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    COVID-19 Vaccination While on a Blood Thinner

    Stephan Moll, MD Clot Connect, a clearinghouse for Information about blood clots (DVT/PE) and clotting disorders (thrombophilia) provided as a public service by the University of North Carolina Blood Research Center, published a blog by Stephan Moll, MD, featuring guidance on COVID-19 vaccination for people on blood thinners. Read more from the UNC Health and UNC School of Medici … Read more

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    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: December 1 – December 31, 2020

    Division of Hematology Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA, received an R35 grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH to fund the study “Tissue factor-dependent coagulation in thrombosis and immune responses.” Division of Infectious Diseases Jessica Lin, MD, MSCR, received an NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21 grant for “Plasmodium ovale hy … Read more

  • Fellows Match to the Department of Medicine

    While the pandemic made this year particularly challenging for fellowship recruitment efforts and interviews, a series of videos showing each program’s strengths was a creative solution, introducing viewers to faculty and current fellows, with a brief glimpse into what it might be like to join the program. And although it was impossible to replicate the experience of visiting in- … Read more

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    UNC Research Highlighted by American Society of Hematology at Virtual Annual Meeting

    William Wood, MD, and Nigel Key, MD William Wood, MD, professor of medicine in the division of hematology, and Nigel Key, MD, the Harold R. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Medicine, authored abstracts that were highlighted at American Society of Hematology press events. Alisa Wolberg, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, served as the scientific co-chair of the … Read more

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    Mackman Receives R35 NHLB Seven-Year Grant to Study Mechanisms in Thrombosis

    Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA, has received an R35 grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH. This grant is for seven-year study with a total budget of $6 million. The grant will fund “Tissue factor-dependent coagulation in thrombosis and immune responses,” studying the mechanisms of thrombosis in cancer and viral infections, including influenza A infection and … Read more

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    Patients With Blood Cancers Especially Vulnerable To COVID-19 Infections

    William Wood, MD Medical Research.com interviewed William Wood, MD, associate professor in the division of hematology, about an outcome report published in the American Society of Hematology’s Blood Advances.  The report describes the first 250 cases of patients with hematologic malignancy and COVID-19 that were entered into the ASH Research Collaborative COVID-19 Registry. Find … Read more

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    Strayhorn Recognized in Carolina Care Highlight

    Martha Dell Strayhorn, MPH, FNP-C Martha Dell Strayhorn, MPH, FNP-C, nurse practitioner in the division of hematology, was recognized in a UNC Health Carolina Care Highlight. Here’s what one of Strayhorn’s patients said about her: “Dell Strayhorn is a treasure. Always prepared, always well-informed, always positive and cheerful. Excellent with follow-up–if she promises to follow- … Read more

  • July- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: July 1 – July 31, 2020

    Division of Geriatric Medicine Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, was awarded pilot funding from the US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) for his proposal entitled “Deprescribing Bisphosphonates in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia.” Division of Hematology Stephan Moll, MD, received an award from the Anticoagulation Forum for “2020 Clinical Fellowship Award in General Vascular M … Read more

  • June- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 – June 30, 2020

    Division of Cardiology Anil Gehi, MD, received a grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to create a new patient education program to help patients with atrial fibrillation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Division of Hematology Dougald Monroe, PhD, received NIH funding to help guide the development of novel treatments and new therapeutics for bleeding. Nigel Mackman, PhD, an … Read more

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    Moll Publishes Guidance For Unexplained Arterial Thromboembolism

    Stephan Moll, MD Stephan Moll, MD, professor of medicine in the division of hematology, has published the clinical educational article “How I Treat: Unexplained Arterial Thromboembolism” in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.  The article bridges hematology, vascular medicine, neurology, cardiology and general medicine, discussing existing knowledge about et … Read more

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    Monroe Receives NIH Award To Help Guide Development of New Therapeutics For Bleeding

    Dougald Monroe, PhD Dougald Monroe, PhD, professor medicine in the division of hematology and member of the UNC Blood Research Center, has received an NIH NHLBI award. The R01HL151984 grant “An integrated computational and experimental approach to understanding the hemostatic response during treatment of bleeding” was awarded four years of funding and will enable researchers to c … Read more

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    Mackman, Key Receive Emerging Challenges Grant to Combat COVID-19

    Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA The UNC School of Medicine and NC TraCS have awarded pilot funding to three teams for the 2020 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Awards in a call highlighting research to address the COVID-19 pandemic. From the department of medicine, Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA, John C. Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine and associate director for basic sci … Read more