Category: Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: January 1-January 31, 2020
Division of Hematology and Oncology Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD, and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics fellow Robert Lee, PhD, have been selected to receive Scholar Awards from the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH). Sparkenbaugh received a $125,000 award to support her research into the mechanisms of thrombin generation and end-organ failure in sickle cell disease. Read … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: December 1-December 31, 2019
Division of Hematology and Oncology Catherine Coombs, MD, received the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Young Investigator Award, which awarded $225,000 across three years to study whether genetic mutations that accumulate in the blood over time are linked to worse outcomes for prostate cancer. Read more. Natalie Grover, MD, was awarded a three-year Lymphoma Research Foundation Caree … Read more
New Inter-Disciplinary Course with NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine
Peadar G. Noone, MD Peadar G. Noone, MD, professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and Kurt Gilliland, PhD, associate professor in the department of cell biology and physiology, have introduced a new course that will allow medical students to do a two-week elective course in animal medicine during their medical school curriculum. Wit … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1-November 30, 2019
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Carla M. P. Ribeiro, PhD, was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to study novel targets for CF airway mucus production. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Dan Jonas, MD, MPH was awarded a $2.2 million grant to address unhealthy alcohol use. Learn more. Division of Nephrology and Hyperte … Read more
LeVarge recognized in “Carolina Care Highlight”
Barbara Lee LeVarge, MD (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom) Our Carolina Care Highlight this week recognizes Dr. Barbara Lee LeVarge from the Department of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care. Here’s what one of Dr. LeVarge’s patients had to say: “Dr. LeVarge is extremely knowledgeable not only in the disease but ho … Read more
Smoking cessation hotline calls increase 20 percent amid vaping concerns
Ilona Jaspers, MD, and Bradley Drummond, MD, are interviewed by WTVD-11 in response to growing health concerns about vaping. E-cigarette studies show vaping, like smoking, may promote emphysema.
Rivera received 2019 Educator Award
M. Patricia Rivera, MD M. Patricia Rivera, MD, received a 2019 Educator Award from the American College of Chest Physicians. The honor was presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Each year, CHEST honors physicians and others who are making significant or meritorious contributions to chest medicine. All honorees are recognized for advancing work in specific areas of … Read more
Drummond discusses vaping related illnesses in Carolina Journal
Flu and vaping-related illnesses present the same symptoms, but each requires different treatments. Bradley Drummond, MD, associate professor in the division of pulmonary medicine, says disentangling the two entities will be a challenge during flu season, in this interview with Carolina Journal.
Drummond says symptoms of vaping illness are similar to flu
Brad Drummond, MD (Credit: WTVD-11 News) Vaping associated lung injury continues to rise with symptoms nearly identical to influenza. Brad Drummond, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, says physicians are at the forefront of the epidemic as flu season begins. (Credit: WTVD-11 News) He explains that doctors know how to treat … Read more
Goralski receives clinical research scholars grant through Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Jennifer Goralski, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, is one of three national recipients of the Clinical Research Scholars Program through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and the Therapeutics Development Network (TDN) announce th … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1-September 30, 2019
Division of Geriatric Medicine Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, will lead NIA’s new IMPACT Collaboratory’s Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes (PCRO) Core, funded by a five-year, $1.4 million grant. Learn more. Division of Hematology/Oncology Lisa Carey, MD, will receive $400,000 from Susan G. Komen to study how HER2+ tumors respond to HER2-targeted therapies. She is one of three UNC S … Read more
Henderson, Jain appointed directors of undergraduate education in the department
Ashley Henderson, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, has named Ashley Henderson, MD, associate professor of medicine in pulmonary medicine, and Koyal Jain, MD, assistant professor of medicine in nephrology, the new directors of undergraduate education in the department of medicine. “The best education curriculum responds to changes in medica … Read more