Author Archives: ecroe

The paper recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by Jerome Carpenter, PhD, Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, et al has been profiled by RT Magazine and by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) on their respective websites. The paper elucidates the molecular intricacies of mucus and...

James Hagood, MD, and Richard Boucher, MD, are leading a multinational project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to research “how the cells lining, the nose, mouth, and airways as well as the associated fluids interact to maintain respiratory health or play a role in diseases throughout childhood.” Read...

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, WRAL-TV features Michelle Hernandez, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and director of the N.C. Child Health Research Network. Read the full article here.

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, has further illuminated the molecular intricacies of mucus and its role in pulmonary diseases, laying more groundwork for better therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other airway conditions. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy...

Principal investigators James S. Hagood, MD, and Richard C. Boucher, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, will lead a multinational, $3.5-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map crucial cellular roles in human health and disease. Other Marsico Lung Institute researchers in the project are Michelle Hernandez, MD,...

David Peden, MD, has been named by UNC-Chapel Hill as the School of Medicine’s Harry S. Andrews Distinguished Term Professor, effective April 25, 2021. Peden is among 68 other professors recently named Distinguished Professors by Carolina. Read the full story here.

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, was consulted for a WRAL report on the relatively low number of pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Triangle area. Read the full story here.

Christine Vigeland, MD, was interviewed for an ABC11 news report detailing how hospital ICUs have reached capacity during the COVID-19 surge. Read the full story and view the video here.

M. Bradley Drummond, MD, was consulted for a WRAL article about the Carolina Stress Initiative, which seeks to address the mental stress of caring for COVID-19 patients. The article, “Carolina Stress Initiative recruiting health care workers for study to develop better mental health therapies,” can be found here.

David Peden, MD, past president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, will serve as the academy’s first editor-in-chief of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global. Read the full story here.