116 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Building Number: 231
Year Built: 1978
Departments: Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Biology Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dermatology, Genetics, Medicine-Cardiology, Medicine-Hematology, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Surgery
The university completed this medical school building in 1978 and named it for Mary Ellen Jones, a distinguished professor of biochemistry. She received her undergraduate degree in 1944 and earned her doctorate from Yale in 1951. A faculty member at Carolina for thirty years, Jones was the first woman to chair a department in the School of Medicine and the first woman to be named a Kenan professor.
Building Features:
- Lactation Room: Room 3406A *Enter through Women's shower* (Available 6 a.m.- 6 p.m. Access via Med School Photo ID office (060 MacNider Hall, Level G, 919-843-3787)