Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the umbrella term for the group of tobacco-related lung diseases including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, with an estimated 650,000 North Carolinians living with COPD. Recent guidelines have proposed a multidimensional assessment to define disease control and inform … Read more
Speaker: Joshua Vega, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: “UNC Project Health for Leon: A Joint Mission for Global Health”
Speaker: Joan Taylor, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research in Pathology and Lab Medicine, UNC School of MedicineTopic: "GRAFs mind the GAP between muscle fate and function"Seminar Synopsis: The overall goal of our research is to characterize the intracellular signaling pathways that govern normal and aberrant growth responses in the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system. … Read more
Drug allergies–in particular allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics–affects as many as 15% of all hospitalized patients. There is a growing pool of data demonstrating the significant effect a drug allergy diagnosis can have on morbidity and mortality of the hospitalized patient, as well as the immense cost it can add to the health care system. A … Read more
Speakers: Jason Doherty, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School and Chris Morrison from ViaVerus, LLC, Topic: "Tapping the Entrepreneurial Spirit"
Speaker: Kenneth Walsh, PhD, Lockhart B. McGuire Professor, Director of Hematovascular Biology Center, University of VirginiaTopic: “Clonal Hematopoiesis and Cardiovascular Disease: New Mechanisms, New Therapeutic Opportunities”
Dr. Evans will discuss the realistic uses of massively parallel sequencing, including genome scale sequencing, in clinical medicine and public health. Jim Evans, MD, PhD, is the Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He directs Adult and Cancer Genetics Services and is clinically active in … Read more
Speaker: Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD, Professor, Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor University Topic: "Remodeling of calcium release unit proteins in Heart Failure"
Although it’s been nearly a century since hemophilia was considered an early death sentence, treating it can be time-consuming and troublesome. Many people with the blood disease give themselves frequent drug infusions to keep their condition under control, sometimes as often as several times a week. Several newly approved medications, while far from a cure, … Read more
Speaker: Andrew Doorey, MD, Cardiologist, Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, DelawareTopic: "A Failure to Communicate: Safety Gaps in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab"