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UNC Researchers Tackle the E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use–associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Epidemic

January 5, 2023
Meghan Rebuli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy-Immunology and member of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, shares new findings and recommendations from an expert-led workshop.

Rebuli and Frazer Join APS SPR Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research Program

September 26, 2022
Congratulations to Megan Rebuli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy-Immunology, and Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, on their nomination and acceptance to participate in the American Pediatric Society (APS) - Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Journeys &...

Jaspers Elected IUTOX Vice-President

September 22, 2022
The International Union of Toxicology elected Dr. Ilona Jaspers to the position of Vice-President for a 3-year term. The IUTOX mission is to improve human health through the science and practice of toxicology world-wide.

NC Children’s Allergy and Asthma Center awarded Certification from The Joint Commission

September 14, 2022
The UNC Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for the NC Children's Allergy and Asthma Center by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient...

Rebuli Appointed IRB Vice Chair

August 30, 2022
Dr. Meghan Rebuli, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy-Immunology, has been appointed Vice Chair of UNC Chapel Hill IRB #5 – Board E (IRB # 540).

Rebuli, Jaspers Co-Author Paper on How Smoking, E-Cigarettes Could Affect Intranasal Vaccine Efficacy

August 4, 2022
UNC School of Medicine researchers Meghan E. Rebuli, PhD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, are co-authors on a paper published Tuesday, Aug. 2, in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, titled “Smoking and e-cigarette use: key variables in testing IgA-oriented intranasal vaccines.”

UNC Children’s Participating in $31-Million Asthma Study

July 27, 2022
The UNC School of Medicine has been selected to participate in a new study to examine the comparative effectiveness of asthma treatments. The project will focus on which of two treatment types – inhaled steroids or specific antibiotics, alone or together – works best in different patients. The UNC site...

Jaspers Research Reveals Fourth-generation Vaping Devices Increase Risk to Immune Cells

July 7, 2022
With the FDA ordering Juul to stop selling their e-cigarette devices, UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Ilona Jaspers, PhD, published the first study to compare the respiratory immune health effects of different types of devices.

Vogt and Hernandez on Pandemic Preparedness in Lancet Microbe

February 8, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated a critical need to establish a pre-emptive stockpile of tangible immunobiological countermeasures to accelerate the response to potential pandemic threats. To address this need we have established a pandemic response repository through microbial and immunological surveillance and epidemiology (PREMISE) initiative.

Welcome New Physician Faculty: Yamini Virkud, MD, MPH

October 1, 2021
Dr. Virkud joined the Division of Pediatric Allergy-Immunology as faculty on October 1, 2021. Dr. Virkud received her medical degree from Washington University in 2008. She completed her pediatric residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 2011. Her clinical and research fellowships were completed at Duke University in 2014. Dr....