Author Archives: Kim Morris

Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, associate professor of infectious diseases and director of infection prevention at UNC Medical Center, explains how hospitals are staying clean during the COVID-19 pandemic in a new UNC Health Talk article. The article recognizes that hospitals are always committed to keeping their facilities clean and sanitary...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, recommends in a News and Observer article that establishments adopt the model use in health care settings, which are designed to keep people from getting infected: people are kept from getting too close to each other, they wear...

Luther Bartelt, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, was featured in a News and Observer article about the use of COVID-19 plasma as therapy. “The antibodies are like a sponge that would soak up and neutralize the virus to impede its ability to replicate,” said...

Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, was interviewed by the Charlotte Observer regarding the use of arthritis drug toxilizumab in treating COVID-19 and a case report that indicates “clear evidence of clinical improvement” is limited. This study “made us rethink our use of...

Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR, associate professor in UNC’s division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, a fellow in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, are co-authors of a new study of patients with COVID-19 and liver disease. Published in the Journal of Hepatology, the international study...

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has commended Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, for participating in a panel that has developed a set of treatment guidelines for COVID-19. “You responded in an exceptional way and worked tirelessly to develop an outstanding initial set...

Christine Kistler, MD, associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine and associate professor in the department of family medicine, was interviewed by AARP for a story that considers visits to older family members. “As much as possible,” she says in the article, “we should still be trying to limit...

Following is a message from Koyal Jain, MD MPH and Ashley Henderson, MD, directors of undergraduate education in the department of medicine. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption in medical education and administration of the USMLE step examinations throughout the country. The UNC School of Medicine and Department of...

Nigel Key, MBChB, FRCP, the Harold R. Roberts Distinguished Professor in the division of hematology and director of the UNC Blood Research Center was featured in  American Society of Hematology Clinical News discussing recommendations for hospitalized patients with COVID-19. “The published studies so far suggest that the more profound the COVID-19...

Morgan S. Jones, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, is lead author on a new paper published in Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, reporting on novel approaches to the COVID-19 outbreak that leveraged UNC’s diabetes co-management service, initiated in July, 2019. Driven by the need...

Myron Cohen, MD, the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, co-led a global randomized, controlled and double-blinded study that shows the drug cabotegravir lowered HIV incidence among cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men. An announcement about the study was published in the...

As businesses prepare for phase 2 in North Carolina’s reopening, David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, cautions members of the community that “just because you can go somewhere, doesn’t mean you should.”  In a new WRAL.com article, Wohl says there are several things to...