Category: General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
Ana Felix Will Be Whitehead Lecturer
Ana Felix, MD, MBBCH This year’s Whitehead Lecturer will be Ana Felix, MD, MBBCh, assistant professor of general medicine and clinical epidemiology. The Whitehead Lecture has been an annual event since 1980. The lecturer is nominated and voted on by UNC SOM students, and chosen by UNC SOM Student Government representatives. Learn more in the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 – June 30, 2021
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Klara Klein, MD, PhD, received a physician-scientist award to cultivate her career as a translational clinician scientist. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Resident Corey Ketchem, MD, received the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award to support research with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and other esophageal dise … Read more
Medicine Awarded $20,000 to Promote More Equitable Health System
Karina Whelan, MD The Department of Medicine’s Division of General Medicine has received a $20,000 grant from leading internal medicine organizations to rebuild trust and address inequities in medical education and training. The award was presented by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the ABIM Foundation, the Ameri … Read more
IHQI Announces Improvement Scholars, Three From the Department of Medicine
Jaydeep Lamba, MD, Hillary Spangler, MD, and Claire West, MD The UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement has announced new projects that will be supported through the IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program from Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2022. Congratulations to the following selected project leads from the Department of Medicine. Jaydeep Lamba, MD and Hillary Spangler, MD, div … Read more
Berkowitz Featured in Emergency Medicine News Article
Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH Seth Berkowitz, MD, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, was featured in the article “Food Insecurity Can Lead Straight to the ED,” a special report published in Emergency Medicine News. In the report he explains how the “emergency department is a powerful window into food insecurity because lacking food can wo … Read more
Screening For Hearing Loss in Older Adults
Cindy Feltner, MD Cindy Feltner, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology and associate director of the RTI-UNC Evidenced-based Practice Center, led a review for the US Preventive Services Task Force to update the evidence for screening for hearing loss in adults 50 years or older. The review was published in JAMA, along with the … Read more
CDC, NIH Bring Free COVID-19 Self-testing to Residents in Pitt County
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc A new study will test the effectiveness of a community health testing initiative, led by Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine, and director of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research (UNC CHER). Participating households in Greenville, Pitt County, NC will receive free month-long supplies of rapid t … Read more
Berkowitz Receives SGIM Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award
Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, has received the Society of General Internal Medicine 2021 Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award. The award provides national recognition to junior investigators for their early career achievements and overall body of work that has mad … Read more
King Co-Directs New UNC COVID Recovery Clinic
John Baratta, MD, MBA, and Louise King, MD (Credit: Megan May) Louise King, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of general medicine and epidemiology, is co-medical director of the new UNC COVID Recovery Clinic designed to help patients with ongoing symptoms and serve as an opportunity for physicians to learn more about the syndrome. “I think there is a lot of fear … Read more
Corbie-Smith Explained Vaccine Hesitancy to Media
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, featured in a WRAL interview. Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, professor of medicine in the division of general medicine and the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine, was featured on WRAL’s On the Record where she explained the idea of vaccine deliberation. “The decision is being made cautiously, by many Black and Brown patients as they ex … Read more
Evidence Review Examines Both Benefits and Harms For Lung Cancer Screening
Daniel S. Reuland, MD, MPH A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues of hundreds of publications, incorporating more than two dozen articles on prevention screening for lung cancer with low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT), shows there are both benefits and harms from screening. The review was published in JAMA on March 9, 2021. The r … Read more
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Berkowitz Discussed How Unemployment During COVID-19 May Have Affected Unmet Health-Related Social Needs in New Podcast
Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, was featured in Health Affairs’s Health Podyssey podcast: “What New Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Taught Us About Health.” He discussed the potential health impact of unemployment insurance, the changing nature of work in the U.S., and how direct payments programs, such as universal basic income, could compliment social safety ne … Read more