Category: News

Formed 15 years ago, the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium is now co-led by UNC’s Stephanie Davis, MD, to continue advancing knowledge and treatments for genetic chronic pulmonary conditions. Read the full story here.

M. Bradley Drummond, MD MHS, has been consulted and quoted for a news article about the difficulty in distinguishing symptoms of flu from symptoms of vaping-related illness. The article, “Flu, vaping illnesses difficult to distinguish and costly to treat,” was published in the Carolina Journal and can be found here.

James S. Hagood, MD, is part of a national collaboration of scientists working to create a 3D map of the human body. The group is the Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) Consortium, and in an article published in Nature Magazine, HuBMAP has set out its goals for the project. The article...

Together with Giulio Cabrini and Noel Gerard McElvaney, Carla Ribeiro is serving as an Editor for Frontiers in Pharmacology‘s Research Topic titled “Novel Anti-inflammatory Approaches for Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease: Identification of Molecular Targets and Design of Innovative Therapies.” The journal is inviting manuscripts related to this topic, with an...

Ilona Jaspers, PhD, toxicologist and professor of pediatrics and microbiology & immunology, has published an article about vaping and the “safety” of e-cigarettes on Salon.com. The article, “Vaping likely has dangers that could take years for scientists to even know about,” can be found here.

Michelle Hernandez, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, discusses e-cigarettes and vaping on the latest episode of “Conversations from the World of Allergy,” a podcast from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. The podcast can be found here, and a transcript of the podcast can be found here.

Robert Tarran, PhD, was interviewed for a Reuters news article and video segment reporting on the effort by United States scientists to investigate vaping-related illnesses. The article and video can be found here.

The Conversation, a nonprofit international news organization featuring academics who want to write for a general audience, posted an article written by Ilona Jaspers, PhD, toxicologist and professor of pediatrics and microbiology & immunology. Dr. Jaspers’ article can be found here, and a UNC story about that article can be...

Robert Tarran, PhD, was interviewed on a CNBC news segment reporting that e-cigarettes may be just as bad for the lungs as traditional cigarettes. The interview can be found here.

UNC-Chapel Hill and NCSU researchers, including Michelle Hernandez, MD, and Delesha Carpenter, PhD, MSPH, have been awarded an NSF grant to study early asthma exacerbation detection through wearable devices developed by NCSU. Read the full story here.