The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty throughout the month of April.
Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, discussed her research into the bacterial communities that live inside our guts and offers tips on how you can maintain a healthy microbiome.
Kelli Allen, PhD, was interviewed by the New York Times for a story titled, “Is Arthritis Avoidable?”
David Weber, MD, MPH, spoke with WRAL about the spread of a highly contagious, hard-to-treat fungal infection, Candida auris.
R. Balfour Sartor, MD, contrubited to the publication titled, “Protective and aggressive bacterial subsets and metabolites modify hepatobiliary inflammation and fibrosis in a murine model of PSC.”
David van Duin, MD, PhD, was featured in a NYT article about the drug-resistant bacteria linked to eye drops.
David Wohl, MD, spoke about the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services retiring COVID-19 vaccination data and testing sites.
Saira Sheikh’s, MD, research paper was among the most downloaded in Arthritis & Rheumatology during its first 12 months.
David Lynch, MD, spoke with the Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center about funding opportunities and his research.
Ruihai Zhou, MD, MSc, FACC, RPVI, wrote a case report, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, describing a patient in their 50s with sudden-onset chest pain.
Research by Rumey Ishizawar, MD, PhD, finds rheumatoid arthritis patients may safely receive immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer treatment.
Raj Kasthuri, MD, MBBS, co-authored a publication in the Annals of Internal Medicine titled, “Effect of Thromboprophylaxis on Clinical Outcomes After COVID-19 Hospitalization.” The research team also included Drs. Stephan Moll, Micah Mooberry, Yasmina Abajas and Robert ‘Andrew’ Campbell.
Leigh F. Callahan, PhD, commented on a study that shows metabolic syndrome is linked to knee pain in middle adulthood.
Jama Darling, MD, was featured in an article about the updated guidance from the CDC for hepatitis B testing.
Peter Leone, MD, spoke about the risks and symptoms of genital herpes in this Giddy article.
Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS, was quoted in this New York Times article about the risk of taking Ozempic.
UNC Gastroenterology will travel to 2023 Digestive Disease Week. Many GI faculty, APPS and fellows are presenting. Check out the schedule.
Edwin Kim, MD, MS, gave tips on how to deal with pollen season.
Lisa Gangarosa, MD, AGAF, FACP, and Ian Grimm, MD, spoke about colon cancer screenings.
Hospital medicine providers presented a total of seventeen vignettes, nine research posters and four talks at the 2023 Society of Hospital Medicine Converge.