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Sue Kirkman, MD, professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, has received the American Diabetes Association’s 2020 Outstanding Physician-Clinician in Diabetes Award, recognizing her outstanding achievements in improving diabetes clinical practice.  The honor is scheduled to be presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 80th Scientific Sessions in...

The UNC School of Medicine celebrated Match Day on Friday, March 20, welcoming the Class of 2020 virtually with leaders Wesley Burks, Cristy Page, Julie Byerley, and Beat Steiner. Listen to their celebratory message in this YouTube video. Altogether, the UNC Department of Medicine matched 27 categorical, 10 preliminary, and...

The National Hemophilia Foundation has awarded Nigel S. Key, MB, ChB, CRCP, the Harold R. Roberts Distinguished Professor in the division of hematology and oncology, and director of the UNC Blood Research Center, a $180,000 grant for the project “Evaluating the Mechanism of Emicizumab-related Thrombotic Microangiopathy.” Find a list of...

David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and medical director of UNC Hospitals’ Department of Hospital Epidemiology, comments on a new study that finds the ability of the novel coronavirus (also known as SARS-CoV-2) to stay in the air and on surfaces is highly...

This unique public-private collaboration provides funding for HIV Cure Center and Qura Therapeutics, the joint venture that brings academic and pharmaceutical research scientists together for the goal of curing people with HIV. David Margolis, MD, is the director of the UNC Cure Center. “Without the Qura partnership we would not...

For the third year in a row, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine was ranked first in the country for primary care education as a part of U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” “Earning the number one ranking in primary care three...

The Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) has announced projects that will be supported through IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program. Half of these scholars are members of the UNC Department of Medicine, and they include the following.   Mildred Kwan, MD PhD, with lead Renae Boerneke, PharmD, BCPS, CPP — Reducing...

David J. Weber, MD, MPH, medical director of infection prevention at UNC Hospitals responds to common questions physicians have about COVID-19. Listen here. UNC Health is following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 and points to the CDC website for Healthcare Professionals for answers to...

In “What’s it Like to Get the Coronavirus,” UNC Department of Medicine’s David Weber, MD, MPH, describes worst-case scenario plans under consideration with healthcare teams at UNC Medical Center. Read the NC Health News article here. Weber is professor of medicine and pediatrics, and a professor of epidemiology in the...

Based on proof-of-concept results from clinical trials at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine, an investigational cellular immunotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma has received a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Jonathan Serody, MD, the Elizabeth Thomas Professor of Medicine,...

Stephan Moll, MD, professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, recognizes that many associate blood clots with having major surgery, smoking or being elderly or overweight. In the article “Why Active Women Are At Risk For Blood Clots,” Moll tells Shape Magazine that they can “strike anyone,...

Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, has received an award for $116,625 from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), to conduct a pilot feasibility study of loop diuretics among individuals receiving hemodialysis. Flythe, who is medical...