We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Juan Song has been promoted to the position of Full Professor, effective August 1st, 2023!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Michael Emanuele has been promoted to the position of Full Professor, effective August 1st, 2023!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jude Samuski is awarded as an Alumni Distinguished Professor, effective immediately on July 1st of 2023.

Zoe McElligott, PhD, was one of three UNC addiction medicine researchers featured in Vital Signs. This translational research team is battling the opioid epidemic by analyzing the ever-changing composition of street drugs and testing how emerging drug combination such as xylazine and fentanyl interact in rodent models.

The competitive award will fund their project titled, “Development of a Novel Platform Approach to Expand the Degradable Proteome.” Congratulations to all!

Funding from Convergent Research will support the creation of a dataset of all known interactions between small molecule drugs and drug targets, that could be used for drug repurposing or to develop effective drugs with fewer side effects. Learn more about EvE Bio.

Liz Brunk, Ph.D., was featured in an article on CyVerse for her ground breaking development of Jupyter notebooks to facilitate learning through 3D imaging and hands-on experience.

Shelley Earp, MD, receives award honoring UNC systems faculty members who have “made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race.”

Dr. Samulski received the Sune Berström award for his pioneering work in gene therapy and adeno-associated virus vectors in the field of pharmacology and molecular virology.

Congratulations to Dr. Rubin on being recognized as an exceptional mentor! Janet Rubin, MD, is Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Joint Professor of Pharmacology.