“Work in Progress” with Jeff Yang, Predoctoral Student/Epidemiology

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 Heart failure in women Device … Read more

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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 the American Medical Association. Dr. … Read more

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.

“Gut Feelings for Eating Disorders: The role of enteric microbial communities in anorexia nervosa” by Ian M. Carroll, Ph.D.

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 sharp increase in the prevalence … Read more

  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 in the “gut,” (known as … Read more

Speaker: Walter Koch, PhDTopic: Targeting GRK2 in The Failing Heart

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.