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UNC Researchers Receive First-Of-It’s-Kind Grant from NIH

October 13, 2020
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UNC  has received the first ever NIH grant to study to the genetics of hidradenitis suppurativa, a devastating inflammatory skin disease.

UNC Researchers Study Novel Treatment For Hodgkin Lymphoma

October 13, 2020
UNC Lineberger researchers have had great success using CAR-T Cell Therapy to treat patients with Hodgkin lymphoma. This clinical trial provides a new option for patients who currently have limited options for treatment.

Heroes Health, launched by UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health, is now available!

October 12, 2020
UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine have partnered to launch the Heroes Health Mental Wellness App to support first responders and healthcare workers. This app provides users with a weekly mental health assessment, shows trends in symptoms over time, and connects users with various mental health resources.

UNC Researchers Receive $3.35M Grant to Create and Study E-Cigarette Prevention Messaging

October 12, 2020
Dr. Seth Noar is leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop, study, and test messaging to discourage e-cigarette use among adolescents. This study’s findings will inform future health communication at the local, state and national level to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents.

UNC Researcher is Awarded $1M NIH Grant to Study Hypersensitivity Disorders

October 12, 2020
Dr. Onyinye Iweala received a $1M grant from NIH to study Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergic condition with global reach. Dr. Iweala leads research that aims to deepen our understanding of the role that glycolipids and unconventional T-cells play in hypersensitivity disorders.

UNC researchers find better a treatment option for children with an egg allergy

October 12, 2020
UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. Edwin Kim and Dr. Wesley Burks report results from their five-year multisite study on treatment options for children with egg allergies. Their research finds Egg Oral Immunotherapy is significantly more likely to achieve sustained unresponsiveness for children with an egg allergy, and may be a...

UNC Researcher leads $26.9M Project to Develop New Psychiatric Medications

October 12, 2020
UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. Bryan L. Roth is leading a team of researchers to create new medications for rapidly treating various psychiatric disorders. This $26.9M project is funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Foundation of Hope awards $475,000 to 13 UNC researchers

October 12, 2020
The Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness will support the research of 13 UNC Department of Psychiatry investigators. Their projects cover a variety of topics including women’s mood disorders, autism, schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression.

UNC Researchers work with FNIH to see if antibiotics can prevent infection in mothers and newborns during labor

October 12, 2020
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has launched a new study to understand if administering one dose of azithromycin during labor can prevent infection and decrease mortality in mothers and newborns. UNC’s Dr. Carl Bose is leading a team partnering with the Kinshasa School of Public Health...

UNC researchers studying the Hepatitis A virus discover a key player in the infection process.

October 12, 2020
UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. Stanley M. Lemon and colleagues utilized gene editing technology to study how the hepatitis A virus (HAV) enters liver cells. Ganglioslides were found to be critical to this process, and this discovery may inform future treatment and prevention methods.