{"id":48127,"date":"2020-12-04T11:38:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=48127"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:03:11","slug":"ciccone-wins-clinical-research-award-from-astmh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/ciccone-wins-clinical-research-award-from-astmh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciccone Wins Clinical Research Award From ASTMH"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48128\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 373px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-48128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/12\/ciccone-and-ugandan-staff-300x205.jpeg\" alt=\"ciccone-and-ugandan-staff\" width=\"363\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/12\/ciccone-and-ugandan-staff-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/12\/ciccone-and-ugandan-staff-768x524.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/12\/ciccone-and-ugandan-staff-600x409.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/12\/ciccone-and-ugandan-staff-301x205.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/12\/ciccone-and-ugandan-staff.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Ciccone (far right) in Uganda with MUST\/UNC staff in front of the Kasese Health Centre.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/directory\/emily-ciccone\/\">Emily Ciccone<\/a>, MD, MHS, infectious diseases fellow and pediatric medicine instructor, recently won first prize in the clinical research award session of the 2020 annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The award recognizes excellence in clinical research by young investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Ciccone\u2019s winning project is \u201cPotential use of rapid, point-of-care diagnostics to reduce antibiotic prescription rates among pediatric patients presenting with respiratory illness in southwestern Uganda.\u201d Her presentation described the preliminary findings of a study she developed while working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/ross-boyce-md-msc\/\">Ross Boyce<\/a>, MD, MSc, and his research partner Edgar Mulogo of Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Kasese, Uganda, and her mentor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/jonathan-juliano\/\">Jonathan Juliano<\/a>, MD, MSPH.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from the <a href=\"http:\/\/Ciccone\u2019s winning project is \u201cPotential use of rapid, point-of-care diagnostics to reduce antibiotic prescription rates among pediatric patients presenting with respiratory illness in southwestern Uganda.\u201d Her presentation described the preliminary findings of a study she developed while working with Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, and his research partner Edgar Mulogo of Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Kasese, Uganda, and her mentor, Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH.\">UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS, infectious diseases fellow and pediatric medicine instructor, recently won first prize in the clinical research award session of the 2020 annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 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