Dr. Ataga is the director of the UNC Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program. His clinical research is focused on the vasculopathy of sickle cell disease, with an emphasis on pulmonary hypertension and renal complications, and coagulation activation in sickle cell disease. In addition, he has a strong research interest in the development of new therapies for … Read more

Dr. Machineni is a new faculty member in Endocrinology. This lecture will cover the complexity of weight regulation, the biological basis of heterogeneity of response to various treatments for obesity, the role of treatment response predictors and offer a pragmatic approach to medical management of obesity. At the New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, he … Read more

In 2015, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide, with the majority of deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to the human burden of malaria, the economic burden is vast. It is thought to cost African countries more than $12 billion every year in direct losses. For more than a decade, Drs. Juliano and … Read more

David Wohl, MDWilliam Fischer, MDSevere acute viral infections are one of the world's most common causes of hospitalization and mortality with worse outcomes disproportionately affecting resource-constrained countries. In the past 15 years we have witnessed the emergence or re-emergence of several viral pathogens that threaten global public health including SARS, pandemic H1N1 Influenza, MERS-CoV, and … Read more