Tag: 2021

Many leaders and researchers from the division of infectious diseases and the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases are featured in a new story from The Well, marking Carolina’s Pandemic Year.  Discover how a multidisciplinary research partnership built to fight HIV, Ebola and other infectious diseases turned its...

 Joe Eron, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases was awarded the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professorship on March 10, 2021. Joe Eron, MD, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of epidemiology, is an internationally recognized researcher, teacher and clinician who treats HIV patients...

Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, has received the Society of General Internal Medicine 2021 Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award. The award provides national recognition to junior investigators for their early career achievements and overall body of work...

Among older Americans, deaths from falls are up sharply, dovetailing with a surge in use of medications that increase the risk of falling, researchers say. Two decades ago, about 57% of U.S. seniors took medications that increased their risk of falls. By 2017, that number had risen to 94%, and...

If you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccine you’re more than likely among the millions of Americans who have experienced some sort of side effects, reports CBS-17. According to the CDC, side effects are a sign that the body is building immunity, but people should call their doctor if the symptoms don’t...

Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, the Mary Kay and Eugene Bozymski and Linda and William Heizer Distinguished Professor of Medicine and chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, co-authored a study focused on a new technique for sampling and testing cells from Barrett’s esophagus patients, which could result in...

Victor Garcia, PhD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, and Angela Wahl, PhD, assistant professor, talked with FOX 8 News about the antiviral drug EIDD-2801, which could be the standard way to treat COVID-19, possibly within the next few months. Prior to the pandemic, Garcia and Wahl...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, talked with ABC-11 News about a CDC study that reveals women are more likely to experience serious side effects from COVID-19 vaccines. The CDC study looked at data from the first 13.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses given to...

Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, has received a Caregivers at Carolina Research Award. Boyce’s research focuses on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases (i.e. malaria) in rural sub-Saharan Africa as well as the development of appropriate diagnosis and management tools. The goal...

In North Carolina, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women, with heart disease and stroke accounting for more than a quarter of all deaths. Education can help reverse this trend and is the core component of the Women’s Heart Symposium.

A new UNC Health video encourages Black women to participate in research and features Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases.  Other featured women include Geraldine Bradshaw, principal of the Institute for the Development of Young Leaders, Alicia Diggs, Office of Community Engagement manager...

William Fischer, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, who led UNC trials to determine if Molnupiravir could be a possible treatment for COVID-19, was quoted in a CBS-17 News report about its potential to change the way COVID-19 is treated. “The secondary...