medicine

Predictive Prescriptions

June 19, 2025

Alex Tropsha is part of a multi-million dollar, federally funded project using machine learning to identify new uses for existing drugs.

Trial and Discovery

May 20, 2025

Carolina researchers are pushing the boundaries of medicine through clinical trials — driving innovation, uncovering new therapies, and shaping a future where science transforms lives.

RUNC: Elizabeth Kwong

May 14, 2025

Elizabeth Kwong studies physician burnout and how to improve their well-being.

A Ring of Hope

March 25, 2025

Rahima Benhabbour is engineering health care solutions for women impacted by HIV.

AI for Better Births

March 18, 2025

Jeffrey Stringer has merged an AI app with a portable ultrasound device to improve maternal and child health.

RUNC: Juan Castillo

February 26, 2025

Juan Castillo explores how alcohol use disorder affects the brain.

Finding Their Way Home

February 24, 2025

Bill Miller and Clara Lee have navigated nearly two decades of marriage and academia, including a departure from and return to Carolina, where their relationship began.

Eye-Opening Innovations

January 28, 2025

Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.

Building Living Machines

January 23, 2025

Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.

Fired Up for RNA

January 21, 2025

Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.