Nov

Dr. David J. Weber receives 2006 H. Fleming Fuller Award

CHAPEL HILL – Dr. David J. Weber, a physician at UNC Hospitals, is this year’s recipient of the H. Fleming Fuller Award. Dr. Weber is also a professor in the departments of medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a professor of epidemiology in the UNC School of Public Health.

People briefs: Dardess takes on new role in UNC School of Medicine

Dr. Margaret Dardess, UNC's associate provost for strategic partnerships, will take on additional responsibilities effective today (Nov. 1) as senior counselor to Dr. William L. Roper, dean of the UNC School of Medicine, chief executive officer of the UNC Health Care System and vice chancellor for medical affairs.

N.C. Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals hosts Southern Region Burn Conference, celebrates its 25th anniversary

CHAPEL HILL – This weekend the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals will host the 19th annual Southern Region Burn Conference at the Washington Duke Inn in Durham. In addition, the doctors, nurses and staff of the 21-bed unit will celebrate its 25th anniversary Friday night in a banquet held at the Carolina Club at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

Hobgood elected chair of board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Dr. Cherri D. Hobgood, associate dean for curriculum and educational development and associate professor of emergency medicine in UNC's School of Medicine, was recently elected chair of the board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

Curtis Media Group and Time Warner Cable partner with N.C. Children’s Hospital for N.C. Children’s Promise radiothon/telethon

CHAPEL HILL – For a fifth year, the N.C. Children’s Hospital will reach out to more than 1 million people across the state Thursday, Nov. 16, in a live fundraiser aired on radio and television.

People briefs: Griffith receives gold medal from Slovakian university

Dr. Jack Griffith, Kenan distinguished professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has received the Great Gold Medal of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Fifth N.C. Children’s Promise Celebration raises $631,508

CHAPEL HILL – A preliminary accounting shows that the fifth N.C. Children’s Promise radiothon/telethon raised $631,508, an increase of $167,682 or 36 percent over the previous year.

UNC to lead national study of schizophrenia drug side effects

CHAPEL HILL - Drugs commonly used to treat schizophrenia often cause unwanted and dangerous side effects, such as weight gain and elevated cholesterol. But a new clinical trial led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Medicine will study strategies to reduce those problems while effectively treating the disorder.

UNC scientists solve mystery of how largest cellular motor protein powers movement

CHAPEL HILL - Scientists now understand how an important protein converts chemical energy to mechanical force, thus powering the process of cell division, thanks to a new structural model by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers.