September 30, 2025
Featured UME Educator: Ana Felix, MBBCh
Dr. Ana Felix is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. “I always wanted to be an Elementary School Teacher. Not until my Middle School Teacher…
2025
DOM Digest
The Department of Medicine’s faculty and staff are continuously involved in groundbreaking research and innovative clinical procedures. Discover their life-changing work through DOM Digest, our monthly newsletter. Hear from specialty experts while they are interviewed by Dr. Ron Falk during the Chair’s Corner Podcast. We invite you to learn more about the people behind the science at the articles below.
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September 29, 2025
Cardiologists Awarded Grant to Reduce Cardiovascular Health Disparities in North Carolina
The North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Cardiology awarded UNC cardiologists Thelsa Weickert, MD, George (Rick) Stouffer, MD, and Alan Hinderliter, MD, with a grant for their project,…
2025
September 25, 2025
Dr. John Batsis Presents Keynote at AI Technology Center Consensus Guidelines Workshop
John Batsis, MD Recently, Dr. John Batsis was a keynote speaker at the Artificial Intelligence Technology Center Consensus Guidelines Workshop for Older Adults in Washington, DC. At the workshop, he…
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September 17, 2025
Sheikh, Lee & Niethammer Receive $4.4 Million 2-Year NIH Award to Advance Multi-Modal Machine Learning for Earlier Diagnosis of Lupus
From left to right: Saira Sheikh, MD, Yueh Lee, MD, PhD, Marc Niethammer, PhD A rheumatologist, neuroradiologist, and computer scientist have joined forces to blend medical expertise with AI/machine learning…
September 17, 2025
John Buse Co-Publishes ‘STEP UP T2D’ on the Efficacy of Higher Semaglutide Doses
John Buse, MD, the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center, co-authored STEP UP T2D an international trial. STEP UP T2D found…
September 12, 2025
Hanson Receives Ronald J. Falk Vanguard Award
Dr. Ron Falk (Left) and Dr. Laura Hanson (right) at the award ceremony. Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, was awarded the Ronald J. Falk Vanguard Award, an honor recognizing a faculty…
2025
September 9, 2025
Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease Receives 40th Consecutive Year of NIH Funding
Pictured are Dr. Robert Sandler and Julianne O’Daniel. Robert Sandler, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Center for…
September 9, 2025
Long, Barnes Contribute to First Global Guidelines for Pregnancy and IBD
Millie Long, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, Co-Director of the UNC Multidisciplinary IBD Center, played key roles…
2025
September 3, 2025
Faculty & Staff in the News through August
The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of August 2025. Klara Klein, MD, PhD, will serve as…
August 28, 2025
Drs. McEntee, Dover Elected to the Medical Staff Executive Committee
Drs. McEntee and Dover Congratulations to the newly elected members of the Medical Staff Executive Committee. The new members from the Department of Medicine, who will serve a 2-year term,…
August 28, 2025
Gaurav Dave to serve as Research Director for NIH’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Program
UNC-Chapel Hill has been announced as the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) award. Created by the Office of Research…
2025
August 28, 2025
Sidney Smith among researchers who contributed to new American Heart Association blood pressure guidelines
University of North Carolina researchers affiliated with the School of Nursing and School of Medicine contributed to new blood pressure guidelines released by the American Heart Association and American College…
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