Author Archives: Charlotte Weaver

Coltrane Beck-Chance joined Genetics and Metabolism on February 10, 2025. Mr. Beck-Chance received his Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December of 2019. He received his MS in Genetic Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2024. Welcome!

A retired Pediatrics faculty member, Dr. Frank French passed away on February 7th, 2025. Dr. French was a UNC resident then a faculty member and scientist from the 1960s through the 2000s. Frank French enjoyed a long and productive career with UNC Pediatric Endocrinology, becoming a full professor in 1976...

The AAP Section on Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine recently presented the 2025 Edwin L. Kendig Jr. Award to Margaret “Magee” W. Leigh, MD. Dr. Leigh, a recent retiree, served as a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics and the Pulmonary Division for over 40 years. Congratulations!

UNC Health and Duke Health, two of the world’s top academic health systems, are uniting to create a new children’s health system in North Carolina, featuring the state’s first freestanding hospital dedicated to caring for kids. The two institutions filed articles of incorporation Jan. 28 with the state of North...

Annie Westlund, NNP joined the Pediatric Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on January 24, 2025. Annie graduated in December 2023 from Duke with an MSN and has been working as an NNP since May 2024. Prior to moving to NC, she lived in Greenville, SC, where she worked as a NICU...

Meghan Rebuli, PhD, ATSF, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, has been appointed as the new Director of the Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine (CiTEM) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Rebuli will officially assume this role on Monday, Jan. 13, succeeding Ilona Jaspers, PhD, who...

Neil Alexis, PhD, Professor in Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, has been named director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology (CEMALB). He will take over the role on Monday, Jan. 13, from Ilona Jaspers, PhD, who has accepted a senior investigator role with the National Institutes of Health.

Misty Good, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Co-Director of Carolina Child Health Scholars Program, was recently elected to membership of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Dr. Sara Pittenger, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, has been named the inaugural Vice Chair of Clinical Integration within the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Pittenger will help lead the alignment and integration of clinical services that cross the sixteen academic departments that are home to children’s specialists.

Dr. Keisha Gibson has been named Senior Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Pediatrics. In her new role with the Department of Pediatrics, she will oversee all inpatient and outpatient clinical care within the department. Additionally, she will be the medical leader for UNC Children’s partnering with...