Dr. Robert Berger, Chief Medical Information Officer, was featured in the Daily Tarheel, UNC's daily student newspaper, on November 12, 2009. Dr. Berger was the chief architect of design for the internet-based health records program used by UNC Hospitals. See the full article: Medical Records Lead the Way

Peng Liu, MD, PhD, of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center received a TraC$10K grant for clinical and translational research projects. Thirteen projects were funded in this round, out of 44 applications received by the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute. Dr. Liu's project is titled “Targeted Inhibition of Th17 Cells for the Treatment of Autoimmune Disease.”