Category: In the Media

UNC Children's is proud to announce that Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH was honored by the Triangle Business Journal as the recipient of a 2026 Health Care Leadership Award.

UNC researchers have received ~$7.3M from NHLBI to lead the Rare Bronchiectatic Diseases Consortium, advancing research on four rare lung diseases that cause progressive bronchiectasis. The effort builds on UNC’s national leadership and aims to accelerate discovery, clinical trials, and new therapies for underserved patient populations.

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

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!

Moodiness may seem like the very definition of the teen years. The ups and downs of puberty can perplex even the most patient parent. WRAL picked up some excellent advice from our Dr. Becky Baum, Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

A study in Lancet Global Health led by UNC School of Medicine’s Peyton Thompson, MD, MSCR and Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH showed the feasibility and acceptance of hepatitis B virus testing, treatment, and vaccination programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

“This summer, we’ve seen RSV and another virus called parainfluenza. Both of those are having a spike at our hospital right now,” explained Dr. Michael Steiner, the pediatrician in chief at UNC Children’s. “We think this is, in part, related to the fact that through the winter season people were...

Dr. Martha Perry discusses why more common viruses may now start circulating simultaneously.