Author Archives: Kim Morris

As restrictions continue to loosen in North Carolina, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, expressed concerns about removing the mask requirement at sports venues. Watch the news story on WRAL.

John Batsis, MD, associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine and Gillings School of Public Health, told CNN that older adults should start slow and build steadily, after being cooped up for over a year during the pandemic. “From my experience, older adults are eager to get out of...

The Department of Medicine’s ‘Value-Care Action Group’ is pleased to announce the following awardees and projects for FY-2022. Endocrinology Morgan Jones, MD, will lead a project focused on identifying inpatients at high-risk for hypoglycemic events in order to intervene prior to a problem. This project will extend the work that endocrinology...

The UNC Department of Medicine encourages the community to learn and reflect on the significance of Juneteenth (June 19), and to consider how we can work together to make our community more inclusive and equitable.  (Following is a historical overview, published June 18, 2020.) What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is the...

National Caribbean-American Heritage Month – Our Shared History, Our Shared Future This June marks the 13th National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The theme for this year is “Our Shared History, Our Shared Future.” The commemoration of Caribbean-American Heritage Month reminds Americans that our greatness lies in our diversity. Caribbean immigrants from...

Election to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) is a prestigious accomplishment, signifying a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism and service. Membership in the society is a lifelong honor and recognizes a physician’s dedication to the profession and art of healing. Congratulations to the following individuals from the UNC Department of...

Arthritis Awareness Month – Osteoarthritis Studies May is Arthritis Awareness Month. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, and researchers at the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center are nationally and internationally recognized for their work in basic, translational, and clinical OA research. The UNC Core Center for Clinical...

Edwin Kim, MD, shares his experience and expertise on food allergies in the podcast “Being a Food Allergy Dad Makes Him a Better Food Allergy Doctor.” Kim is the associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, and division chief of pediatric allergy. The podcast offers a wealth of information about food...

Expertscape ranks people and institutions by their expertise in more than 29,000 biomedical topics. The website bases its rankings on scientific publications, reviewing medical journal articles from the National Institutes of Health’s PubMed journal database dating back to 2010. Each article is assigned a score based on a number of...

A first of its kind study led by Lindsey Rosman, PhD, assistant professor in the division of cardiology, showed a 77% increase in the risk of cardiac arrhythmias leading up to and during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, demonstrating that stressful political events can take a toll on heart health....

On May 19, the UNC Internal Medicine Residency Program held “Resident Research Day” for the 2020-2021 year. Given all of the virtual conferences over the past year, Resident Research Day was also primarily virtual, but selected residents presented their research projects during noon conference. Despite the incredibly busy clinical year,...

A CNN news report says there’s little doubt the 2016 election was stressful, recognizing researchers have evidence that the tumultuous campaign may have affected people’s hearts. The study of 2,500 people living in the swing state of North Carolina shows an uptick in cases of irregular heart rates in October...