2013 Collegiate Inventors Competition

The Collegiate Inventors Competition is accepting entries for the 2013 Competition. The deadline for submitting entries is Friday, June 14, 2013.  Information about the competition is available here.

For the last 23 years, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has recognized and honored student inventors whose inventions one day could make significant contributions to society. The competition is sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, Abbott, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This year, more than $65,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winning undergraduate and graduate students and their advisors.

All finalists in the competition will receive an all-expense paid trip to the final judging round taking place in Washington, DC and the opportunity to have their work reviewed by inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Two medical students win infectious disease scholarships for global health

May 14, 2013 — Two medical students at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have been awarded a highly competitive Medical Scholars Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Read More

Friday ID Conference: “Bacillus anthracis versus the phagocyte, an unfair match”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “Bacillus anthracis versus the phagocyte, an unfair match” – Ian Glomski, PhD
Date: Friday, May 24, 2013
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

Description: Ian Glomski is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at University of Virginia’s School of Medicine. Read More

UNC CFAR seeks to fund new ideas in HIV research

The UNC CFAR Developmental Core is soliciting proposals for small grants of between $5,000 and $30,000 for one year which would support HIV Investigators (clinical, basic, and social scientists, including Pediatrics, OB-GYN, and Internal Medicine) seeking to fund new ideas in HIV research.  Read More

Friday ID Conference: “IDSA Guidelines”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “IDSA Guidelines” – James Horton, MD
Date: May 17, 2013
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

Description: Dr. Horton is the chair contact for the Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). He is the chief of the Infectious Disease Division at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC, as well as a clinical assistant professor of infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Duke Medical School. Read More

Friday ID Conferece: STD/HIV Training Program Presentations Part 2

Title: Friday ID Conferece: STD/HIV Training Program Presentations Part 2
Date: Friday, May 10, 2013
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

Description: The UNC-NIH AIDS and STD Training Program has been running continuously for three decades and provides trainees with research opportunities in the broad area of AIDS and STDs. Training includes basic and epidemiologic research. The program is led by Bill Miller, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at UNC. This is the second part of a series of presentations given by trainees of the program. Read More

Friday ID Conference: “Innate immune signaling and gonococcal pathogenesis”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “Innate immune signaling and gonococcal pathogenesis” – Alex Duncan, MD, PhD
Date: Friday, May 3, 2013
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

Description: Dr. Joseph “Alex” Duncan, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received his medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and completed his residency and infectious disease fellowship training at UNC-Chapel Hill. Read More

Friday ID Conferece: STD/HIV Training Program Presentations Part I

Title: Friday ID Conferece: “STD/HIV Training Program Presentations Part I” – Trainees
Date: Friday, April 26, 2013
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

Description: The UNC-NIH AIDS and STD Training Program has been running continuously for three decades and provides trainees with research opportunities in the broad area of AIDS and STDs. Training includes basic and epidemiologic research. The program is led by Bill Miller, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at UNC. Read More

UNC hosts state’s largest HIV education event, May 6

jpegApril 17, 2013 — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will hold its 18th annual update on the latest treatment information for HIV and hepatitis C on Monday, May 6.  This is the state’s largest HIV education event, and it draws health care providers from across North Carolina. Read More

Friday ID Conference: “North Carolina and the battle against HIV: historical reflections on local research efforts”

Title: Friday ID Conference: “North Carolina and the battle against HIV: historical reflections on local research efforts” – Stephen Inrig, PhD
Date: April 19, 2013
Time: 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics

Description: Dr. Inrig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences Division of Outcomes and Health Services Research at UT Southwestern. He is a member of the Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center, a Clinical Research Scholar in UT Southwestern’s Center for Translational Research (formerly UT-STAR), co-director of the rotation program on health care financing and policy, and also serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management. Read More