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Reception to honor the life and career of Harold R. Roberts, MD
A reception to honor the life of renowned researcher and beloved faculty member Harold Roberts, MD, will be held Saturday, November 11 from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Carolina Club.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Provides $1.7 million grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining Afib care & education for underserved populations
Atrial fibrillation hospitalizations reduced by 30 percentage points in first year of program.
Solving Complex Cases With Compassion
Patients come because they know UNC cares. The division of hospital medicine responds with care plans that better serve them, and this contributes to physician wellbeing.
Resident Competition Emphasizes Handoff Communication
Dr. Sean Gaffney wins the department of medicine’s first “discharge competition.”
Mackman Is Selected For 2017 ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award
Nigel Mackman, PhD, John Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has been selected by the American Heart Association and the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) to receive the 2017 ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award.
Ebola Is Detected in Semen of Survivors Two Years After Infection
William A. Fischer II, M.D., an assistant professor in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine and David A. Wohl, M.D., in the division of infectious diseases discuss how the Ebola virus RNA can persist in the semen of survivors more than two years after the onset of infection.
Rapid Diagnostic Test Helps Distinguish between Severe and Uncomplicated Malaria in Africa
“In many areas of rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is inevitable. Children will be infected,” said Ross Boyce, M.D., MS.c., study author and a fellow in the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases.
A Gillings Innovation Lab Award Funds Hepatitis Prevention in Africa
A team of UNC researchers will use funds from the Gillings School of Global Public Health to test two interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Vorinostat Renders Dormant HIV Infection Vulnerable to Clearance
The ability for HIV to hide in the body in a dormant state makes curing the 40 million people living with the virus a challenge. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown the drug Vorinostat reverses this latency, causing resting CD4 T-cells to express HIV.
Dr. Keisha Gibson Gives Keynote Address at Annual White Coat Ceremony
“Because of how society views the medical profession, physicians are leaders. Whether you knew this or not when you started your first day, you are. Leaders communicate a vision, engender trust and buy-in of those they are leading, and nurture a spirit of teamwork to enable realization of that vision.” — Dr. Keisha Gibson
Congressman David Price Tours UNC Medical Center’s Benign Hematology Clinic
The congressman was then honored with the Cure HHT’s Champion Award for his work securing funding for a multi-state pilot program that will be headquartered in Chapel Hill and led by Raj Kasthuri, MD, director of UNC’s HHT Center of Excellence. Dr. Kasthuri is also an assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology.
UNC Hematology Giant Harold R. Roberts, MD, Died September 9
Following is a message from Dr. Lisa Carey, chief of the division of hematology and oncology, and Dr. Nigel Key, director of the UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, on the passing of Dr. Harold Roberts. This will be updated as information becomes available.