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  • Kunal Patel Chosen by Medical Students to be their Match Day Speaker

    Dr. Kunal Patel Kunal Patel, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and a Foundation Phase Academic Coach in the Office of Academic Excellence, was chosen to be the 2026 Match Day speaker by the graduating class of medical students. Dr. Patel was the final speaker before students opened their match envelopes, providing last words o … Read more

  • Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR

    C. Adrian Austin Co-Wrote a Summary on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU

    C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, is a co-author of the newly published “Executive Summary: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU,” appearing in Critical Care Medicine. The guidelines were developed by a multidisciplinary panel convened by the Board of the Americ … Read more

  • Internal Medicine Residency Match Day 2026

    Years of hard work and dreams were folded into envelopes. On March 20th, medical students discovered where their career journey would take them for residency. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Internal Medicine Residency Program paired 31 categorical residents, 8 preliminary residents, and 7 Medicine/Pediatrics residents. This curriculum teaches internists how to … Read more

  • Mofiyin Obadina and Erica Sparkenbaugh Awarded $50k for Project on Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy

    Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD Mofiyinfoluwa Obadina, MD Mofiyin Obadina, MD, and Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD, assistant professors in the Division of Hematology and the UNC Blood Research Center, received $50,000 from NC TRaCS for their TTSA proposal entitled, “Hypoxemia-Induced Platelet Activation in Sickle Cell Disease Pregnancy: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets.” This award supports t … Read more

  • Heath, Weickert Receive Medical Staff Physician Clinical Excellence Awards

    The Medical Staff Physician Excellence Committee (MSPEC) announced Dr. Thelsa Weickert, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, and Dr. Jonathon Heath, associate professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, as recipients of the 3rd annual Medical Staff Physician Clinical Excellence Award. This prestigious award celebrates UNC clinical physicians who exemplify excell … Read more

  • Dr. David Lynch

    Dr. David Lynch Receives K23 Award for Dementia Research

    David Lynch, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. David Lynch was recently awarded a K23 from the NIA. According to the NIH, the K23 award provides support for, “an intensive, mentored research career development experience for individuals with a clinical doctoral degree who have made a commitment to patient-oriented research.” It also provides five years of salary and research … Read more

  • Millie Long Named Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Woman of Distinction in Medicine

    Millie Long MD, MPH, Chief of the UNC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, will be recognized as the 2026 Woman of Distinction in Medicine by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. The 33rd annual awards luncheon will be helped in New York City in April. Since 1993, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation has hosted the Women of Distinction Luncheon, which over the past 33 years ha … Read more

  • Faculty & Staff in the News through February

    The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of February 2026. Stephan Moll, MD, studied an astronaut who was treated for deep vein thrombosis in space. Beth Jonas, MD, consulted on a study about sequential biological therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. David Wohl, MD, continued to … Read more

  • Dr. John A. Batsis

    Batsis Addresses Sarcopenic Obesity in Nature Medicine Article

    In a recently published Nature Medicine article, Dr. John Batsis and colleagues discussed unintended risks of sarcopenic obesity during weight-loss interventions in older people. According to Batsis, drugs being prescribed to older adults for weight loss (incretin mimetic drugs or GLP-1s) do reduce fat, but may reduce muscle as well. Consequently, preserving muscle in older adult … Read more

  • Ross Boyce, MD, MSc

    Sawyer Accelerates the Fight Against Childhood Malaria

    Ross Boyce, MD, MSc Dr. Ross Boyce, a researcher with the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, tested a military uniform treatment idea on wraps used to carry babies in many parts of Africa and South America. Would treating these baby wraps with permethrin protect babies in Uganda from malaria? The answer was yes. In a six-month study that included 400 mother- … Read more

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    UNC Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Driving Alpha-Gal Syndrome Allergic Reactions

    A study co-authored by Onyinye I. Iweala, MD, PhD, of the UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology and the UNC Food Allergy Initiative has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study found that select alpha-gal-specific human immunoglobulin E (IgE) clones can promote both alpha-gal-dependent and antigen-independent aller … Read more

  • Emily Cetrone

    Featured UME Educator: Emily Cetrone, MD

    Emily Cetrone, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Fellowship Program Associate Director for Geriatrics. Our Undergraduate Medical Educator of the month is Dr. Emily Cetrone! Dr. Centrone provides patient care in the  Geriatrics Clinic and focuses her clinical work on geriatric primary care, dementia, and caregiver stress. Her academic interests center on medical edu … Read more