Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and James. W. Woods Junior Faculty Award Seminar

Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and James. W. Woods Junior Faculty Award Seminar

When

October 23, 2026    
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where

Medical Biomolecular Research Building, room G-202
111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516

Event Type

Join us to hear from the recipients of the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships and Dr. James W. Woods Junior Faculty Awards, prestigious UNC School of Medicine awards that recognize and support outstanding early-career faculty whose innovative research, teaching, and clinical contributions are shaping the future of academic medicine.

The recipients of the 2026-27 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine are:

  • Sarah Rowe-Conlon, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
  • Katherine (Katie) Baldwin, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
  • Guochun Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

The recipient of the 2026-27 James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award is:

This is an in-person event.