Tag: 2020

Myron Cohen, MD, the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, was featured in a New York Times article about an unprecedented effort to stop the coronavirus in nursing homes. Although nursing home residents make up just 1.2 percent of the United States population, they account for about 40...

Much still needs to be learned about how food allergies develop and why certain people are more susceptible than others. UNC School of medicine researchers led by Scott Commins, MD, PhD, may be able to answer some of these questions by studying an unusual food allergy to mammalian meat called...

In “Marvels of Mucus and Phlegm: The Slime that Keeps You Healthy,” the NIH featured Richard Boucher, MD, to help explain why mucus gets a bad rap and what its true purpose is in human health. Boucher, the James Moeser Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the UNC...

Claire Farel, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases and medical director of the UNC Infectious Disease Clinic, and co-director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research Clinical Core, gave a plenary talk at the 2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment. The 2020...

Each week during the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC Health Media Relations has hosted a media briefing, and this week the team featured three UNC experts to discuss clinical trials for vaccines and treatments. From the division of infectious diseases and the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, this week’s...

Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair for research in the department of family medicine, and Laura Young, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, are co-primary researchers of a study to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on glucose monitoring in primary care patients with diabetes....

A News & Observer article reports UNC Health and the School of Medicine are looking for 500 people willing to test a potential vaccine for COVID-19, one of what could be several opportunities for Triangle residents to take part in vaccine clinical trials for coronavirus in the coming months. The trials are...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases talked to WRAL News abut the recent coronavirus outbreak that prompted the university to move classes online. “I think this was a valiant attempt at seeing whether or not we can get this to happen,” Wohl said. “To...

Laura Young, MD, PhD, and Katherine Bergamo, FNP-C, are local principal investigators for two papers recently published in the Journal of American Medicine Association. Young, associate professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, published the Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Hypoglycemia in Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes....

Turkeisha Brown, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Patient Services Manager III, leads 70 employees on 6 Bedtower, a designated acute care unit for COVID-19 patients at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill. Through obstacles, trials, and determination, her staff is unified to help fight the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read more

UNC Health has promoted Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH, FAHA, into a new role as the organization’s first System Executive Director for Health Equity. In the role of System Executive Director for Health Equity, Cené will lead a multidisciplinary and collaborative effort to plan, implement, and evaluate science-based strategies and...

Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR, associate professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, has been named the director of clinical hepatology, a position previously held by Michael W. Fried, MD. Barritt joined UNC in 2006 as a T32 clinical epidemiology fellow, where he completed fellowships in gastroenterology, transplant hepatology,...