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Tag: 2017

New Class of Medication Holds Promise for the Intimate Connection Between Diabetes and Heart Disease

April 24, 2017
Dr. Matthew Cavender, Improving Outcomes Through Cardiovascular Research: “We wanted to determine what therapies are cardiovascular specific that can improve outcomes with patients with diabetes. On the flip side, we considered drugs primarily geared toward treating diabetes that could be effective in patients with coronary disease.”

Grand Rounds: Aaron Baggish, MD, FACC, FACSM

April 21, 2017
Topic: Sports Cardiology 2017: Recent Progress, Future ChallengesSpeaker: Aaron Baggish, MD. Associate Professor of Medicine & Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Harvard University

Balfour Sartor, MD, Describes the Microbiome and its Connection to Disease in New Podcast

April 20, 2017
In Episode Nine of "Autoimmune Disease: Pieces of the Picture," R. Balfour Sartor, MD, explains how the state of our microbiome affects disease.

CGIBD Research Seminar with Dr. Mary Estes

April 20, 2017
Watch the seminar online: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=M5RXAAYEB6V25IX0KLDM6C9ZSK-12JV

Medicine Grand Rounds, Ned Sharpless, “The Surprising Relationship Between Cancer and Aging, and What This Means for an Internist”

April 20, 2017
Dr. Ned Sharpless is the Director of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and a practicing oncologist. He runs a 15-person basic science group that employs genetically engineered mice to study cancer and aging. His research has focused on how normal cells age and undergo malignant conversion. Dr. Sharpless discovered a...

GI Epi Conference – “Recent advances in IBS research that have led to tailoring treatment for the mutliple symptoms in IBS patients”

April 19, 2017

Research Highlights: General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology

April 19, 2017
  Darren DeWalt Investigates Aspirin Dosing for People with Coronary Heart Disease Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, is the site PI for Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-Term Effectiveness (ADAPTABLE). In addition to Dr. DeWalt, others in the Department of Medicine that are participating include Joe Rossi in...

Grand Rounds: Michael Yeung, MD; Lucius Howell, MD; Joshua Vega, MD

April 17, 2017
Speakers: Michael Yeung, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Lucius Howell, MD, Cardiology Fellow; and Joshua Vega, MD, Cardiology Fellow (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)Topic: UNC/Project Health for Leon: Interventional/Surgical Brigade 2017, planning and executing cardiac procedures in the developing nation of Nicaragua.

CGIBD Research Seminar – “Intestinal Stem Cells: Regulation and Dynamics” with Dr. Vincent Yang

April 13, 2017
Watch the seminar online: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=M5RXAAYEB6V25IX0KLDM6C9ZSK-12JV

Medicine Grand Rounds, Ronald Falk, “Perspective on Autoimmunity: A View from the ANCA Vasculitis Looking Glass”

April 13, 2017
Dr. Ronald Falk’s lifelong career has been the study of autoimmune kidney disease and ANCA vasculitis. His research has led to a deeper understanding of the causes and conditions that may lead to the development of ANCA vasculitis in an effort to improve the lives of those patients afflicted with...

GI Epi Conference – “Challenges in clinical trial design for EoE” with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH and “DDW Practice Talk: A multivariable model predicts complete histologic response to topical steroids in EoE” with Swathi Eluri MD

April 12, 2017

CGIBD Research Seminar – “Mutant p53 – an Achilles heel in oesophageal adenocarcinoma” with Nicholas Clemons, PhD

April 6, 2017
Watch the seminar online: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=M5RXAAYEB6V25IX0KLDM6C9ZSK-12JV