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Boucher Consulted for WebMD Article About Long COVID

August 25, 2022

Richard C. Boucher, MD, was consulted for a WebMD article about long COVID. In the article, “Other Viruses Offer Hints Toward the Mystery of Long COVID,” Dr. Boucher discusses work being done by Marsico Lung Institute researchers to investigate how COVID attacks lung cells in mice, as well as the after-effects of the COVID infection. … Read more

Hernandez Participating in $31-Million Asthma Study

August 3, 2022

The UNC School of Medicine is participating in $31-million asthma study. The UNC site lead investigators are Michelle Hernandez, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, and Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair of research in the UNC Department of Family Medicine. Read the full story here.

Braunstein Named ASM Distinguished Lecturer

July 7, 2022

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.

Jaspers: Fourth-Generation Vaping Devices Increase Risk to Immune Cells

July 7, 2022

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.

Drummond Interviewed by WRAL on the Effects of Vaping

June 30, 2022

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.

Hagood Awarded Grant from Harrington Discovery Institute

May 6, 2022

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 the full story here.