UNC School of Medicine

Eliana Perrin

March 2, 2016

Eliana Perrin oversees the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Office of Research Development as an associate vice chancellor for research. She is also a tenured professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and a nationally known researcher in the area of child health — particularly obesity prevention and treatment.

Folami Ideraabdullah

February 17, 2016

Folami Ideraabdullah is an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics in the UNC School of Medicine and a researcher at the Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis. Her research looks at the genetic differences between individuals to determine how the cells in the body respond to changes in diet.

A Nobel Win

October 13, 2015

Aziz Sancar attributes his award-winning success to those who collaborated with him over the years.

Fat of the Bone

July 10, 2014

Maya Styner shows how a high-fat diet, exercise, and diabetes medications can change the insides of our bones.

Will Big Science Cure AIDS?

May 29, 2014

The story of UNC’s decades-long fight against HIV and its implications for the battle against other deadly diseases.

The Shedding Effect

April 24, 2014

UNC microbiologists pinpoint a gene that makes RSV one of the deadliest infections a baby can get.