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• 7th Annual Charlotte Biotechnology Conference to feature Dr. Roger Newton, co-discoverer of Lipitor® and founder of Esperion Therapeutics, Inc

  - 2008-10-01

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Charlotte Research Institute will present the 7th Annual Charlotte Biotechnology Conference (www.CharlotteBiotechnology.com) taking place at the Barnhardt Student Activities Center on October 28, 2008. This flagship conference represents the region's top biotechnology thought leaders in research, investment, education,...

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• Upstream Appoints University of North Carolina Chemoinformatics Expert to Scientific Advisory Board

  - 2008-06-25

  Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) today announced the appointment of Alexander Tropsha, Ph.D. of the University of North Carolina UNC, one of the world's leading chemoinformatics experts, to the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Chemoinformatics combines chemistry and computer science to accelerate the speed and reduce the cost of discovering drugs...

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• Tranzyme Pharma Strengthens Clinical Development Team With the Appointment of Philippa A. Charlton, MD, MPH as Medical Director

  - 2008-05-06

  Tranzyme Pharma today announced that Dr. Philippa Charlton has joined the Company as Medical Director, Clinical Development, a newly created position. In this new position, Dr. Charlton will play a pivotal role in the planning and execution of advanced clinical programs for the company's lead compounds, TZP-101 and TZP-102. ...

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• IntraOp Medical Corporation Brings Together Top Minds in IOERT for Scholarly Exchange

  - 2008-02-13

  Doctors from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The Ohio State University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will collaborate on research, training and best practices for IOERT treatment SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- IntraOp Medical Corporation (OTCBB: IOPM), announced today that two North American hospitals that use...

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• Old Dominion Freight Line Elects Dr. John D. Kasarda to Board of Directors

  - 2008-01-09

  THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODFL) today announced the election of Dr. John D. Kasarda to its Board of Directors. Dr. Kasarda is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina - Chapel...

  Tags: board, Company, Dr., Entrepreneurship, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., Transportation, University of North Carolina

• March of Dimes Honors Dr. Siega-Riz for Outstanding Work in Maternal- Fetal Nutrition

  - 2007-11-28

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Robert Storace, +1-914-997-4622, rstorace@marchofdimes.com, Todd Dezen, +1-914-997-4608, tdezen@marchofdimes.com, or Elizabeth Lynch, +1-914-997-4286, elynch@marchofdimes.com, all of March of Dimes WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.,Nov. 28/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., RD, an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, has received the March of...

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• CDC Awards NATT Funding to Improve Blood Clot Awareness

  - 2007-09-26

  To: MEDICAL EDITORSContact: Alan Brownstein, +1-917-209-2000, apbrownstein@msn.com, Randy Fenninger, President, +1-202-833-0007, both of NATT; Dr. Stephan Moll of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, +1-919- 966-3311, smoll@med.unc.edu, Medical and Scientific Advisory Board chairman for NATT TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance for Thrombosis and Thrombophilia NATT...

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• Dr. Gary J. Pielak, a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, has received a $2.5 million, five-year Director's Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health

  - 2006-09-01

  Dr. Gary J. Pielak, a professor of chemistry at the university of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, has received a $2.5 million, five-year Director's Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health. Pielak, the first UNC-Chapel Hill scientist to receive the award, will use the funding to study the role of proteins...

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• Wiewel joins SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group in O'Fallon

  - 2006-04-13

  SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Chandra Wiewel to the family medicine department of the medical group. Wiewel joins Drs. Mike Hemmersmeier and Len Hoffmann at the O'Fallon offices, 1101 Highway K. Wiewel has been practicing for three years. Her medical degree...

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• North Carolina Central University

  - 2005-12-01

  Dr. Loma H. Harris has been appointed chair of the department of nursing at North Carolina Central University. Previously she was dean of the School of Nursing at North Carolina A&T State University. Harris earned a bachelor's from North Carolina A&T, and a master's and a doctorate from the University...

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