Author Archives: Charlotte Weaver

High-Dose Methotrexate Usage Without Drug-Level Monitoring in Advanced Pediatric Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in a Resource-Limited Setting in Malawi. Mzikamanda RR, Mulanje L, McAtee CL, Matatiyo A, Mwale Z, Chirwa G, Wanda W, Mpasa AM, Wachepa S, Huibers MHW, Martin S, Tomoka T, Mulenga M, Fedoriw Y, Mapurisa G, Gastier...

Chawla EM, Schuler CL, Barnhardt EW, Herbst LA, Sarkissian A, McNeal-Trice K, Newmeyer A, Perry M, Poynter SE, Lannon C. Clin Teach. 2024 Aug;21(4):e13753. doi: 10.1111/tct.13753. Epub 2024 Feb 29.PMID: 38419551.

UNC Children's is proud to announce that two physician-researchers were honored by the Triangle Business Journal as recipients of 2025 Health Care Leadership Awards. Congratulations!

Pinotti CS, Pooni R, Gaizo VD, Kohlheim M, Schildt E, Taxter AJ, Ronis T; CARRA Clinical Informatics Workgroup. Appl Clin Inform. 2025 Mar;16(2):327-336. doi: 10.1055/a-2487-7414. Epub 2025 Apr 9. PMID: 40204118

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Misty Good has been accepted as a Fellow in the 2024 -2025 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program at Drexel University College of Medicine.

An international cost-effectiveness study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Kinshasa School of Public Health, has found that an effective antibiotic used to combat maternal sepsis vastly reduces health-care costs for pregnant patients.

Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Gastroenterology, was awarded a Junior Faculty Development Grant from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).  Dr. Brenner received one of three junior faculty awards for 2025 for her project "Safety and Effectiveness of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Women with Crohn’s Disease."

Sam Young, Jr., PhD, Roper Investigator, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the UNC Gene Therapy Center, has been elected to his second one-year term on the Technical Activities Committee (TAC) of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). NIIMBL is a public-private partnership dedicated to accelerating biopharmaceutical...

We are excited to welcome to the newest group of fellows/subspecialty residents to UNC Children’s! Our fellowship programs are committed to fostering the development of future generations of physicians and scientists who will go on to improve the health of children in North Carolina and across the globe.

UNC Children’s announces the grand opening of the UNC Down Syndrome Clinic, a dedicated medical program designed to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for children and adults with Down syndrome. The clinic, led by Dr. Kate Westmoreland, opens its doors on March 21, 2025 — World Down Syndrome Day.