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Category: Endocrinology and Metabolism

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    Accolades, Awards and Appointments Archive

    Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments May 1 – May 31, 2026. David Rosen, MD, PhD, was promoted to Professor of Medicine. Asher Schranz, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. Jonathan Sorah, MD, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH, was promoted to Professor of … Read more

  • Janet Rubin and Larry Klein Establish Endowed Professorship in Endocrinology

    Many people dedicate their lives to Carolina by being loud and proud of their accomplishments, conducting groundbreaking research or caring for countless patients in clinic. Others quietly bleed Carolina Blue. That is the kind of legacy Drs. Janet Rubin and Jeffrey Lawrence (Larry) Klein have built at the University of North Carolina. Drs. Janet Rubin and Larry Klein   For d … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through April

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of April 2026. Haley Simpson, MD, was consulted on the rising survival rate of patients diagnosed with cancer. Lindsay Rosman, MD, published a study identifying atrial fibrillation density as a biomarker for ischaemic stroke risk predi … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through March

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of March 2026. Spencer Dorn, MD, joined Roon to host a talk on clinical use of AI. Klara Klein, MD, PhD, was featured on an NPR segment on the ability of GLP-1 drugs to decrease addiction risk. Cindy Gay, MD, MPH, and David Margolis, M … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through February

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of February 2026. Stephan Moll, MD, studied an astronaut who was treated for deep vein thrombosis in space. Beth Jonas, MD, consulted on a study about sequential biological therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. David Wohl, MD, continued to … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through January

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of January 2026. Ann Dennis, MD, MS and Meagan Zarwell, PhD, published a study establishing a stronger mapping system for HIV care in the Carolinas. Michael Herce, MD, MPH, MSCR, led a study linking alcohol use and poor HIV Outcomes af … Read more

  • Investigators lead study to understand earliest effects of Type 1 Diabetes in young children

    Janice Hwang, MD, MHS, chief of the UNC Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, is a Principal Investigator for BRAINY-T1D along with Drs. Aysenil Belger and Nina Jain. BRAINY-T1D is a nationwide effort aimed at understanding the earliest effects of Type 1 Diabetes in young children. Spanning eleven campuses from UC Davis to UNC-Chapel Hill, the study goes beyond typical T1D re … Read more

  • Investigators named to Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers

    Annually, Clarivate releases a list of scientists who demonstrate significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. The following UNC Department of Medicine faculty were recognized for their work in 2025: John Buse, MD, PhD, Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology (Category: Clinical Medicine) Lisa Carey, MD, L. Richards … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through December

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of December 2025. Research led by Heather Henderson, DVM, MPH, PhD, and David van Duin, MD, PhD, showed neighborhood deprivation drives higher antimicrobial resistance and mortality in Enterobacterales infections. UNC IGHID has been hi … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through November

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of November 2025. Chad Pecot, MD: “If you’re, trying to make a difference in cancer, you can’t go slow.” Read the article here. Scott Commins, MD, PhD, was featured in an NBC article about the first death caused by alpha-gal syndrome. … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through October

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of September 2025. Samuel Short, MD,helped develop a calculatorfor physicians to better predict stroke risk in Afib patients David Weber, MD, MPH,commented on the whooping cough spike in NC. Janet Rubin, MD, advocated for resistance tr … Read more

  • Hwang to Lead UNC Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health, Funding by NIDDK Renewed

    Diabetes and obesity are two of the most pressing health challenges in North Carolina. More than 1 million North Carolinians live with diabetes, and over 2 million struggle with obesity. Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputations, and cardiovascular disease, significantly shortening lives and contributing billions of dollars in health care costs. Drs. J … Read more