Category: Research
Two Popular Diabetes Drugs Outperform Two Others in Head-to-Head Comparison
Dr. John Buse and colleagues complete first study comparing commonly used medications for type 2 diabetes Diabetes affects more than one out of every ten Americans and about one out of every three people in their lifetime. John Buse, MD, PhD Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin — a hormone that regulates the movement of sugars, carbohydrates, o … Read more
Wahl Receives $3.2 Million to Study the Neurological Consequences of HIV Infection
Angela Wahl, PhD Angela Wahl, PhD, an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, and a member of the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID), has received a $3.2 million R01 award to study the role of microglia in HIV latency and persistence in the brain. Over 38 million people are living with HIV worldwide. Whi … Read more
UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientists Training Program Gives Awards to Cultivate the Careers of Upcoming Physician-Scientists
Medicine, like any other scientific field, cannot progress forward without the hard work of new, cutting-edge researchers. In the Department of Medicine, three physician scientist trainees are working to improve the lives of patients who have inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and food allergies. In light of their promising, hard work, all three have received support from the UN … Read more
Study Reveals Vaccination Response to Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the Veterans Healthcare Administration
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH Outbreaks of hepatitis A, a highly contagious viral infection involving the liver, have been on the rise since 2016. What initially began as outbreaks in a handful of states has since led to ongoing or recent hepatitis A outbreaks in 33 states across the country. Patients under the care of the Veterans Health Administration have been one of the hardest-hit gr … Read more
Weber Publishes Fiftieth Paper about Coronaviruses and COVID-19
David Weber, MD, MPH COVID-19, a communicable disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a relatively new pandemic in the public’s eye, but it is only one of the many infectious diseases that epidemiologists like David J. Weber, MD, MPH, are continually facing. “I was at UNC for the onset of the HIV pandemic, 2001 anthrax biothreat, 200 … Read more
Tessa Andermann Receives Pilot Award from the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Research
Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases, has received a pilot award from the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGBD) for the study “Investigating the role of secondary bile acid derivatives in Th17-mediated disease: A pilot study of multiple myeloma and treatment response.” Dr. Andermann presente … Read more
Using Telehealth to Regularly Report Symptoms Improved Overall Well-being for Patients with Advanced Cancer
Ethan Basch, MD People with advanced cancer who communicated their symptoms weekly using an electronic survey had about a one-third better physical function and over a 15% better control of their symptoms compared to those who were evaluated less frequently via in-person clinical visits, according to findings from a multi-state study conducted at 52 community cancer clinics. The … Read more
Dr. Hanna Sanoff Writes Editorial about Rectal Cancer Study
Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH A paper published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine. For the small study, all 18 patients were given dostarlimab, a checkpoint inhibitor. The results were astounding. Every patient’s cancer disappeared, undetectable by physical examination, endoscopy, PET scans, or M.R.I. scans. Dr. Hanna K. Sanoff, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in … Read more
UNC Geriatrics Represented at the 2022 AGS Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr. John Batsis, Dr. Max Hockenberry, Dr. Hillary Spangler, Dr. Brianna Harder, Dr. Tiffany Long, Dr. Sarah Stoneking, UNC Geriatrics Chief Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead, and Dr. David Lynch. The American Geriatric Society held its 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, FL, May 12-14, 2022. Composed of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Center for Aging and Health, UNC Geri … Read more
Rutstein Appointed to HIGH IRI Training Program
Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD, a physician scientist and senior clinical fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, has been accepted to the HIV Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI) through the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Loui … Read more
Two Cardiology Clinical Trials Selected for a Top Research Site Award
[envira-gallery id=”59530″] UNC Health Care has been selected for a 2022 Top Research Site Award by the Heart Failure Collaboratory (HFC) and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) for outstanding performance on two clinical trials: PARAGLIDE-HF, and LY3461767 in Participants With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. The vision of the Heart Failure So … Read more