Author Archives: Morgan Duerden

Saira Sheikh, MD, associate professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, was the UNC Principal Investigator. The study, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, explored treating adults with cutaneous lupus using litifilimab. The trial was conducted at UNC’s Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC), a resource...

“I get this phone call asking me if I would have a moment to speak to Doctor Nigel Key, and that was the moment that changed my life pretty significantly. To this day I remember feeling the hair on the back of my neck stand up because I’m thinking, ‘surely...

Dr. Nganga is originally from Kenya and came to the United States on a scholarship. She is interested in clinical oncology and providing outstanding patient care, specifically to underserved populations. In her personal time, Rose enjoys gardening, Zumba, podcasts, and cooking.

Jonathan Sorah, MD is an assistant professor and clinician educator in the Division of Oncology. As a medical oncologist, Dr. Sorah focuses on gastrointestinal and skin cancers, delivering compassionate, thoughtful, and evidence-based care. He strives to be an advocate for his patients and considers it a great honor to walk...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, is featured in the below local and national media articles.  ‘COVID is not done with us’: Why is the BA.5 COVID-19 variant so contagious? – Dr. David Wohl (MSN) ‘Then it was like nope, mask on’: Masks return...

Chad Pecot, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will lead the new center dedicated to the investigation of the many roles of RNA in health and disease. The UNC RNA Discovery Center, funded through the UNC Lineberger...

Silvia M. Kreda, PhD, in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, and Lawrence Ostrowski, PhD, with UNC School of Medicine, received an Eshelman Institute for Innovation Award. The $350,000 grant will allow Drs. Kreda and Ostrowski to study a novel therapeutic strategy to correct some of the genetic...

Dr. Gang Xi, assistant professor in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, professor in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and co-driector of the UNC Kidney Center, were recently awarded a, five year, $2.7 million grant. Their project titled, “Modulation of VSMC phenotype through the Insulin...

Myron S. Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate Eminent Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, went into detail about the history of monoclonal antibodies, how they are being used to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections and how researchers hope to use them in the future. Read the full article at Infectious Diseases...

Katie Westreich, MD, an assistant professor in the Division of Nephrology, has been awarded the Walter W. Tunnessen Faculty Clinician Award. This honor is presented by the Department of Pediatrics’ graduating residents to an attending who demonstrates strong teaching abilities, ideal diagnostic expertise and embodies the qualities Dr. Tunnessen had...

With no current treatments for hepatitis A, Stanley M. Lemon, MD, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and other UNC scientists discovered how a protein and enzymes interact to allow hepatitis A virus to replicate, and they used a known drug to stop viral replication in an animal...

“As you climb this ladder in life always reach back to lift someone else up,” was a part of Kawan Swain’s, MD, message to Bertie High School’s graduating class. “I also talked about fear. Especially for me, and just like them, coming from a rural town there is a fear...