UNC MD/PhD Program

02/11/2021

FYI

We’re excited to welcome President Joe Biden to NIH TODAY for a tour of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)’s Vaccine Research Center and a briefing on the latest research. Tune in to see his remarks LIVE today at 4:30 p.m. ET on our page.

01/15/2021

💊🩺🏥 Join us for our second annual (Virtual) Mini Med School! This is a 5-week lecture series, starting on February 2nd, 2021, that is free and open to the public. Register by scanning the QR code below or visiting https://www.med.unc.edu/minimedschool/

01/04/2021

Happy New Year!

A group of pediatricians at UNC Children's Hospital welcomed the new year with their own dance video.

10/19/2020

Congrats to our very own, Meryem Ok! Good luck!!!

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. 3MT was...

07/24/2020

Congratulations to program alum, Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD, whose work on peanut allergies will be supported by the UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program!

Alena Markmann, MD, PhD, Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD, Tessa Andermann, MD, PhD, and Peyton Thompson, MD, will receive support from the Physician Scientists Training Program at the UNC School of Medicine to cultivate their careers as translational clinician scientists.

07/23/2020

Our very own Co-Director, Dr. Toni Darville, is featured in the New York Times! Check it out!

New research on Chlamydia trachomatis from the other side of the world and the UNC Pediatric Infectious Diseases program were featured in the New York Times.

06/27/2020

We had a great turnout this week at the first-ever MD-PhD Bridge Builders seminar! This month, we discussed articles from the , a must-read for reframing the truth about American history https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

06/26/2020

Current Student featured in Vital Signs!
"Dayne Filer, an MD-PhD student specializing in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, published a piece on Medium discussing how the United States can move forward with a reformed healthcare system."

06/10/2020

Current students, Yasemin Cole & Nicole Ochandarena helped develop an 8-week COVID19 curriculum for 1st-year medical students! Read more:

When UNC first-year medical students shifted their studies to remote learning in March, they were eager not only to continue their typical curriculum but also to learn about COVID-19.