Category: News
Cohen Says Masks Make a Difference, As UNC Leaders Make Decisions About Fall Semester
Myron Cohen, MD Myron Cohen, MD, acknowledges that masks make an “incredible difference,” in a News and Observer article that recognizes student and faculty concerns over the return to campus during the coronavirus pandemic. As reported hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in North Carolina continue to climb, the article reports more than 650 faculty members, graduate teaching f … Read more
Allergy and Immunology Clinic Becomes FCN Discovery Center of Distinction, Kim Is Lead Investigator
Edwin Kim, MD The UNC Allergy and Immunology Clinic has been selected to become an FCN Discovery Center of Distinction. With this new designation, lead principal investigator, Edwin Kim, MD, MS, will receive a $100,000 stipend to help develop critical infrastructure necessary to deliver optimal clinical care and leadership in the community to patients with food allergy. This week … Read more
Gehi Receives Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Grant To Help AFib Patients Through Pandemic
Anil Gehi, MD Anil Gehi, MD, Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor in the division of cardiology, 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. The program uses MyChart to recruit patients with AFib to participate in a survey to understand how p … Read more
Muss Receives ASCO’s Allen S. Lichter Visionary Leader Award For Improving Cancer Care in Older Adults
The American Society of Clinical Oncology honored Hyman B. Muss, MD, FASCO, the Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professor of Geriatric Oncology at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, with the 2020 Allen S. Lichter Visionary Leader Award for his career-long dedication to improving the care of older patients with cancer.
Wohl Suggests Covering Your Face, Keeping Your Distance If Participating in Protests.
Credit WRAL.com David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, advises people who protest to consider distance and wear masks, in a WRAL news story. “I think what we need is multiple layers of protection…so keeping distance from each other especially when we’re shouting or singing.” Wohl said. “I think that makes a lot of sense. Also, the masks he … Read more
North Carolina Healthcare Heroes Join Online Research Community to Help Fight COVID-19
Ross Boyce, MD From clinicians to first responders, respiratory therapists, housekeepers, and food service workers, a wide range of North Carolina’s healthcare workers have enrolled in a new online research community to share the perspectives and problems faced by those on the COVID-19 pandemic front lines and to help find solutions. The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & … Read more
Boucher, Baric Map SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Cells of Nasal Cavity, Bronchia, Lungs
Richard Boucher, MD In a major scientific study published in the journal Cell, scientists have characterized the specific ways in which SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 – infects the nasal cavity to a great degree – replicating specific cell types – and infects and replicates progressively less well in cells lower down the respiratory tract, including the lungs. … Read more
Wohl Expresses Concern For Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations
David Wohl, MD David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, expressed his concern regarding the number of people with COVID-19 in North Carolina that continues to rise, in a News and Observer article. Wohl said new coronavirus cases can vary with the number of people tested and that counting people who end up in the hospital is a more straightforw … Read more
Teaching COVID-19’s Real-Time Lessons, Smithson Contributes to Restructuring of Medical Education
Left to right: Steve Bogdewic, PhD, MPH, Sarah Smithson, MD, MPH, and Johanna Foster, MHA In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, many faculty in the School of Medicine (SOM) were tasked with restructuring courses and content for medical students to ensure they could effectively finish their semesters and be able to engage in unprecedented learning opportunities in a safe and constru … Read more
New OGHE Global Health Scholars
Jennifer Morgan, MD The Office of Global Health Education recently announced the 4th cohort of Global Health Scholars, and two are from the department of medicine. The competitive, two-year, multi-disciplinary program provides funding to support the career and leadership development of residents and fellows with a strong interest in global health. Jennifer Morgan, MD, is a first … Read more
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Cohen Says Hydroxychloroquine Studies More Provocative Than Definitive
Myron Cohen, MD A Bloomberg article recently featured a key study of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, for Covid-19 protection, that involved 821 health-care workers, first responders and people living with infected patients. The article reports “half were given hydroxychloroquine for five days, while the other half received a placebo pill that contained the vitamin folate… … Read more
O’Leary, Cavender Recognize Emerging Ways to Use Real World Data
Colin O’Leary, MD, and Matthew Cavendar, MD, MPH Matt Cavender, MD, MPH, FACC, associate professor of medicine in the division of cardiology, recently published a paper in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism with medicine resident Colin P. O’Leary, MD, analyzing new opportunities to utilize real world data. “Emerging opportunities to harness real world data: An introduction to data … Read more