Author Archives: Carter Helein

Since joining the UNC Department of Medicine in 2005, Cristin Colford, MD, FACP, has demonstrated an exceptional ability to connect with learners at every stage while also advancing innovative educational programs that can strengthen the future of academic medicine. Now, she will be taking these special talents into a new...

Since 2013, the UNC Center for Health Innovation has come together annually to offer pilot funding for selected project proposals that demonstrate clear dedication to improving patient care, strengthening the healthcare system, and meeting the mission of the center as a whole. Projects that receive funding come from a broad...

The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of May 2026. Klara Klein MD, PhD, found that Wegovy use can reduce heavy drinking in a clinical trial. David Weber, MD, MPH, eased North Carolinian’s worries about Hantavirus...

UNC Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Emma Bick, MD, MPH, in collaboration with Assistant Professors of Medicine Benjamin J. Sines, MD, MSCR, and C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, recently published a paper in Critical Care Explorations. The observational study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the prevalence of...

While the growth of various AI algorithms has in some ways made the data science and analytics process stronger and more efficient, it has also brought about growing forms of disparities in the healthcare world. For example, some AI algorithms have inadvertently prioritized affluent populations while performing worse in historically...

In a recently published ASCO article, Abner Murray, MD, PhD, UNC hematology/oncology fellow, discusses the importance of scientific communication and how to effectively prepare for scientific presentations. Presenting at a scientific conference is a unique stage. You are given just a few minutes to shape how your evidence and research...

A recent study co-authored by Kunal Jakharia, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the UNC Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, and published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, found that people with bronchiectasis and chronic sinus disease were more likely to have mucus samples...