Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Dr. David Drewry at the Genetic Medicine Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill .

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Collaborating for a Cure

Kainat Aslam

3 min read

Creating a Pathway

Portrait of Whitney Nobel standing in front of the Old Well

4 min read

Stepping Ahead

Ricky May, third from left, with previous Carolina Blue Honors Fellows.

1 min read

Expanding fellowship efforts

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

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

8 min read

A new device for saving lives

Susan Gravely and Bill Ross gaze at each other on a balcony overlooking the city of Florence.

5 min read

Giving the Gift of Global Education

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

Joey Lancellotti pitching

1 min read

Songs of inspiration

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What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

Two women in doula training session.

1 min read

Training Black doulas to serve Black women

Phillips Ambassador T.J. Turner poses with some of his Korean and Japanese friends in Shiba Park with blooming cherry trees in the background.

3 min read

Ambassadors in Asia