Kearns Promotion
January 16, 2014
On, Wednesday, January 1, 2014, Randy Kearns, DHA, MSA, CEM was promoted from Clinical Instructor in the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center to Clinical Assistant Professor. Congratulations Randy.
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A Singular Vision: Part 2
December 26, 2013
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A Singular Vision: The Founding of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
December 23, 2013
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Garner Fire Department Brings Santa to Burn Center
December 16, 2013
On Saturday, December 14, 2013, members of the Garner Fire Department brought Santa and his bag of gifts to visit the patients of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center. Patients, families and staff really felt the holiday cheer from Santa and his merry band of fire service elves. Garner has...
Charlene Pell Receives Woman of Will Award
December 16, 2013
Charlene Pell, Member, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Advisory Board, was awarded the first annual Woman of Will Award on Thursday, December 12th, for her work in the Lake Norman community. More than 50 women were nominated, 10 finalists selected, and the recipient announced at a luncheon held Thursday. Charlene’s...
Congratulations Burn Center Lab
December 6, 2013
Two original research articles have been published by the Burn Center Lab. First, it was just announced that the PhD Doctoral Thesis work of Crystal Neely, under the direction of Dr. Bruce Cairns and Dr. Rob Maile, has just been accepted for publication with PLoS ONE. PLoS ONE is a...
Ernest Grant, RN, MSN, FAAN Nominated
November 27, 2013
Congratulations to Ernest Grant, RN, MSN,FAAN, for being nominated for 2nd Vice President of the American Burn Association. “This is quite an honor for Ernie, The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, and the American Burn Association. With Ernie’s incredible professionalism and depth of knowledge, I know he will help progress...
Student Awards at Southern Region Burn Conference
November 25, 2013
Dana Walsh, doctoral candidate in Curriculum in Toxicology working with Dr. Bruce Cairns and Dr. Samuel Jones, received first place in the student paper competition at the Southern Region Burn Conference held in Tampa, Florida, November 15-17, 2013. Her paper was entitled: Detection of Lung Microbiota by Next Generation Sequencing...
Grace Schmits, RN Receives Second Place for Presentation
November 25, 2013
Grace Schmits, RN, received second place for her non-physician paper competition at the Southern Region Burn Conference held in Tampa, Florida, November 15-17, 2013, entitled: “OZ: Experience with a Burn Nursing Retreat”. Congratulations Grace!
North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Donation
November 18, 2013
On Thursday, October 24, 2013 at the 4th Quarter North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Advisory Board Meeting, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives and CoBank represented by Nelle Hotchkiss, Dale Lambert, and Lindsey Listrom, presented a check for $10,000 to Dr. Bruce Cairns, director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Anita...