Category Archives: Teaching

Photo of the Day: A New Generation of Published Scientists

Earlier this year, a group of young South African scientists gathered for an intensive manuscript writing course which is held annually for participants in the South African TB/AIDS Training Program (SATBAT).  The course is led by SATBAT co-principal investigators Charlie … Read More

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Inaugurating the new UNC-South China STI Research Training Center

[This is another post sent in by Elizabeth Au and Crystal Shen, who are both spending fellowship years in China. Read their first post here.] Last week marked the official launch of the UNC-South China STI Research Training Center in … Read More

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Want a medical degree? It helps if you’re the one who signs the diplomas

Last Thursday morning at UNC Hospitals, there was an extra white coat during rounds on the infectious diseases ward. The name on the coat:  ”Dr. Holden Thorp.” Now that isn’t inaccurate, of course, as the chancellor holds a doctorate in … Read More

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Who’s the very model of a modern ID specialist?

On the morning of March 28, in a lecture hall in the heart of the UNC medical school campus, first-year med students sat in their “Host Defense and Microbial Pathogens” class and were treated to a guest lecture by UNC … Read More

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Manuscript writing course in South Africa “incredibly successful”

[This post was written by Anne McNulty ('11), student assistant at IGHID] In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. – Sir Francis Darwin Budding scientists … Read More

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Kaiser Family Foundation to MTV: "It's time to take this relationship to the next level"

[This post was sent in by Erik Valera, a research project manager in the UNC School of Medicine. Currently his work is focused on HIV and STDs in the Latino community] The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is taking its relationship … Read More

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Expanding the role of universities in global health

[This post sent in by the delegation that attended the event discussed below: Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD, a new faculty member and UNC’s first professor of global health policy, Myron Cohen, Peggy Bentley, Pia MacDonald, Mamie Sackey-Harris (all … Read More

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Training TB/AIDS researchers and eating barbeque, South Africa style

[This post was sent in by Kirsten Leysieffer, the fellowship and training administrator at the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases] On Saturday, July 18, I had the pleasure of attending the first annual research meeting of  the South … Read More

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A remarkable summer

[This post was written by Dr. Myron Cohen, our institute director.] By any stretch of the imagination this has been a wonderful summer for global health at UNC, and I feel compelled to share with you some highlights. UNC presented … Read More

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Recruiting for a malaria vaccine trial in Malawi – not quite what I expected

[Author Cameron Taylor ('10) is a Geography major at UNC.  She is spending a second summer in Malawi conducting research.] Upon first hearing about a malaria vaccine trial, you do not automatically think traditional birth attendants, but for an upcoming … Read More

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