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  • Myron Cohen, MD-ID-faculty-in-covid-news-dec-24-30

    Cohen Comments On Fauci and Birx As National COVID-19 Advisors

    Myron Cohen, MD Myron Cohen, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, has known NIH Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, and Deborah Birx, MD, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, since the 1980s, he told the Washington Post in a recent interview. Speaking on their partnership as scientists and public health officials, he emphasized that “the pair … Read more

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    Wohl Discusses Testing Shortages With New York Post

    David Wohl, MD David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, says the signs were clear in early February and that was the time to ramp up, in the New York Post article “Rich and famous get COVID-19 test but average people can’t.”  Wohl expresses his concerns about “a serious lack of preparation and coordination” in overall response. Find the articl … Read more

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    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: March 1-March 31, 2020

    Division of Hematology and Oncology Nigel Key, MD, ChB, CRCP, received a $180,000 grant for the “Evaluating the Mechanism of Emicizumab-related Thrombotic Microangiopathy.” Tracy L. Rose, MD MPH, received an NCI K08 grant for the project “Selective histone deacetylase inhibition with entinostat to enhance the anti-tumor immune response to immune checkpoint inhibition in urothelia … Read more

  • David Weber, MD, MPH, is a professor of medicine and pediatrics in the UNC School of Medicine and a professor of epidemiology in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

    Weber Answers Coronavirus Questions on People’s Pharmacy

    David Weber, MD, MPH David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, answered questions about COVID-19 on The People’s Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon. He explained a cytokine storm and the immune reaction to the virus. He also discussed drugs being considered for treatment. The March 26 podcast can be accessed here.

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    ViiV Healthcare, UNC-Chapel Hill announce five-year, $20 million renewal of HIV cure partnership

    David Margolis, MD, Director of the UNC HIV Cure Center (Credit: Jon Gardiner) 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 Qu … Read more

  • Clare Mock, MD

    IHQI Improvement Scholars Announced, Five in Medicine

    Mildred Kwan 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 the Healthcare Utilization of Broad … Read more

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    Physician Resources: Weber Responds to COVID-19 Questions

    David Weber, MD, MPH 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 general questions.   … Read more

  • David Weber, MD, MPH

    Weber Interviewed by NC Health News, Discusses COVID-19 Preparations

    David Weber, MD, MPH 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 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Heal … Read more

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    Boyce Receives Emerging Challenges Grant With Jones and Scribner

    Ross Boyce, MD, MSc Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases–with lead investigator Corbin Jones, PhD, professor in the integrative program for biological and genome sciences and the department of biology, and Dan Schrider, PhD, assistant professor in the department of genetics–have received a 2019 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Researc … Read more

  • David Weber, MD, MPH

    Is NC Ready for Coronavirus? Weber Recalls SARS Outbreak in NC Health News Story

    David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and epidemiology with the Gillings School of Global Public Health, recalls North Carolina’s SARS case in 2003, explaining how the emergence of diseases like H1N1, West Nile Virus, Ebola, Zika and multiple flu seasons, has kept colleagues practicing and preparing for inevitabilities like COVID-19.

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    $4.5M Grant to Boost Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts in Malawi

    Irving Hoffman, PA, MPH The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and UNC Project-Malawi were awarded a $4.5 million grant by the UK’s Fleming Fund to strengthen Malawi’s One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) program.  The grant will support the national AMR coordination committee and technical working groups, supporting ownership and alignment and scaling up a … Read more

  • David Weber, MD, MPH

    Weber Discusses Flu in Associated Press Article

    David Weber, MD, MPH David Weber, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, pediatrics and epidemiology, was interviewed in an AP article about the second wave of flu, amid concerns about the coronavirus. The article recognizes that the second surge began in late January, and that there is now another rise in the percentage of doctor’s office visits that w … Read more