Category: News

Matthew R. Vogt, MD, PhD, has been consulted for an article in Ars Technica entitled “A puzzling illness paralyzed US kids every other year—until it didn’t.” The article explores questions surrounding the EV-D68 virus, which is “known for causing respiratory infections,” but which has also been linked to a paralyzing...

Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for January 2024 included papers appearing in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Advanced Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Check out the full list below: McCullough MJ, Tune MK, Cabrera JC, Torres-Castillo J, He M, Feng Y, Doerschuk...

The Rare Diseases Network podcast featured work from the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium (GDMCC) and a paper on primary ciliary dyskinesia published by researchers in the UNC Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. Senior author is Adam Kimple, MD, PhD. Read the full story here.

In a new study, UNC School of Medicine’s Brian Conlon, PhD, Duke’s Josh Parsons, MD, PhD, and colleagues provide the best evidence to date for the significance of bacterial persister cells in the failure of antibiotics in the clinic. Read the full story here or here.

Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for December 2023 included papers appearing in Science Advances, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, and ACS Macro Letters. Check out the full list below: Einarsson GG, Sherrard LJ, Hatch JE, Zorn B, Johnston E, McGettigan C, O’Neill...

  Allison Williams, a Research Specialist in the MLI Tissue Procurement and Cell Culture Core, was awarded a UNC Core Staff Recognition in the category of Performance Excellence. Ms. Williams’ nominator spoke highly of her initiative within the core, highlighting her role in training new technicians while developing a new...

Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for November 2023 included papers appearing in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Check out the full list below: Asakura T, Okuda K, Chen G, Dang...

Congratulations to Wanda O’Neal, PhD, who has been approved for a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Genetics! Dr. O’Neals Genetics Department profile (still under construction) can be viewed here.

Twenty UNC School of Medicine and 21 other UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have been named in Clarivate’s 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers™, scientific pioneers from around the world whose names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the...

David Peden, MD, MS, has been named chief research officer of the UNC School of Medicine Clinical Research Alliance. He will begin his work in the role immediately. He also serves as interim director of the CRA. Read the full story here.