Category: Global Women’s Health

More than 300,000 North Carolina women ages 18 through 44 live in an area that doesn’t have enough hospitals or birthing centers – or in in some cases, any at all. That’s according to data from the March of Dimes. Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill are using AI technology to provide more...

Dr. Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been awarded the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Career Development Award to support her research on the role of the vaginal microbiome in treatment outcomes following self-administered artesunate in the R34 trial she is conducting. Dr. Mungo previously received the ASCO Young...

 Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, MD, FACOG, has been named the inaugural recipient of this distinguished professorship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dan and Katchy Clarke-Pearson have extended a decades-long legacy of supporting women’s health through the establishment of the Drs. Daniel and Kathleen Clarke-Pearson Distinguished Professorship in Obstetrics and...

UNC OBGYN Jeffrey Stringer has developed a portable ultrasound device using AI to read the results of the scans it produces, reducing the need for trained staff in areas lacking health care resources. When Jeffrey Stringer was in the middle of his medical program at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in the mid-1990s, one...

The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and UNC Global Women’s Health announce the first two PhD graduates of the UNC-UNZA-Wits Partnership for HIV and Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, led by co-principal investigators Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, and Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, in Global Women’s Health.  Funded...

“An ultrasound may seem commonplace during pregnancy. In fact, the World Health Organization recommends that all pregnant people receive at least 1 examination during the first 24 weeks. But Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, MD, the division director of global women’s health and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the...

Doctors John Boggess and Jeffrey Stringer from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have been appointed to Distinguished Professorships. This prestigious honor is among the highest the University bestows upon its faculty, recognizing those who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their fields or across disciplines. John Boggess, MD, has been...

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been appointed to the Board of the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS), the leading global authority on HPV (Human Papillomavirus ) research and advocacy. The IPVS plays a crucial role in advancing scientific understanding, prevention, and treatment of HPV and associated diseases, including cervical cancer....

“Researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and the University of Zambia collaborated on a study showing that artificial intelligence-enabled ultrasound devices can be used to provide accurate gestational age estimates. The device may revolutionize pregnancy care in areas where high-end ultrasound machines are not available. The study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical...

Benjamin Chi, MD, MSC, from the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has successfully renewed a K24 mentoring grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. This will be the second five-year grant cycle for which Dr. Chi has received this award. ...

Key Points Question  Can novice clinicians accurately estimate gestational age using a low-cost, battery-powered ultrasonography probe with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) image interpretation? Findings  This prospective study enrolled 400 pregnant individuals with due dates confirmed by first-trimester ultrasonography. At follow-up visits randomly assigned throughout gestation, novice clinicians using an AI-enabled device estimated...