of. Read more here.
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
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Congrats to
@UNC_SOM
’s Aziz Sancar, chemistry
#NobelPrize
winner w/ Tomas Lindahl & Paul Modrich!
http://t.co/M6eMxSztpu
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Orientation begins today for the UNC School of Medicine Class of 2021! Several 2nd year students turned out to welcome the new class.
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Congratulations to graduate student Nancy Sey and her advisors Hyejung Won, PhD, and Joyce Besheer, PhD, for being named Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
@HHMINEWS
@UNC_Health_Care
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UNC's Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith Elected to National Academy of Medicine
@UNC
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
@theNAMedicine
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New COVID-19 Antibody Test by
@UNC
Scientists:
Could document past-present COVID-19 infections, identify asymptomatic infection, & measure levels of immunity in individuals.
@UNCResearch
@unchealth
@wunc
@UNCpublichealth
@NCHealthNews
@ScienceMagazine
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You did it! Congratulations Class of 2020. We are so proud of everything you have accomplished, and can't wait to watch the amazing things you do!
#UNCSOMCelebrate2020
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"It takes four hours from the time we get the swab until we can have a result for the test," Dr. Melissa Miller told
@TODAYshow
about the
#COVID
-19 test her lab developed. Watch the story here...
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Duke, UNC Awarded
@NIH
Grant to Establish Joint Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Read about the project and key
@UNC
leads:
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCResearch
@wunc
@WCHLChapelboro
@NCHealthNews
@UNCMedCenter
@uncneuro
@UNCneurology
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The
@UNC
Lab of Tom Kash published findings
@NeuroCellPress
showing how neurons in two brain regions use dopamine to promote pain responses differently in male and female mice:
@superkash
@UNCResearch
@LiveScience
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A landmark study, led by Professor Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD of
@UNCneurology
, shows that neurochemicals can influence blood vessels in the brain.
The new findings may change how researchers interpret results during
#fMRI
brain imaging studies. 🧠
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Congratulations to our UNC SOM fourth-year students on Match Day 2024! Special thanks to CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, and all of our speakers for joining us today at Roper Hall. Best of luck to our future healthcare leaders!
#UNCSOMMatch
#matchday2024
#matchday
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Scientists
@UNC
map entire GI tracts from 3 organ donors to show how cell types differ across regions of GI tract, shed light on functions, and show gene expression differences between cells & individuals:
@UNCResearch
@ScienceNews
@sciam
@ScienceMagazine
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Scientific First: How Psychedelics Bind to Key Brain Cell Receptor
@UNC
by Roth Lab
@zenbrainest
:
Major scientific milestone on the road to creating long-lasting drugs for depression, anxiety, addiction.
@UNCResearch
@wunc
@WRAL
@DailyTar
@CellCellPress
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FDA Approves ZULRESSO™ (brexanolone) Injection for Postpartum Depression Following Clinical Trials Led by UNC's Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody. She says approval marks a major step forward in women’s healthcare.
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC
@smeltzerb
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Racial and ethnic minority groups are being disproportionately affected by
#COVID
-19. Dr. Craig Cameron explains why he's decided to participate in a clinical trial to get us closer to a
#vaccine
that works for everyone.
@UNC_Health_Care
@uncglobalhealth
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Michelle Itano, PhD, an assistant professor in
@UNC_CBP
, is one of ten researchers who received a
@ChanZuckerberg
grant to build a free and easy-to-use educational website for students and imaging teachers. 🔬
#ImagingTheFuture
Read more 👇
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“We made strong predictions that these coronaviruses were poised for re-emergence in human populations.”
Dr. Ralph Baric told
@TIME
that his research of
#coronaviruses
showed how the virus could move from species to species. Read more here...
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Great
@hereandnow
segment on
@WBUR
"On The Frontlines of Autism Research" with
@UNC
scientists
@MarkZylka
@uncneuro
and Joe Piven
@UNCCIDD
| |
@UNCAutism
@UNCResearch
@UNC_Health_Care
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The NC state budget, signed into law on July 11, allows the
@UNC
School of Medicine to increase enrollment & train more health professionals & medical researchers to improve lives & healthcare across the state:
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCHealthFdn
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UNC officially unveiled Roper Hall, the new home of
@UNC_SOM
on Monday night.
The building contains six floors of training space, including classrooms, seminar rooms, study spaces, an Active Learning Center, a student lounge and a wellness center.
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Today was Match Day! Congratulations, Class of 2023! We had a great time celebrating your achievements and can't wait to watch the countless lives you will touch as healers!
#UNCSOMMatch
#matchday2023
#matchday
#classof2023
#congratsgrad
#congrats
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Thank you to all of our healthcare workers who are trying so hard to take care of our community.
In this
@WRAL
report, take a look inside the
@UNCMedCenter
ICU and meet some of the dedicated nurses, doctors and staff that are caring for patients.
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Over 8 years, Dr. Charles has led the Malawian Surgical Initiative & trained a nation.
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Researchers
@UNC
and
@OrangeHealthNC
, just received a $21-million funding award from
@PCORI
to study interventions that can address health conditions and social determinants of health in an effort to improve
#MaternalHealth
outcomes in
#NorthCarolina
.
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Thank you
@FoodLion
for dedicating a portion of this generous gift to fund
#COVID19
related medical research at the School of Medicine and
@UNC_Health_Care
.
Food Lion Donates $3.1 Million to Address Critical Community Needs Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic
@FoodLion
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HIV Cure Center led by David Margolis
@UNC
awarded $26.2 million over the next 5 Years for the international Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication (CARE):
@WRAL
@wunc
@NCHealthNews
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
@UNCResearch
@uncglobalhealth
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Scientists
@UNC
solve first-ever hi-res crystal structure of dopamine 2 receptor bound to antipsychotic drug, a much-needed step in the creation of better drugs to treat
#Schizophrenia
,
#bipolardisorder
, and even
#Autism
spectrum disorders:
@nature
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Congrats to Dr. Cristy Page from
@uncfammed
, the new executive dean at the school of medicine
@UNC
!
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC_Health_Care
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Scientific First:
#CRISPR
-Cas9 gene editing & gene therapy restore UBE3A gene function in human neurons & successfully treat deficits in animal model of Angelman syndrome.
@nature
led by
@MarkZylka
@uncneuro
@UNCAutism
@UNCResearch
@UNCCIDD
@UNC
@OoR_UNC
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Dr. Zoe McElligott talked to
@TriangleBIZJrnl
about new research regarding neurons in the brain that contribute to reward-like behaviors, including when alcohol is consumed. Read more here...
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Congratulations to the UNC School of Medicine Class of 2021! Watch
@UNC
commencement celebrations for UNC SOM today at 4 p.m.
#UNCSOM
#UNCCelebration2021
#UNCCommencement
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Jenny Ting, PhD, has been chosen as the 2021 ICIS-Pfizer Award winner in recognition of her outstanding discoveries in the fields of immunology, molecular biology, genomics, and microbiology.
@UNCResearch
#research
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Congrats to
@UNCDeptMedicine
@UNC_Lineberger
professor Claire Dees, MD, named by
@Forbes
as a top breast cancer doctor in the country:
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC
@UNC_Health_Care
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CONGRATS to our vice dean for research Blossom Damania, a 2020 inductee to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, here signing the
@americanacad
Book of Members during a ceremony this fall.
@DamaniaLab
@UNC_Lineberger
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNC
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Some e-cigarette ingredients are surprisingly more toxic than others | | New
@UNC
research in
@PLOSBiology
|
@UNCMedCenter
@UNCResearch
@UNC_Health_Care
| Human cells exposed to e-liquids and e-vapor.
#vaping
@NPR
@HuffPost
@sciencemagazine
@WIREDScience
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Check out this time-lapse video of
@UNC
grad Rachel Howard painting windows at
@uncchildrens
:
@UNC_Health_Care
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Congrats to
@UNC
researchers Wesley Legant,
@Hyejung_won
for their
@NIH
New Innovators awards: |
@UNCResearch
@uncneuro
@UNC_Lineberger
@UNC_PHCO
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Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody has been recognized by
@Forbes
as a woman working to break down stigmas around mental illness, while also creating solutions that will help our collective mental health. Read more here...
@PsychiatryUnc
@UNC_Health_Care
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What's going on in our brains when we devour super tasty, calorie-rich foods and don't want to stop? The lab of
@superkash
@UNC
found some interesting answers: published in
@NeuroCellPress
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCResearch
@UNCMedCenter
@wunc
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Scientists
@UNC
@MarkZylka
lab find new cell type implicated in chronic pain, inflammation:
@UNCResearch
published in
@NeuroCellPress
could open route to more precise pain relief sans side effects.
@WCHLChapelboro
@UNCMedCenter
@ScienceNews
@LiveScience
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A volunteer team from
@UNC
infectious diseases division started a COVID-19 drive-up test center in Sanford, NC, in the center of mostly rural Lee County:
@wunc
@UNCHealthFdn
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
@uncglobalhealth
1
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Congratulations to the
@UNC_SOM
MD Class of 2024!
This year we had a 97% match rate, with 62 students set to serve patients across NC and 29 going on to serve patients in other states and D.C. Check out recap video below!
#MatchDay
🎉
@UNC
@UNC_Health_Care
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Today,
@UNC
got a $1.2 million boost from
@BCBSNC
for the Physician Assistant program in the dept of allied health sciences
@unc_ahs
to support
#primarycare
care and
#ruralhealth
in NC |
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
@BCBSNC
@WRAL
@WNCN
@ABC11_WTVD
1
4
26
Congrats to
@UNC
grad students Kimberly Lukasik & Maria Ortiz-Juza, among 51 students from around the country named as HHMI Gilliam Fellows!
@HHMINEWS
@UNC_GradSchool
@OoR_UNC
@UNCResearch
@uncneuro
w/faculty Stephanie Gupton & Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera
1
9
25
A Charlotte baby became the first at
@UNCMedCenter
to receive a breakthrough gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), after his condition was discovered through the
@earlycheck
newborn screening pilot study.
@UNCneurology
1
8
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Scientists
@UNC
and
@EmoryUniversity
use compound to induce HIV out of latency in two model systems, take step toward cure, published
@nature
:
@wunc
@WCHLChapelboro
@UNCResearch
@UNC_Health_Care
@NCHealthNews
@UNCMedicine
@UNCMedCenter
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We were proud to welcome
@ChancellorFolt
to UNC-Project Malawi, and Zambia to showcase how UNC research and care make an impact across the 🌍
Carolina heelprints extend far beyond Chapel Hill.
@ChancellorFolt
traveled 8,000 miles to see
#UNC
's global impact
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Congratulations to our students matching today! We may not be together for this experience, but we still want to honor this important milestone. Please watch this brief message from School of Medicine leaders.
#UNCSOMMatch
#MatchDay2020
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Congrats to the class of 2021! Share your Match Day moments with the
#UNCSOMMatch
hashtag and see your classmates’ pix & videos!
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UNC's Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, recently co-founded the COVID Prison Project, which tracks the pandemic’s impact on 2.7 million people who are incarcerated and the thousands who work in state and federal prisons.
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC
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Congrats to
@UNC
researcher Wesley Legant, named Packard Fellow today!
@PackardFdn
@UNCMedCenter
@UNC_Health_Care
@UNCResearch
@UNCNCSUBME
for his work developing new microscopy techniques to further biomedical research.
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