health

Alita Miller

RUNC: Alita Miller

Alita Miller engineers probiotics to treat gut diseases...
Josh Tacca, Greg Phillips, and Helen Huang

Symbiotic Strides

Helen Huang and her lab are building better prosthetics by enhancing them with robotics and...
Kara Hume

Fitness for All

After working with the autism community for over 30 years, Kara Hume is building a...
Jian Lily Chen

RUNC: Jian Chen

Jian Chen wants more mental health services for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities...
Salma Hakam

RUNC: Salma Hakam

Salma Hakam advocates for health equity in underserved populations...
Rachel DuMez-Kornegay, a vat of beer, Emile Charles, kombucha bottles, Justin Nolan, a grocery store shelf full of food

Quenching Curiosities

Meet three Carolina researchers studying beverages, from beer to soda, to improve human health and...
Sid Sheth

RUNC: Siddharth Sheth

Siddharth Sheth leads clinical trials to improve treatments for patients with head and neck cancer...
Clockwise from top-left: Edwin Kim, William Miller and Vivian Go, Shawn Kneipp, Laura Jacox and Sugar, and Andrew Satterlee, Shawn Hingtgen and David Kram

Let’s Get Clinical

Researchers across Carolina manage clinical trials to get novel treatments and interventions into the hands...
Mia Foglesong

RUNC: Mia Foglesong

Mia Foglesong unveils the mind-bending mysteries of psychedelics...