Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Doctor showing woman an x-ray of teeth.

1 min read

Improving patient care

A person in a lab coat checking blood pressure on a patient.

1 min read

Conducting prevention research

2 min read

A prestigious professorship

Jeremy Wang, assistant professor of genetics in the UNC School of Medicine, in front of lab equipment

7 min read

The power of partnership

Two people stand in outdoor hallway of a building.

2 min read

A convergent code

Madyson Barber smililing on campus

4 min read

Going Above and Beyond

1 min read

Researching the senses

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

7 min read

Treating Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

Joel Kingsolver in Lab

1 min read

A pillar for ecosystem health

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

8 min read

A new device for saving lives

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

4 min read

Students on the Frontlines of Humanitarian Health

Sarah Hoffman portrait

4 min read

An advocate for mental health