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Adimora Receives UNC’s Thomas Jefferson Award Adaora Adimora, MD, PhD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and professor of epidemiology in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been honored by her peers with the 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award. Read More This work, published in Cell and led by the UNC-Chapel Hill lab of Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, sets the stage for the discovery of new kinds of antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, and treatments for substance use disorders. Read More In the last six months, researchers have engaged in countless studies to test therapies for treating COVID-19. Some have shown promise, while others have flopped, but still nothing is a surefire solution. What if we are the answer? UNC experts from multiple fields are leading projects to understand how plasma and antibodies from people who contracted the virus might be used to prevent and slow the spread of the disease. Read More Hyejung Won, PhD, and Jason Stein, PhD, in the UNC Department of Genetics and members of the UNC Neuroscience Center, led a genome-wide association study to find that lowered expression of a gene called DDHD2 may increase a person’s likelihood of autism. Read More A multidisciplinary team of interventionalists, electrophysiologists, and cardiac imaging specialists in the division of cardiology performed the procedure on September 16. Read More A Message from Dr. Burks: Highlighting Carolina Care In this week's update, Dr. Wesley Burks, CEO of UNC Health and Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, recognizes our commitment to Carolina Care and shares stories from across the system of caregivers going above and beyond for patients and each other. UNC Health Media Briefing with UNC Experts - Flu Season During a Global Pandemic On September 9, UNC Health's media briefing featured Dr. Cheryl Jackson, chief of the division of pediatric emergency medicine and professor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, and Dr. Amir Barzin, assistant professor of family medicine and a leader of the COVID-19 Respiratory Diagnostic Center in Chapel Hill. NC TraCS features three UNC researchers in new video This video highlights three researchers who show ground-breaking possibilities with TraCS support. UNC Health Care Hospitals Nationally Ranked by U.S. News World Report 22 High Performing Ratings in U.S. News’ “Best Hospitals” Report Alice Chuang, MD Alice Chuang, MD is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is an expert in the use of 4D technology in GYN ultrasound, medical education, general obstetrics. A Scientific First: How Psychedelics Bind to Key Brain Cell Receptor This work, published in Cell and led by the UNC-Chapel Hill lab of Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, sets the stage for the discovery of new kinds of antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, and treatments for substance use disorders. Ramsden, Gupta awarded 5-year, $8.8 million grant to study enzyme with important implications for breast and ovarian cancers The National Cancer Institute has awarded a team led by UNC Lineberger’s Dale Ramsden, PhD, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, a five-year, $8.8 million program project grant to study an enzyme called DNA polymerase theta. Researchers Reveal Safeguarding of a Key DNA Sensor in the Innate Immune System Led by Qi Zhang, PhD, and Robert McGinty, MD, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists used cryo-electron microscopy technology to produce the first-ever high-resolution structure of the protein cGAS bound to the DNA packaging unit inside human cell nuclei, revealing how cGAS responds to foreign or damaged DNA, but not the body’s healthy DNA. Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public academic health system.

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