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The recent rise in cases of measles is especially frightening for parents of babies who cannot yet be vaccinated, and many are wondering if it’s safe to get on an airplane or go to the grocery store. In this article from UNC Health Talk, a pediatric infectious disease expert answers...

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) has named Dr. Marielys Collazo-Roman, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the recipient of its 2025 Stanley A. Plotkin Lectureship Award.

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) has named Dr. Matthew Vogt, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the recipient of its prestigious 2025 Young Investigator Award.

Bianca Allison, MD, MSHP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, has been awarded the 2025-26 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine and Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology has received a James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award. Congratulations!

Ongoing clinical research study in US children documents the rebound of endemic respiratory viruses, builds foundation for expediting future vaccines and treatments.

Sahal Thahir, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Infectious Diseases as a Research Instructor on July 7, 2025. Dr. Thahir received his MD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and remained at UNC...

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, leads one of three interdisciplinary teams of UNC researchers to have been selected for the 2024–25 Translational Team Science Awards. Each team will receive $50,000 in phase one funding to launch innovative pilot projects that bring together basic...

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Caid (Allergy/Immunology Fellow), Dr. Marielys Collazo-Roman (ID Fellow), and Dr. Paige Noreen (Pulmonology Fellow), who have been selected as our next group of Carolina Child Health Scholars!

Several pediatrics faculty were recently selected to receive UNC-Chapel Hill Junior Faculty Development Awards for 2025. The Junior Faculty Development Awards are funded by IBM and R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. This award grants $10,000 to support scholarly pursuits over one calendar year.

Toni Darville, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at UNC, was recently awarded the 2024 Distinguished Research Award by the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS). Dr. Darville is a renowned clinician and investigator whose research focuses on the prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis. The award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding...