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has in uenced advancements in cancer institutions across the nation. Dr. Pagano also demonstrates commitment to furthering cancer research as an internationally renowned virologist who studies molecular links between viruses and cancer in his lab. With nearly 50 years of continuous research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Pagano studies the Epstein-Barr virus using novel techniques. He is also a revered mentor, as the current director of the UNC Lineberger postdoctoral training program. Nathan Davis Award from the American Medical Association in 2007. Sen. Purcell is a graduate of the UNC School of Medicine who practiced as a pediatrician in Laurinburg, N.C., for many years before retiring and being elected to the North Carolina Senate. Sen. Purcell also served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in France from 1957 to 1959. His involvement in health care has continued throughout his political career, as co-chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee, the Senate Health Care Committee, and the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force. Sen. Purcell has been recognized for his achievements with the Distinguished Service Award from the UNC School of Medicine and the State Sen. William R. Purcell, MD Ross retired from UNC Hospitals in December 2001 after 28 years of service. At the time of her retirement, she held the title of senior vice president, director of nursing. Sandra K. Evans, a close friend, served as UNC Hospitals’ assistant nursing director under Fran. In 1973, she joined the sta at N.C. Memorial Hospital as vice chair of the Department of Nursing after earning her bachelor’s degree from the UNC School of Nursing in 1959 and completing course work toward a graduate degree in nursing administration in 1968. She co-founded the Appalachian Council of Nurse Executives of University Teaching Hospitals, served as an adjunct associate professor at the UNC School of Nursing and in 1989 received the School of Nursing’s Alumna of the Year Award. Selected in 1991 as one of the “Great 100” nurses in North Carolina, she now has a F I R S T Frances Ross Memorial Scholarship program 2009: First named in her honor, recognizing her contribupatients begin tions to nursing at UNC Hospitals. receiving care at Martha Frances “Fran” Ross, RN, In Memoriam UNC 2007 2007 2007 UNC Health Care System facilities become tobacco free 2007 N.C. General Assembly establishes the University Cancer Research Fund, which eventually will grow to the equivalent of a $1 billion endowment 2008 2008 UNC Health Care purchases Chatham Hospital the N.C. Cancer Hospital www.unchealthcare.org 13 http://www.unchealthcare.org

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