Category: News

The American Society for Microbiology selected Miriam Braunstein, PhD, in the UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology, as a distinguished lecturer for a two-year term. Read the full story here.

With the FDA ordering Juul to stop selling their e-cigarette devices, UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Ilona Jaspers, PhD, published the first study to compare the respiratory immune health effects of different types of devices. Read the full story here, and a related article from WRAL TechWire here.

M. Bradley Drummond, MD MHS, was interviewed on WRAL News on the effects of vaping and smoking in light of the FDA’s decision to remove Juul e-cigarettes off the market. The video of the interview can be seen here.

James S. Hagood, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease of the UNC Children’s Research Institute and Marsico Lung Institute, has been selected as a Harrington Scholar-Innovator for his work on a therapeutic Strategy for pulmonary fibrosis. Read...

Matthew R. Vogt, MD, PhD, was interviewed for an ABC11 WTVD news brief on the increase of COVID-19 cases in young children. The news brief can be viewed here.

Research conducted by the lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, has been featured in multiple news stories across a range of websites. The research, focusing on asthma, COVID-19, and the cytokine IL-13, was initially published in PNAS by Morrison, Ehre, et al under the title “SARS-CoV-2 infection of airway cells causes intense...

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, and Michelle Hernandez, MD, initiate pandemic preparedness study focused on children with NIAID Vaccine Research Center. Read the full story here.

David Peden, MD, MS, was consulted for a Medscape article on the use of early allergen immunotherapy for the prevention of future asthma. The article, “Can Early Allergen Immunotherapy Prevent Future Asthma?,” can be read here.

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, was awarded an R01 from NIAID to generate new monoclonal antibodies in hopes of informing pan-enterovirus vaccines. Read the full story here.

UNC-Chapel Hill scientists led by Camille Ehre, PhD, show how cells packed with SARS-CoV-2 detach from the upper airway and spread deep into lungs where severe COVID can take root. They also discovered how an asthmatic reaction to allergens battles the virus to hold severe COVID at bay. Read the...