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Marsico Lung Institute Publications for March 2026

Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for March 2026 included papers appearing in Science, Microbiome, and Journal of Clinical Investigation. Check out the full list below: Bathgate CJ, Smith ED, Murphy NH, Quittner AL, Riekert KA, Goralski JL, Holm KE. Stress management reduces severe depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cystic … Read more

Haendel et al Call for Governing Health Data as a Public Utility to Unlock Real-World Evidence and Protect Patients

In a new paper published in Science, researchers propose treating health data as essential national infrastructure, balancing patient empowerment, privacy, innovation, and public good. Melissa Haendel, PhD, Marsico Lung Institute member and the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of genetics, was first author on the paper. Read the full story on the UNC Newsroom website … Read more

Marsico Lung Institute Publications for February 2026

Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for February 2026 included papers appearing in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (with a cover image by Marsico’s Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD, et al), Journal of Neuroinflammation, and Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Check out the full list below: Fazio JC, … Read more

Haendel et al Launch Revolutionary Coding Standard to Transform Rare Disease Diagnosis

Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI, and collaborators at the Monarch Initiative are helping to improve the diagnostic odyssey for rare disease patients by launching the world’s first standardized rare disease coding tool, which will draw on data from around the world to more quickly diagnose rare diseases. Read the full article on the School of Medicine … Read more