Author Archives: Kim Morris

Scientists led by Silvia Kreda, PhD, associate professor in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and Rudolph Juliano, PhD, Boshamer Distinguished Professor Emeritus in pharmacology, created an improved oligonucleotide therapy strategy with the potential for treating other pulmonary diseases, such as COPD and asthma. The scientists led...

With the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, the rush to test turned into the rush to vaccinate. “It’s not just vaccination,” said David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, in a CBS-17 report. “Testing still is a part of this, understanding what we’re dealing with.” Testing...

For the first time in more than a year, UNC Health reported zero patients in the COVID unit at UNC Medical Center. It was just a 36-hour span this month but it was momentous considering what the unit looked like at the start of the year. Ashley Henderson, MD, associate...

In partnership with local people and health professionals, Joe Tucker, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of infectious diseases with UNC Global Health colleagues developed a pay-it-forward intervention to promote influenza vaccination among at-risk individuals during COVID-19. “You are an overworked health professional in an under-developed rural town within...

With a visit from then-President Donald Trump, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center in Morrisville announced it would manufacture components for Novavax’s attempt at producing a COVID-19 vaccine. Eleven months later, clinical trials show it to be more than 90 percent effective. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division...

June is the nationally recognized month to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and other dementias that affect memory, and behavior, conditions that affect the majority of people who are 65 and older. It’s also a great time to spotlight Geriatric Medicine and the work our geriatricians are doing in education and...

Corey Ketchem, MD, was awarded the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award, which recognizes a current second year internal medicine resident or a second or third med-peds resident, and provides a stipend to support the conduct and presentation of ongoing research. The majority of Ketchem’s research has been conducted with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH,...

UNC Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR “Chest Pain ̶MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award” for 2021, one of only 212 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes UNC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and...

With vaccination rates dropping in North Carolina, medical experts are concerned that not enough people are protected from COVID-19. Currently, North Carolina sits at 54% of adults at least partially vaccinated, below the national average of 63%. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, explained...

David Lynch, MD, and John Batsis, MD, wrote a Doximity op-ed on key takeaways from the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Annual Meeting May 12–15. “The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2021 Annual Meeting took place virtually from May 12–15. Joseph Shega, MD, program chair, framed the meeting’s objective in his introduction...

Governor Roy Cooper has instituted a vaccine lottery to help boost vaccination rates in the state. Spectrum News interviewed David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, to get his perspective on the effectiveness of the lottery. Watch the Spectrum Interview here.  

With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout slowing down, many people are wondering if they will need to come back to a clinic for a booster shot. In a report from WBTW-News 13, David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases responded to questions about the possibility of...