Researchers at UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals are leading the charge in Zika research with more than 10 groups currently studying Zika – its transmission, its epidemiology and its associated neurological and birth defects, including microcephaly. Dr. David Weber is a member of UNC Hospitals’ Zika Response Working Group, keeping clinic directors informed … Read more

Dr. Duncan is an infectious diseases specialist and physician scientist. He runs a laboratory focused on understanding the role of the human immune system both in protecting us from infection but also in understanding how host immunity is exploited by pathogens to promote infections. His lab studies host immune response to N. gonorrhoeae and S. … Read more

Type 2 diabetes is a major and growing contributor to poor health outcomes globally. Clinical science has conclusively demonstrated that glycemic control reduces the risk of microvascular complications – eye, kidney and nerve disease. For cardiovascular disease, blood pressure and lipid management, smoking cessation and antiplatelet therapies are effective in reducing risk. However, great controversy … Read more

Guest Speaker: Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease; The Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology; Johns Hopkins Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology