Author Archives: Charlotte Weaver

A large study co-led by Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH, division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine demonstrates that combining text messaging with in-person clinic counseling reduces obesity in the first two years of life. Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP, associate professor in the...

Tierra Bobo, PhD, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism and a researcher with the Gene Therapy Center, recently received an award by the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Her proposal for Viral Vector Development in the amount of $100,000 was accepted as a Career Development Award....

Ryan Shea, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective November 1, 2024. Dr. Shea has been a faculty member in Pediatric Cardiology since 2016. Congratulations!

UNC Children’s has opened the Muenzer MPS Research and Treatment Center dedicated to improving the lives of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), a group of rare inherited conditions, and advancing research with the goal of creating better therapies.

We are excited to share that UNC Children's Urgent Care at Raleigh was voted the #2 Urgent Care/Walk-In Clinic in the greater Raleigh area, the only pediatric urgent care ranked on the list. Raleigh's Best, a publication of the News & Observer, recently published the 2024 edition of the Best...

We are thrilled to announce that the Children’s CLABSI Reduction team won an award at the Quality Expo, October 24, 2024. The poster received the Carolina Quality award for “The project submission that best exemplifies the Carolina Quality Values.” The Initiative to reduce CLABSI across UNC Children’s resulted in a...

Spencer Franklin Brady, MHA, has been named the associate chair for administration in the department of pediatrics. Brady has served as the interim ACA for the department since July 2024. Brady first joined the UNC School of Medicine in 2014 when he served as a division administrator and later as...

UNC Program Connects Adolescents and Young Adults to Quality Cancer Care. From puberty to leaving home, starting a career, and navigating adult relationships, adolescents and young adults can feel like they’re facing a seemingly unending stream of challenges. Now imagine adding cancer to that mix. Every year, almost 90,000 of...

Nina Jain, MD, MBA, professor of pediatric endocrinology, and Ali Calikoglu, MD, retired professor of pediatrics, both at the UNC School of Medicine, played a pivotal role in getting this therapy to the bedside, from assisting with clinical trials to the infusion of the first pediatric patient in North Carolina...

After Hurricane Helene devastated areas of Western North Carolina, Alyssa Tilly, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics in the UNC Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, helped coordinate a field hospital to provide medical care to some of the most impacted and vulnerable residents.