Administrative Updates
Rooted: Craig Fletcher
February 6, 2024
Craig Fletcher is an associate vice chancellor for research and director of the Division of Comparative Medicine within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. He has been contributing to research at Carolina for 14 years.
Inside UNC Research: Looking after the wellbeing of animals
January 17, 2024
Tracy Heenan has been the director of the Office of Animal Care and Use for 30 years.
Important updates to clinical research compliance services
December 12, 2023
A message to the research community on research compliance. Dear UNC Research Community, We are pleased to announce important updates to our clinical research compliance services. Effective immediately, the Clinical Research Compliance Office (CRCO) is the new, central point of contact for all Investigational New Drug (IND) and Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) compliance requirements from ... Read more
Updates on the Research Data Management Core Support and Resources
December 6, 2023
We are now pleased to provide the following exciting announcements on the Research Data Management Core (RDMC) progress: the appointment of Jonathan Crabtree as the core’s inaugural director, the rollout of the RDMC website, an update to RDMC service support, and fee information.
Inside UNC Research: Moving highway safety research forward
November 14, 2023
Laura Sandt and Caroline Mozingo have been appointed permanent co-directors of the Highway Safety Research Center, bringing a combined 33 years of experience in driving success in research, outreach, and operations.
Henderson named dean of University of Florida College of Nursing
November 14, 2023
A message from Andy Johns, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research senior associate vice chancellor for research, Blossom Damania, School of Medicine Boshamer Distinguished Professor and vice dean for research, and Ian Buchanon, UNC Health chief care innovation officer. Please join us in congratulating Shakira Henderson on her acceptance of the deanship of the ... Read more
VPN requirement for accessing university research administration systems
November 13, 2023
A message from Andy Johns, senior associate vice chancellor for research. I am writing to inform you about an important update regarding access to specific research administration systems. In our ongoing commitment to ensuring the security and privacy of the University’s data, we are implementing a new requirement to use the campus Virtual Private Network (VPN) ... Read more
Sandt and Mozingo named co-directors of HSRC
November 9, 2023
A message from the Vice Chancellor for Research. It is with great pleasure that I announce that Laura Sandt and Caroline Mozingo have been appointed permanent co-directors of the Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC). They have served as interim co-directors of the center for the past two years, establishing this effective and successful shared leadership ... Read more
ORD Staff Updates
September 20, 2023
Research Development Manager Leigh Ann Samsa in the Office of Research Development (ORD) will support the research enterprise in a new capacity as director of the newly created Office of Research Strategy at the School of Data Science and Society (SDSS). Through the Office of Research Strategy, SDSS and ORD will have many opportunities to ... Read more
Inside UNC Research: Providing compliance support
September 15, 2023
Quinton Johnson has been appointed the assistant vice chancellor for research compliance and serves as the University’s research compliance officer. UNC Research spoke to him about what’s to come for compliance at Carolina.