Author Archives: Kate Matthews

A Charlotte baby became the first at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. to receive a breakthrough gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), after his condition was discovered through the Early Check newborn screening pilot study. It was a pregnancy that went relatively smooth. No red flags....

Stephanie Schwartz, MD, and Tracie Walker, MD, in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, published in the New England Journal of Medicine: “Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children – Initial Therapy and Outcomes.” As part of a national COVID-19 research project, Stephanie Schwartz, MD and Tracie Walker, MD, in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine,...

In search of factors that increase vulnerability to the novel coronavirus, UNC Children’s Hospital providers, Tracie Walker, MD, and Stephanie Schwartz, MD, capture real-time data on children and youth hospitalized with COVID-19. Since its inception in March of 2020, UNC has been participating in the study Overcoming COVID-19, led by Adrienne...

Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP awarded Research Project Grant (R01) “Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care: Effectiveness Trial of a Primary Care Based Parenting Intervention to Prevent Child Maltreatment.” Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of  General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine has been awarded funding for...

Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) for a mini symposium focused on Health Disparities and Precision Health. This virtual mini-symposium will take place on December 9th from 1:30 to 3:00pm. Please contact Precision Health via email for the Zoom link. We hope to see you there!