Impact Stories

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

Carolina Stories

Eric Weimer and Katherine Newhall stand together in a lab, looking at a tablet.

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Improving organ transplantation

Vent hood in a chemistry lab at UNC.

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Striving for sustainability in drug development

Close-up of Bryan Roth in a lab.

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Psychedelic psychiatry

Brent Harrison stands on a beach.

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Hope for hemophilia

A large spectrometer

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A massive discovery

Side by side portraits of Rebecca Grzadzinski (left) and Jose Rodriguez-Romageura (left)

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Breakthroughs in Early Intervention

Jamiel and Shayne Owens smiling at each other on a city sidewalk

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Bringing Autism Fathers Together

Hands using a phone touchscreen

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Studying technology and teen mental health

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

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Leading opioid safety research

Cameron working in a lab with instruments in hand

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Single-cell solutions

Ronit Freeman holds a coronavirus model

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Developing a sweeter COVID-19 test

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

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Collaborating for a Cure