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Category: Infectious Diseases

  • Fischer and Wohl Author New England Journal Perspective on Ebola Care

    (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom) UNC’s William A. Fischer II, MD  and David A. Wohl, MD are part of an international group of authors who contributed to the New England Journal of Medicine’s “Perspective” article: Shifting the Paradigm — Applying Universal Standards of Care to Ebola Virus Disease. The article recognizes that patients wit … Read more

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    UNC’s Eron Featured in HIV Screening, Prevention, and Treatment Advance Video Series

    Joseph Eron, MD, division chief of infectious diseases, was part of an expert panel focused on specific information and educational needs of health care professionals involved in diagnosis and treatment of HIV.  (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom) Contagion, the nation’s leading digital and print resource dedicated to providing up-to-date, d … Read more

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    Juliano, Margolis Honored During AAP/ASCI Joint Meeting in Chicago

    Two faculty within the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases were honored during the joint meeting of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation in Chicago. Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, was inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Founded in 1908, the ASCI is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected me … Read more

  • Joseph Eron, MD (Credit: Bradley Allf)

    Eron Appointed Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

    Ronald Falk, MD, chairman of the UNC Department of Medicine, has announced that Joseph Eron, MD, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases.

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    Myron Cohen, MD Steps Down as Division Chief

    After 30 years as Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Myron “Mike” Cohen, MD, the Yeargan-Bate Eminent Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, will step down from his post. He will continue in his many other roles as professor, researcher and physician, directing the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID), and also serv … Read more

  • Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH

    Juliano Accepted to American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, has been invited to join the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Founded in 1908, the ASCI is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies. It seeks to support the scientific efforts, educational needs and clinical aspirations of physician-scientists to improve health.

  • Cynthia Gay, MD, MPH

    Featured Physician: Cynthia Gay, MD, MPH

    Dr. Cynthia Gay came to UNC for a fellowship in Infectious Diseases, drawn to the results-driven research of UNC faculty and their open-minded approach. She says both the big and small impact on patients is easily the best part of her work. Sometimes this means being the person who listens. Sometimes it’s about making a patient laugh, while providing a safe place to talk about HI … Read more

  • Joe Eron, MD, and Brian Kuhlman, PhD

    Eron, Kuhlman named Smithies Investigators

    Joe Eron, MD, and Brian Kuhlman, PhD (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom.) The UNC School of Medicine has selected Joe Eron, MD, professor of medicine and vice chief for the division of infectious diseases, and Brian Kuhlman, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, as Oliver Smithies Investigators, an annual award to honor senior facul … Read more

  • Asher Schranz, MD

    Infective endocarditis increases more than tenfold in North Carolina

    The opioid epidemic is reshaping the epidemiology of heart valve infection, according to a new study led by Asher Shranz, MD, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, says clinicians should screen patients with a possible tick bite for Ehrlichia.

    Providers Often Fail to Consider Ehrlichia When Treating Tick-borne Infections

    When a patient presents with signs and symptoms suspicious for a tick-borne illness, medical providers in central North Carolina regularly test for Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but often don’t think about Ehrlichia, according to researchers.

  • Julia Sung, MD, said the study results are a promising advancement for the HIV research field.

    Proof-of-Concept HIV Immunotherapy Study Passes Phase 1 Safety Trial

    Julia Sung, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has proven the safety of a new immunotherapy to re-educate the body’s immune system to better fight HIV infection. The results were recently published in the journal Molecular Therapy.

  • NIH Funds UNC Study to Investigate Maternal-Fetal Transmission of Zika

    UNC researchers led by Elizabeth Stringer, MD, Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, and Aravinda de Silva, PhD, along with collaborators in Nicaragua, have been given a five-year, $2.7 million R01 award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand the epidemiology of Zika virus in pregnancy and the impact the virus has on infant neurodevelopment.