Category: Fellowship
Scientists Create Long-acting Injectable Drug Delivery System for Tuberculosis
Martina Kovarova, PhD Led by Martina Kovarova, PhD, Miriam Braunstein, PhD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers showed in vivo efficacy of a long-acting injectable formulation of the anti-TB drug rifabutin. Read more.
Sustained Efficacy of Long-Acting Cabotegravir for PrEP Among Cisgender Women – Findings from HPTN 084 Study
Dr. Mike Cohen Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) presented updated results from the HPTN 084 long-acting cabotegravir (CAB) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) study at the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal. New findings show reductions in HIV incidence were sustained in the 12 months following trial unblinding (November 5, 2020, through November 5, 2021). … Read more
Addressing Racism’s Role in the US HIV Epidemic: Qualitative Findings from Three “Ending the HIV Epidemic” Prevention Projects
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH Researchers from the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Center for Health Equity Research reviewed qualitative data from three “Ending the HIV Epidemic” (EHE) projects, published in the July issue of Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS). In the article, Kate Muessig, … Read more
Victoria Shelus Studies Antimalarial Drug Use and Practice at Drug Shops in Uganda
Victoria Shelus studies antimalarial drug use and practice at drug shops in Uganda, building on the work of Dr. Ross Boyce. Victoria Shelus, a PhD candidate working with Dr. Ross Boyce, explores client and vendor health behavior and practice after a study confirmed more than half of all antimalarials administered in Uganda come from drug shops. In the remote villages of Bugoye su … Read more
Juliano Receives $3.4 million to Study the Increase of Relapsing Malaria Species in Africa
Jonathan Juliano, MD, MPSH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Associate Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, with fellow IDEEL investigators Jessica Lin, MD, MSCR, and Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH, and co-PIs from the University of Florida (UF) and Centre Pasteur Cameroon, has received a $3.4 million R01 grant award to study the changing epidemiology … Read more
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Scientists Create Long-acting Injectable Drug Delivery System for Tuberculosis
Martina Kovarova, PhD In 2020, more than 1.5 million people around the world died of tuberculosis (TB), marking the first time in more than a decade that annual TB deaths had increased and demonstrating the global need for better access to treatments. To address that problem, scientists with the UNC Department of Medicine, the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseas … Read more
Study shows the positive effect of preventative therapy for malaria is mediated by gestational weight gain, influenced by intestinal pathogens
Andreea Waltmann and the late Steve Meshnick. Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is a major public health problem with substantial risks for mothers and their babies. The combination treatment sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), given for intermittent preventive therapy of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp), is one of the few existing interventions that improve outcomes for both mother and baby, de … Read more
CDC renews five-year funding for vector-borne disease threats
Ross Boyce, MD The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the five-year funding renewal of the Southeastern Center for Vector-Borne Diseases (SECVBD), an interdisciplinary team of researchers that includes UNC’s Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, a member of the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases and assistant professor in infectious diseases and e … Read more
Rutstein Appointed to HIGH IRI Training Program
Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD, a physician scientist and senior clinical fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, has been accepted to the HIV Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI) through the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Loui … Read more
New Fellows Match to the Department of Medicine
The National Resident Matching Program released results for the 2021 Medical Specialties Matching Program (MSMP) on December 1. It is the organization’s largest Fellowship Match comprised primarily of Internal Medicine subspecialties. This year the national program matched more than 7,000 applicants to advanced training positions, the largest number on record. The Department of … Read more
Welcome to our 2022-2023 ID fellows!
We are excited to announce that we have matched 4 physicians to the ID Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year! Drs. Briana Castillo, Alex Commanday, John Franzone, and Stephanie Sweitzer will be joining UNC in July. Briana Castillo, MD Interests: HIV, HCV, LGBTQIA+ health, and substance use Residency: University of Illinois Chicago Alex Commanday, MD Interests: Domestic HIV i … Read more
Rutstein awarded NC TraCS pilot grant for characterizing long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy
Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD Third year ID fellow Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD (co-I Farel, Go, Napravnik) was awarded a $50K pilot grant from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS). NC TraCS supports and funds translational research to improve the health of North Carolina communities. The institute’s Translational Research Matched Pilot Program encoura … Read more