Empowering Female Athletes
Sam Moore combines groundbreaking research with her personal experiences to enhance the performance and health of female athletes.
UNCRS Category: Health
AI for Better Births
Jeffrey Stringer has merged an AI app with a portable ultrasound device to improve maternal and child health.
Finding Their Way Home
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.
Stars in Their Eyes
Newlyweds and postdoctoral researchers Manuel and Megan Maeso look forward to a future filled with companionship, empathy, and science.
Eye-Opening Innovations
Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.
Boldly Breaking Barriers
Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.
Building Living Machines
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
Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.