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(Allied) Health Sciences: Faculty Resources: Computing/IT

This is a guide for Allied Health Sciences faculty, with a focus on resources for new/junior faculty, mid-career faculty, and their mentors. It is also a broad, one-stop-shop for faculty at all levels.

Created by Health Science Librarians

Introduction

DAHS Faculty are served by both School of Medicine (SOM) IT and University (campus) IT Services (ITS). 

  • See below for a selection of resources and tools provided by these IT groups. 

UNC School of Medicine (SOM) IT overview

UNC SOM IT (formerly OIS/Office of Information Systems)--School of Medicine group

  • Services include Applications and Web Development, A/V Engineering, Classroom Support, End-User Support, Information Security Services, Instructional Media Services, Lecture Capture, Network Support, Room Reservations/Scheduling, Server Support, Videoconferencing.  There is a fee structure for many services. 
  • SOM IT Help: help.med.unc.edu
    • includes chat and walk-in (137 MacNider)
  • Information Security Services
  • Videoconferencing

Securing the School of Medicine Network:  The School of Medicine is committed to providing users with a secure computing environment. We take multi-tiered approach to protecting the network and use several tools:  Laptop Encryption, Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) and Network Access Controls (NAC).  We also recently implemented a hardware firewall for the School of Medicine.

UNC ITS overview

UNC ITS (Information Technology Resources)--this is the campus-wide IT group

Large File Upload Link

School of Medicine IT Tools

UNC Encrypted Email Link

IT Help

IT Help

Get software or online training

Need Software or Online Training?

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