Yamini Virkud, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Allergy/Immunology
Yamini Virkud, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective November 1, 2023. Dr. Virkud has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2021. Dr. Virkud received her medical degree from Washington University in 2008. Dr. Virkud completed her pediatric residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 2011 and clinical and research fellowships were completed at Duke University in 2014. Before joining us at UNC Children’s, Dr. Virkud was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.
Dr. Burbank serves as a pediatric allergist and immunologist providing direct patient care. She is also a member of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative. She is an investigator in the Consortium for Food Allergy Research (COFAR) and the Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI) at the Broad Institute. The Virkud Lab focuses on the phenotyping different patients with food allergy and understanding the mechanisms of investigational therapies for food allergy.