Author Archives: Kim Morris

Jane Little, MD, professor of medicine in the division of hematology and member of the UNC Blood Research Center, has received an Innovation Pilot Award from the UNC Center for Health Innovation for “OneSCD UNC: Improving Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease in North Carolina.” William Scheidler, MD, assistant...

John Buse, MD, PhD, is UNC site principal investigator for a $5.7 million diabetes research collaboration with Duke, Wake Forest, and NC A&T, funded through the National Institutes of Health. Diabetes Research Center grants are designed to enhance and extend the effectiveness of diabetes research by encouraging collaboration among investigators...

Crystal Cené, MD, MPH, recognizes documented research on vast racial disparities in health in an NBC News interview, but says there is “little evidence of pandemic response plans focusing resources on black Americans.” In the article, she introduces a list of needed actions that include “a mass expansion of testing and...

Dougald Monroe, PhD, professor of medicine in hematology and member of the UNC Blood Research Center is an investigator for a new grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The R01 grant “An integrated computational and experimental approach to understanding the hemostatic response during treatment of bleeding”...

Kenton Dover, MD, a fellow in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, created a children’s book with his son Levi, for families of healthcare workers. The book introduces a series of questions that a young child may ask in order to understand why a parent’s job requires more...

Ben Vincent, MD, and Jared Weiss, MD, are in the final stages of launching a clinical trial for a therapy they’re calling PANDA-VAC, which stands for “personalized and adaptive vaccine.” They say an upcoming clinical trial is their shot at curing lung and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas —...

In a realignment of the division of hematology and oncology that will form two divisions from one, Ron Falk, MD, chair of the UNC Department of Medicine has appointed  Jonathan Serody, MD, chief of hematology and Ethan Basch, MD, chief of oncology. Melba Ribeiro, MPH, will serve both divisions as...

Experts say there isn’t sufficient evidence currently to show hydroxychloroquine—used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis—will benefit people affected by the coronavirus. Saira Sheikh, MD, director of the UNC Rheumatology Lupus Clinic and director of the clinical trials program at UNC’s Thurston Arthritis Research Center, told CNN that “hydroxychloroquine may...

Studies have shown health-related social needs–which include food insecurity, housing instability, and lack of transportation–are associated with poor health outcomes, more health care use, and higher health care spending.  Integrating human services that address health-related social needs into health care may address these issues, but we need better methods to...

Myron Cohen, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, has known NIH Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, and Deborah Birx, MD, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, since the 1980s, he told the Washington Post in a recent interview. Speaking on their partnership as scientists and public...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, says the signs were clear in early February and that was the time to ramp up, in the New York Post article “Rich and famous get COVID-19 test but average people can’t.”  Wohl expresses his concerns about “a...

Thomas Bice, MD, assistant professor in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, and his wife Katie, were interviewed by WRAL.com for an article about how the local community is supporting healthcare workers. Katie is working with volunteers to prepare individually-packed meals and organize deliveries to UNC Hospital workers....