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Leigh Lectureship Honors a Legacy of Pediatric Pulmonary Leadership

A newly established lectureship, the Department of Pediatrics Dr. Margaret W. Leigh Lectureship, will honor the legacy of Margaret “Magee” W. Leigh, MD, a now-retired physician in the UNC Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and a highly respected leader in the field. The new lectureship will bring world-renowned experts to UNC to educate and inspire pediatric trainees for … Read more

Olivier, Boucher, et al Awarded $7.3 Million to Advance Research on Rare Bronchiectatic Diseases

A multidisciplinary team of UNC researchers led by Kenneth Olivier, MD, MPH, and Richard C. Boucher, MD, has received ~$7.3M from NHLBI to lead the Rare Bronchiectatic Diseases Consortium, advancing research on four rare lung diseases that cause progressive bronchiectasis. The effort builds on UNC’s national leadership and aims to accelerate discovery, clinical trials, and … Read more

Kesimer et al Develop New Metric to Monitor Lung Health

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or asthma before symptoms start. The study, led by Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, is described in a new paper published in NEJM Evidence. Read the full story on the … Read more

Marsico Lung Institute Publications for December 2025 & January 2026

Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for December 2025 and January 2026 included papers appearing in Nucleic Acids Research, European Respiratory Journal, and GigaScience. Check out the full list below: Leigh MW, Shapiro AJ, Chawla KK, Hazucha MJ, Brown DE, Lin FC, Jiang L, Carson JL, Davis SD, Dell SD, Sagel SD, Rosenfeld … Read more