GI Epi Conference – “Work in Progress” with Jeff Yang
March 1, 2017
"Work in Progress" with Jeff Yang, Predoctoral Student/Epidemiology
3rd Annual Women’s Heart Symposium
February 25, 2017
Paula Miller, MD (Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Director of the Women’s Heart Program at the UNC School of Medicine) will be hosting the event and giving an overview of heart disease in women. Topics at the Symposium include An overview of heart disease in women...
CGIBD Seminar – Dr. Melina Kibbe, Chair, Dept of Surgery
February 23, 2017
Watch online: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=M5RXAAYEB6V25IX0KLDM6C9ZSK-12JV
Medicine Grand Rounds, Anne R. Cappola, “Challenges in Thyroid Hormone Replacement”
February 23, 2017
Dr. Anne Cappola is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania. She is Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Center and Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Medicine. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of...
GI Epi Conference: “Work in Progress” – Drs. Bharati Kochar and Craig Reed
February 22, 2017
Scientists Closer to Finding Link Between Heart Disease and Diabetes
February 22, 2017
David R. Clemmons, MD, is a Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Medicine in the Department's Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and UNC's Diabetes Care Center. UNC Health Care's Newsroom has published an article about his research, featured in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
CGIBD Research Seminar – “Gut Feelings for Eating Disorders”
February 16, 2017
"Gut Feelings for Eating Disorders: The role of enteric microbial communities in anorexia nervosa" by Ian M. Carroll, Ph.D.
Medicine Grand Rounds, Timothy Ives and Maryam Jowza, “Opioid Use and Misuse”
February 16, 2017
The US is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999, and so have sales of these prescription drugs. Efforts to address the opioid epidemic have focused mainly on reducing non-medical opiate use. Overprescribing of opiate agents has led to a...
Research Highlights: Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
February 16, 2017
Dr. Richard Loeser Conducting First Study To Examine How Diet Alters Gut Bacteria, Potentially Leading to Osteoarthritis The old adage, “you are what you eat,” is proving truer than we ever imagined. New research findings illustrate the negative impact Western diets can have upon the naturally occurring bacteria living...
GI Epi Conference – “Carolina Data Warehouse and I2B2” with Emily Pfaff
February 15, 2017
McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Walter Koch, PhD
February 14, 2017
Speaker: Walter Koch, PhDTopic: Targeting GRK2 in The Failing Heart
Decision Aids about Goals of Care for Advanced Dementia Can Lead to Better Palliative Care
February 13, 2017
Families and caregivers often face difficult decisions about medical treatments when it comes to taking care of patients with dementia, and making those decisions can be overwhelming.