Category: Allergy

Elise Hickman, PhD, in the Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine working with Dr. Megan Rebuli in Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, and Brittany Raffa, MD, Assistant Professor in General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, have been named 2026 CTSA K12 Scholars as part of the Gene Orringer Junior Faculty Career Development Program (TraCS...

Maureen Petersen, MD, Division of Allergy-Immunology, was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective February 1, 2026. Dr. Petersen has been a faculty member at UNC since 2024, following her career in the US Army.

Elizabeth Corteselli used an NC TraCS pilot grant to create a new model for studying lung diseases and potential treatments. Only a few medications are currently approved to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the U.S., and these can sometimes cause significant side effects. Elizabeth Corteselli, a pediatric allergy and...

UNC School of Medicine Office of Research awards pilot funding to Moran and Kulis team for cutting-edge New Approach Methodologies research.

Maureen M. Petersen, MD, FACAAI, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy/Immunology has been inducted as Vice President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI)

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

Michelle Hernandez is leading asthma research in rural communities across North Carolina to make care and clinical studies more accessible.

Michael Kulis, PhD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective July 1, 2025. Dr. Kulis has been a faculty member in Pediatric Allergy-Immunology since 2012. Dr. Kulis works as part of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry, from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed...

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!

Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, write editorial in New England Journal of Medicine Evidence...