Penny Gordon-Larsen is the vice chancellor for research and the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has been contributing to research at Carolina for 25 years.
The objective of UNC students and makers Lindsey Pegram and Lilia Su during a three-day expedition at sea was to investigate how they could operate makerspace equipment and assist researchers aboard the vessel, especially in an uncontrolled and unpredictable environment.
Andrew Olshan and Tania Desrosiers were awarded $2.1 million in funding to support the ongoing work of the North Carolina Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention.
SOM’s Eric Wallen is co-leading the effort to improve diagnostic and health outcomes for all North Carolinians with prostate cancer, including Black men and Native Americans, who are disproportionately affected.
A startup founded by a former Carolina faculty member is developing a non-hormonal oral male contraceptive pill that has the potential to curb unplanned pregnancies.
