Tag: 2020

Myron Cohen, MD, the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, co-led a global randomized, controlled and double-blinded study that shows the drug cabotegravir lowered HIV incidence among cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men. An announcement about the study was published in the...

As businesses prepare for phase 2 in North Carolina’s reopening, David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, cautions members of the community that “just because you can go somewhere, doesn’t mean you should.”  In a new WRAL.com article, Wohl says there are several things to...

The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators (AOE) has welcomed 99 new members, and 24 are from the UNC Department of Medicine. Founded on enhancing research and scholarship toward excellence in teaching, the AOE annually seeks nominations for faculty and residents/fellows who strive for the creation and design of...

The Internal Medicine Residency Program welcomes new interns this month. Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department, and Deb Bynum, MD, program director, are holding virtual orientations and medical education sessions. Altogether, the UNC Department of Medicine matched 27 categorical, 10 preliminary, and 5 med-peds residents to the Internal Medicine...

C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, instructor in the division of geriatric medicine and division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, led the compilation of a tool-kit for age-friendly pulmonary and critical care best practices. The project was sponsored by the American Thoracic Society. Key points include: In older patients with...

A new series produced by Medscape Video features the work of three members of the UNC Behavior and Technology Lab in the division of infectious diseases. ‘Confronting the HIV Epidemic’ includes compelling stories of people living with HIV and interviews, with Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, Kate Muessig, PhD, assistant professor in the department of...

Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH, is a 2019-2020 recipient of the Academy of Educators Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award, awarded for her significant contributions to courses taught in the Foundation Phase. Selection was based on teaching contributions and student evaluations. Wilson is associate professor of medicine in the division of geriatric...

Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, and Wesley Burks, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health, published a review in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology looking at how IgE-producing B cells in the gut expand the gut’s role in...

John Buse, MD, PhD, chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism, director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center, and director of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, explains how diabetes is linked to more severe cases of COVID-19 in a new UNC Health article. He also encourages...

Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, associate professor of infectious diseases and director of infection prevention at UNC Medical Center, shares three tips that will help people avoid contracting COVID-19 from surfaces. In a new UNC Health article, Sickbert-Bennett says the hands are the mechanism that can bring any germs from surfaces...

Saira Sheikh, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, was interviewed for a Self Magazine article recognizing that the spring allergy season is more complicated than ever with coronavirus in the mix. In the article, Sheikh recognizes the value of telemedicine visits, especially during...

Thomas Bice, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, discusses the use of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic and their lasting effects on patients which can lead to post-intensive care syndrome. “There are two groups of patients who end up with...