Impact Stories

Stories that show how privately funded research, programs and initiatives are making a difference.

Carolina Stories

Jason P. Mihalik, PhD, co-director, Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; Terry Rhodes, PhD, dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. James Kelly, executive director, Marcus Institute for Brain Health; Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, chancellor

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Treating Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

Patients walk into the University of Zambia School of Medicine Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.

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A new device for saving lives

A screenshot of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Humanitarian Health fellows and volunteers.

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Students on the Frontlines of Humanitarian Health

Sarah Hoffman portrait

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An advocate for mental health

Dr. Moray and students

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Helping Students Reach their Full Potential

Student working in a lab.

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A collaborative initiative

Sign unveiling the new name of the UNC School of Dentistry. It reads "UNC Adams School of Dentistry."

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Four Premier Dental Schools Form Global Alliance

A photo of Nancy and Bill Graham with Lisa Carey, MD, FASCO.

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Grateful patient and husband establish breast cancer research fund

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‘Heroes Health’ mental wellness app launched by School of Medicine and UNC Health

Closeup of machinery in lab.

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READDI for the future

Alex DeWalle smiles in front of a lake.

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Influential innovation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill physician and researcher Elizabeth Stringer

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Where She Needed To Be