Kendall Rovinsky

An analysis of Medicare data, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, reveals that new dementia cases are falling but the number of people living with […]

A medical device company birthed from a collaboration between the School of Medicine and College of Engineering conducted its first human clinical trial for its clot-breaking ultrasound system. (From Left to Right) BME alumni (now Sonovascular employees), John Ranshaw and

Joseph Piven, MD, the Thomas E. Castelloe Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities was given the award for his fundamental contributions to research on autism spectrum disorders. Joe Piven, MD, giving

A national multi-site clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that therapeutic hypothermia may be harming preterm infants recovering from a specific type of brain injury. Matthew Laughon, MD, MPH, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine professor, Department

With a designation from the FDA, a device created and patented by Flavio Frohlich, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, is one step closer to being available for patients.

Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, a tenured associate professor of biomedical engineering, is developing the first 3D-printed intravaginal ring, revolutionizing how women receive treatments for infertility, HIV, menopause, and more. Scientifically speaking, women’s health is stuck in the 1980s. Treatments for infertility,

Researchers pinpoint small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women. A graph showing identification of sex-differential cardiac miRNAs and how miR-871 regulated sex differences in the QTc interval. Credit: Emerson et al (2025). There are

Neurologists Winnie K. Lau, MD, and David Y. Hwang, MD, highlight needed research in the emerging field of neuropalliative care. Winnie Lau, MD, presenting at the INPCS annual conference in 2023. Credit: Winnie Lau Neurological disease, from Alzheimer’s disease to

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment. Colorized scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Researchers have discovered that RNA in Zika virus can freeze itself in time to further its spread in the body, revolutionizing how researchers study disease-causing viruses. (Left) cryo-electron micrograph of the Zika virus and an electron density map of Zika