The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized as one of the “Best Global Universities for Gastroenterology and Hepatology” by U.S. News and World Report. UNC GI and Hepatology was ranked 6th in the US and 11th globally. The rankings are based on a number of criteria including reputational indicators, global and … Read more

WRAL.com reports the number of coronavirus-related deaths in North Carolina continues to spike, and the state on Thursday surpassed 9,000 deaths during the pandemic. Shannon Carson, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, said virus-related deaths are the final metric to spike after infections and hospitalizations. “After … Read more

Division of General Medicine Seth Berkowitz, MD, received a new, five-year R01 grant to broaden clinical studies of medically-tailored meal delivery. Division of Hematology Erica Sparkenbaugh, MD, was awarded a five-year, $2 million R01 grant from NIH-NHLBI to evaluate whether activation of beneficial PAR1 signaling can attenuate the chronic pro-coagulant state of sickle cell disease. Division … Read more

Medicine’s Value Care Action Group (VCAG) encourages the redesign of patient care that can introduce improvements for high-value outcomes. The newest VCAG project, led by Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH, focuses on better serving cancer patients who experience symptoms that need to be addressed quickly, but don’t necessarily require a visit to the emergency room. “Patients … Read more

To all faculty, fellows and residents: It has been quite the year for all of us as we have all adjusted our schedules to accommodate the influx of Covid-19 patients.  Medical students were briefly off clinical duties but thanks to School of Medicine and Department of Medicine leadership, they were back fairly soon with appropriate … Read more

Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of geriatric medicine and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, was a guest commentator on a podcast for the American Medical Directors Association, AMDA On-the-Go. The podcast regularly features commentary from UNC faculty Philip Sloane, MD, and Mallory Brown, … Read more

Faculty physicians in the division of hospital medicine have assumed most non-intensive care unit care for the coronavirus. Based on sparse research, they developed a protocol for ordering labs for this patient population, including routine admission labs, in addition to eight COVID-19 specific labs. The goal of their recent study, published in Hospital Practice, was … Read more

January 18 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day UNC’s 2021 MLK Jr. Celebration included a campus-wide initiative to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his legacy and his ideals. Carolina began its celebrations of King’s life and legacy long before there was a federal holiday. In fact, UNC is the only university ever awarded the … Read more

Routine testing of asymptomatic healthcare personnel (HCP) in the absence of confirmed exposures to COVID-19 is not a recommended strategy for preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 causing the current global pandemic, according to a new review co-authored by David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and medical director of infection … Read more

WRAL.com reports that an antibody infusion therapy designed to help coronavirus patients recover faster may prevent people from getting the virus. The clinical trial conducted by UNC, the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, in more than 100 nursing homes across the country, shows promising results, with the data suggesting that the … Read more

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, talked with CBS-17 about UNC Health’s biggest vaccine clinic, held last week at the Friday Center.  The article recognizes the goal to vaccinate 10,000 people in one week, including health care workers, long-term-care staff and residents, and adults 65 years and older, and … Read more

Mina Hosseinipour, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, was honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction, given annually to acknowledge the UNC-Chapel Hill’s commitment to outstanding teaching and mentoring. Kenya McNeal-Trice, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, and Eileen Burker, PhD, professor in the UNC Department of Allied Health … Read more